Ok this is more of a prayer request than a blog post, but I think it will make a good topic as well. A friend of mine who is a total agnostic has confided in me that he has recently been paralyzed by the fear of death. Whenever he passes a cemetery or thinks about his own death, he is gripped by fear and doesn’t know why because it never happened to him before. He knows my beliefs and position regarding God (we’ve had many conversations before).

He and I are going out to eat on Thursday night to hang out but he specifically said he wanted to discuss this with me because he knows I do not share his same fear (at least not in the same way). Does anyone have any specific advice for counsel on this exact situation? Why would you say an agnostic fears death in this way? What Bible verses would you use in this situation (remember I’m not talking to a Christian)?