Just a little note to tell you how good it was to meet you again after so many years, despite the circumstances.
In our conversation you were mentioning the sad passing of your brother Peter six months prior to the passing of Bob Macintosh—both men who meant very much to you.
I am sending you a tract that my son Mark wrote about eight months prior to his death. I hope that you will read it.
You were asking yourself, What is this life here all about? Permit me to tell you what I have found to be the answer to this question as simply as I can.
Twenty-six years ago I found forgiveness of sins in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same person I used to make jokes about and use His name in vain. By reading the Bible I learned about the forgiveness that God has for a sinner like me in the sacrifice of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, on the cross of Calvary. What I don’t have is religion. What I do have is Christ—and the forgiveness of sins; peace with God; a promised place in heaven; the assurance that I will meet my son again someday in heaven.
Bernie, without God there is no hope and no real meaning to life here or after death. The answer basically is in God’s beloved Son—Jesus Christ.
Your friend,
John