{"id":2600664,"date":"2026-05-09T07:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-insights-filled-with-biblical-wisdom-from-ben-sasse-as-he-faces-his-last-days-on-earth\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:11:09","slug":"five-insights-filled-with-biblical-wisdom-from-ben-sasse-as-he-faces-his-last-days-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-insights-filled-with-biblical-wisdom-from-ben-sasse-as-he-faces-his-last-days-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Insights Filled with Biblical Wisdom from Ben Sasse as He Faces His Last Days on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffive-insights-filled-with-biblical-wisdom-from-ben-sasse-as-he-faces-his-last-days-on-earth%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2600664&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ben Sasse, a former Nebraska senator diagnosed wiht <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-democrat-congressman-alcee-hastings-dies-at-84\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Democrat Congressman Alcee Hastings Dies At 84\">stage 4 pancreatic cancer<\/a>, describes how his illness has sharpened his priorities and led him to share practical and spiritual lessons.In interviews, he says he wishes he had spent more time with his family and would focus on building something that strengthens connections across generations. He also laments declining birthrates, arguing that having children is a meaningful \u201cbet on the future,\u201d not an inconvenience.<\/p>\n<p>Sasse stresses the importance of observing the Sabbath-resting, worshiping, and putting family and faith back at the center-rather then letting weekday-achievement pressure dominate. Politically, he argues that government\u2019s role is to maintain order and protect liberty (including freedom of religion) without trying to impose explicit theology on citizens. He also warns that social media and today\u2019s information environment encourage tribalism, shallow conviction, and constant attention-grabbing, which leaves people spiritually and socially impoverished; he believes neighbors must rebuild community rather than expecting politics to solve everything.<\/p>\n<p>he frames cancer and death in a Christian context: death is \u201cwicked,\u201d yet his diagnosis is also \u201cgrace\u201d because it forces honesty and dependence on God. He speaks emotionally about family, trusting that God\u2019s plan is not undone by his mortality, and emphasizes that there are \u201cno maverick molecules\u201d in the universe.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>54-year-old former Nebraska senator, husband, and father of three, Ben Sasse, was tragically diagnosed only six months ago with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and told he had three to four months to live. While the clinical trial that his doctors put him on has given him more time on earth than doctors predicted, the cancer has sadly continued to spread to his liver, lymph nodes, lung, and vascular system.<\/p>\n<p>Each day that he lives is a miracle. Knowing this has caused Sasse to focus on what is truly important, and he has graciously d his wisdom in several interviews recently. The following are five insights that we would all be wise to listen to and reflect upon.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WcT9O5Sjmd0\">extended interview<\/a> on \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d Scott Pelley asked Sasse, \u201cIf you had another 30 years, what would your priority be?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sasse reflected, \u201cI wish we\u2019d had more babies. We have three great kids. I wish we had four or five. If I had 30 years left from now, I\u2019d be working hard to take my zealous achiever daughters and try to figure out how you build something that\u2019s a little bit like a family compound. How do you build something where you can have different generations come and go from it and have a thickness and a support system? How could you spend more time around your cousins or build the opportunity for your kids and your grandkids to spend more time around their cousins?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to  his regret of having a period where he spent too much time working and not enough time with his family: \u201cI would travel a little bit less for work. \u2026 I spent way too many nights in hotel rooms. And I don\u2019t know if my family even knows this, but I never really threw away any of my hotel keys. I\u2019d come back from every trip, and I threw them in a box in a closet in my office, and there are thousands and thousands of hotel room keys, and sometimes I just look at it and feel a heaviness of regret. I would make better decisions about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, Sasse expressed how tragic it is that people around the world have stopped having babies.<\/p>\n<p>He explained, \u201cHaving a baby is a bet on the future. And almost everywhere in the world \u2014 and the world is richer and richer and richer statistically than it\u2019s ever been \u2014 people have decided, \u2018Ah, actually babies are kind of an inconvenience.\u2019 Babies have always been an inconvenience and the most glorious thing you can do to enrich your family and to make a bet on the future. \u2026 We<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-wont-have-a-country-unless-they-have-sex-and-babies\/\" title=\"Americans Opting Out Of Sex And ... Is A National Crisis\">\u2019ve stopped making babies<\/a>. We\u2019ve decided that being distracted by a dopamine hit around a Candy Crush might be a good way to spend your time. Not if you\u2019re fully human.