Some residents in the geriatric hospital were never visited by family members. Old age was respected in previous generations. Now it is regarded as a time of decrepitude and senility. For numerous Christians heaven is not a reality. Instead they are dominated by a fear of death, and the old age which leads to it.
Death is a taboo subject.
The standards of the world are adopted. Thank God for the healthy exceptions, but even in Christian families there can be a conspiracy of silence about the impending death of a family member. It's time to reinstate heaven in the teaching of the church and the hope of the believer.