Ben Sasse and Basketball in the Last 60 Seconds

Back in January I posted the text of former Senator Ben Sass's announcement that he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. It was a sobering yet joyful approach to how a believer can embrace death that is bearing down on them.

Since then he has done a couple of interviews that I found to be very encouraging and edifying.

The first interview is with Michael Horton from Whitehorse Inn (a solid theological podcast I listen to sometimes). This is really a raw look at death, gospel hope, and joy in the last months of life. I would encourage everyone to watch this.

The second interview has some of the same elements, but is also a look at American government and what ails us. It isn't partisan, but rather considers the Constitutional foundations of government and how they relate to man's sinfulness. There is also an extended discussion about the nature of death and preparing well for its sure approach. This interview is a little more blunt and contains some language that I would not use, but that I found very helpful on big picture thinking of our role in society as Christians.