Life After Death?: Surprised by Suffering with R.C. Sproul

Summary

The sermon explores the profound human preoccupation with life after death, drawing from personal family history and philosophical reflections about mortality and existence. The speaker uses anecdotes about his elderly Aunt Jenny and family genealogy to illustrate how human beings are naturally curious about what happens beyond life, referencing cultural and literary examples like Hamlet's soliloquy and various cultural beliefs about afterlife. While acknowledging life's inherent challenges and pain, the sermon suggests that humans universally hope for and wonder about continued personal existence after death, posing the fundamental existential question: "If a man dies, will he live again?"