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When her doctor pointed to the cancer on her CT scan, Frankie Preston smiled. Her reason was simple: her life is hidden in Christ.
Frankie, a longtime friend of Justin Peters and his wife Kathy, was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer in February 2024. Days before this recording, she learned it has returned, this time in her liver. Nearly ten years after Peters filmed her baptism, she sits down with him to talk about facing that news as a believer.
She speaks plainly about the sovereignty of God, about being bought with a price, and about why she isn't afraid. The ones who should fear, she says, are those outside of Christ. Peters asks what she wants preached at her funeral, and her answer is the unadulterated gospel, in the hope that even one sinner repents. When she describes heaven, she isn't longing to be free of cancer. She wants to be free of sin and to see Christ face to face. Peters calls that a mark of spiritual maturity.
Justin closes with a clear presentation of the gospel: sin, the reality of hell, the imputed righteousness of Christ, and the call to repent and believe, citing Isaiah 64 and Romans 6:23.
This conversation shows what true faith looks like when it is put to the test, and it is a sober reminder that none of us is promised tomorrow.
