Sasse encourages me to remember and praise God for all of his people, great and small, known and unknown, who have received their final diagnosis as their final challenge—their final opportunity on this side of the grave to testify to their love for the Lord and the peace they have in him.

Ben Sasse has a lifetime of noteworthy achievements and accomplishments behind him. He has earned degrees from Harvard and Yale, been executive director of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, served as a senator for the state of Nebraska, and been president of the University of Florida. Perhaps more importantly, he has been married to Melissa for more than 30 years, raised three children with her, and been a faithful Christian all along. But counterintuitively, the final analysis could prove that his greatest accomplishment will be related less to his life and more to his death, for he is dying publicly and dying well.

I expect you know by now that Sasse was recently diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and given just months to live. Since then, he has been asked to participate in a host of interviews across a wide range of media outlets, both Christian and mainstream. Here’s just a small sampling:

• 60 Minutes (or view it on X)
• Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
• CBS News
• Sola Media
• Focus on the Family
• Uncommon Knowledge

That’s a partial list, but a massive platform. Already he has spoken before an audience of millions. And while much of the conversation has been related to American politics, every interview has also turned to faith. Time and again, he has testified to his love for the Lord. He has spoken of his conviction that his diagnosis is an outworking of God’s providence, his trust that God will care for his family, and his confidence that he has been saved by grace through faith and will soon be face-to-face with the Lord. As he has done this, he has challenged the lost and encouraged the saved. He has stood as a faithful witness.

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