“Their names are written in the book of life.” (Jerusalem Bible) Philippians 4:1-9

“The cross is still there” upon your forehead, and because it is, it is burned into your heart, mind, and soul by the Holy Spirit assuring you that your “names are written in the Book of Life.” God knows us and our names, and believers may rest assured that there is a place for them in God’s eternal kingdom. God will never forget his people or their names, according to St. Paul.

One of the last things my wife and I did at the end of a sabbatical stay in Cambridge, England, five years ago, was to go out and visit the American Military Cemetery, outside of Cambridge, with a University of Maryland math professor and his wife. The professor had served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and wanted very much to …