'Our Son Is Home': Christian Blogger Tim Challies Mourns the Unexpected Loss of His Son
Tim Challies, an author, pastor and popular Christian blogger is mourning the loss of his son, Nick, who unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday.
“In all the years I’ve been writing I have never had to type words more difficult, more devastating than these: Yesterday the Lord called my son to himself—my dear son, my sweet son, my kind son, my godly son, my only son,” Challies wrote in a blog post.
He explained that Nick had been playing a game with his sister and fiancée “and many other students when he suddenly collapsed, never regaining consciousness.”
“Students, paramedics, and doctors battled valiantly, but could not save him. He’s with the Lord he loved, the Lord he longed to serve. We have no answers to the what or why questions,” he continued....