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similar to fellow Christian Charlie Kirk, Sasse sees the importance of following God\u2019s Fourth Commandment to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XKBloP7DD9k&#038;t=198s\">interview<\/a> with Focus on the Family President Jim Daly, he d:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI have repented to my family. It started before this diagnosis, but we\u2019ve talked about it a lot more intentionally since then. I have repented to my family about not having been a good leader about the Lord\u2019s day. We never missed Sunday morning worship, but often by [2:00 or 3:00] in the afternoon, our hearts and affections and attentions were getting on to all the achievements we had to do, starting Monday morning and all the work we needed to do. And a lot of that work is important and meaningful, but man, the feast day of the soul is more important than I gave it attention to. And I now want my kids to view the glory of not needing to strive from Saturday night to Sunday night as an unbelievable blessing that we get to rest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMartin Luther\u2019s great \u2018A Mighty Fortress\u2019 is based on Psalm 46, and if you read Psalm 46, there\u2019s pretty obviously three movements. There\u2019s you don\u2019t have to fear anything. You\u2019re going to be fine. God\u2019s got this. And then this command: \u2018Be still.\u2019 It means stop trying to be self-sufficient. You get to be a child of the eternal king. And every Sunday, we can live that. I didn\u2019t do that enough.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Similarly, when Daly asked Sasse what advice he would give dads, he reiterated the importance of family worship time on the Sabbath:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cLet\u2019s be humble with our kids and say \u2026 it\u2019s glorious to get to reflect on the things of the Lord. What can we read together as a family this Sunday? How can we lock up our phones? How can we set aside time on the Lord\u2019s Day to just linger and reflect back on the sermon, not have to get out of church the second it\u2019s over, but go find the folks who are in need there or the visitors there. But I\u2019d say two of the most practical operationalizable ones for us: we lock up our phones most of Sunday and we read aloud together a lot.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During CBS News\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SWRL1kvOdEU\">\u201cThings That Matter\u201d<\/a> townhall, a member of the audience asked Sasse how a Christian\u2019s faith should impact his politics. He responded by emphasizing that Christians should seek to maintain order through government, not try to force religion on citizens. He explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThe secular sphere is still God\u2019s space and God\u2019s sphere, but it\u2019s a question of whether or not explicit revealed theology is guiding our government. And I think that the purposes of government are to maintain order. It\u2019s not to be theologically precise or accurate about what anybody should believe. The First Amendment is the most glorious inheritance anybody\u2019s ever gotten in the history of government. Government is not the most important thing in the world, but it is glorious that our First Amendment has freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, protest or redress of grievances. But that means that what I want government to do is create a space that is free from violence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo people can worship as they see fit, whether I agree with them or disagree with them. As a neighbor, I might want to wrestle with theology with somebody, but I don\u2019t want to use the state to accomplish theological ends. I want to maintain order for a secular sphere that is free from violence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo I don\u2019t subscribe to views of geopolitics as God is accomplishing a precise thing in those places. I think our servant leaders are responsible for using their time in office to try to minimize violence, maximize order [and] human liberty. In my view, the future of geopolitics 10 or 40 years from now is going to be more U.S.-led or more Chinese Communist Party-led, and I would rather have open navigation of the seaways, freedom of religion, human rights, commerce, trade, transparent contracts. And so, I would rather have there be more U.S.-led freedoms for the world \u2014 but not because the U.S. is an eternal entity. The U.S. is just the best experiment in government we\u2019ve ever known. But governments are going to pass away ultimately. At the end of days, when we all wrestle through and with the questions around our own mortality, there will be no more tears, there will be no more cancer, there will also be no more government. Government is a tool. It\u2019s a really important tool, but it\u2019s a time-limited tool.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his interview with Daly, he explained, \u201cGovernment is about restraining evil. It\u2019s not about the glory of what happens at worship. It\u2019s not about the warmth around your dinner table where you\u2019re telling your kids how much you love them and asking them about their day. Government is just about a framework for ordered liberty. And so our passions [have to] hold moderately to certain institutions like government because they\u2019re important, but they\u2019re passing away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sasse believes that how society handles the current communication revolution, especially social media and AI, is crucial. Telling Daly, \u201cI think a hundred years from now, if the Lord hasn\u2019t returned yet, when we look back on this moment, we\u2019re not going to talk very much about