Topic(s): Christian Life

Todd Clippard

There is no biblical prohibition against cremation. Cremation is simply one way to dispose of a corpse. It differs in no way from being embalmed and placed in an airtight vault, or being buried without preservation in a pine box.

Another consideration is Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 13:3, “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”

God will raise all bodies from the dead in the last day (John 5:28-29; 1 Corinthians15:51-53; Revelations 20:12-13). Most of these bodies will long since have returned to the dust from whence they came
(Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7). Every person who died in the sea, in a fire, by being eaten of wild animals, etc, will be raised. Cremation does nothing to negate the power of God to raise the dead.