The room is quiet after someone dies. Too quiet.
The flowers start to wilt. The phone stops ringing. People go home. And the family left behind sits with the same question that never feels “theological” in the moment—just raw and human:
When the body stops, does the person stop?
Or does something leave—right then, at the last breath?
Christians have argued about this for centuries, and the reason is simple: the Bible uses more than one kind of language. Sometimes it describes death like sleep.
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