public policy. We\u2019re going to talk about the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markle-claims-she-was-bullied-much-worse-than-other-royals-rude-and-racist-are-not-the-same\/\" title=\"Meghan Markle Claims She Was Bullied Much Worse Than Other Royals: \u2018Rude And Racist Are Not The Same\u2019\">social media created<\/a> a completely different kind of information ecosystem. And there [are] these grand temptations to steal our attention all the time. We know that only about 12% of Americans will read a book this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sasse told Pelley, \u201cWe\u2019re living through a technological revolution which is creating an economic revolution. Let\u2019s be clear, we\u2019re the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rich middle-class median<\/a>. Americans are the richest people any time and place in all of human history. And yet, the economic revolutions that we\u2019re living through are unsettling culture and place,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so people are incredibly rich at a material level statistically. And yet we\u2019re pretty impoverished spiritually and communally in that we don\u2019t have fit community. We don\u2019t know our cousins. We don\u2019t know the people who live two doors away from us. And we don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re in a common cause with people right now. And politics wants to trivialize that by screaming there\u2019s some bad political actor somewhere. And if only that person were ripped out of the public square, politicians could fix all this. No, neighbors are going to have to fix this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say, \u201cI do think social media is one of the fundamental problems that we\u2019re dealing with right now. Right now, almost all politicians\u2019 impulses and incentives \u2026 is to go narrow but deep and to do a lot of fan service. It doesn\u2019t encourage a lot of self-scrutiny. It doesn\u2019t encourage a lot of humility. It doesn\u2019t encourage someone saying, \u2018You know what, I used to believe this, but I listened to somebody else, and I realized I was wrong, and I\u2019ve learned this new thing. There\u2019s no audience for that. You want to just say more of, \u2018We\u2019re definitely right, and they\u2019re definitely wrong.\u2019 And that tribalism makes us pretty stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cOne of the glorious things about the American experiment is believing in souls that can do deferred gratification. We can do deliberation that says, \u2018Maybe I don\u2019t have all the answers right now at my fingertips, and maybe the glories of a big and diverse creation is I can learn a lot from my neighbors.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview, Pelley observed, \u201cYou are completely devoted to your faith: what\u2019s known as Reformed Christianity or Calvinism. And one of the tenets of that faith is that God ordains everything. And I wonder why you think God has put you to this test?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sasse answered, \u201cDeath is wicked. Death is evil. Death is not how it\u2019s supposed to be. And me getting a cancer diagnosis again is pretty small on the grand scheme of things, but it\u2019s a touch of grace because it forces me to tell the truth. And the lie I want to tell myself is that I\u2019m the center of everything, and I\u2019m going to be around forever, and I can work harder and store up enough that I can atone for my own brokenness. I can\u2019t. And so, I hate cancer, but I\u2019m also grateful for it. I tell a lot more truth to myself than I used to \u2026 when I thought I was super omnipotent and interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most emotional and inspirational part of these interviews came at the end of this conversation. Everyone should listen and learn from this man of deep Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>Pelley, on the verge of tears, managed to say, \u201cI make no comparison to what you\u2019re going through, but there was a moment on 9\/11 at the World Trade Center that I knew I was dead. And in that lightning flash of an instant, the only thing that crossed my mind was leaving my family behind. And I wonder how you reconcile that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sasse responded, \u201cYeah\u2026 I\u2019m incredibly blessed. My wife Melissa\u2026 we\u2019ve been married 31 years. We\u2019re going to be apart for a time. But she\u2019s tough and gritty and theologically rooted, and she\u2019s going to be fine. My daughters are 24 and 22, and they\u2019re extraordinary. I want to walk them down the aisle when they get married,\u201d he paused, getting emotional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not likely to be. That\u2019s not the math of my timecard. My son, we have a providential surprise. He\u2019s a decade younger than big sisters. He\u2019s\u2026 going to be fine, and he\u2019ll have other wise men and women to put a hand on his shoulder. But I\u2019m super bummed to not be there at 16 and 18 and 20 years old in his life. I want to give him more advice than he wants, and I want to put my arm on his shoulder, and I want his shoulders to get taller. But it\u2019s not a surprise to God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelley noted, \u201cAnd God, you believe, has a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sasse, without hesitation, answered, \u201cAbsolutely. There are no maverick molecules in the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-4699d60d-0 sc-e5014824-0 cNYAfa glMUMD\">\n<p><em>Kathy Athearn is a correspondence writer at Family Research Council. 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