{"id":23070,"date":"2026-04-12T04:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/ben-sasse-faces-terminal-cancer-with-unshakable-faith\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:38:09","slug":"ben-sasse-faces-terminal-cancer-with-unshakable-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/ben-sasse-faces-terminal-cancer-with-unshakable-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Sasse Faces Terminal Cancer With Unshakable Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Nebraska Republican Senator Ben Sasse said he does not fear his death during an interview<\/a> with Ross Douthat earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Sasse said<\/a> in December that he had been diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, calling it a \u201cdeath sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was incredibly blessed to be quickly at peace,\u201d Sasse told Douthat. \u201cI kept hearing the Pauline phrase, \u2018To live is Christ, to die is gain.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDeath is terrible,\u201d Sasse added. \u201cWe should never sugarcoat it. It is not how things are meant to be. But it is great that death can be called the final enemy. It\u2019s an enemy, but it\u2019s a final enemy, and then there will be no more tears.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Former Sen. Ben Sasse, who is facing terminal illness, opens up about how his faith in Jesus Christ is sustaining him during this difficult time:<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in the Resurrection, and I believe in a restoration of this world, and so I did not feel great fear about my death.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/MhZrV5ULra<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sasse is now in the fourth month since his diagnosis, having been told he had three to four months to live.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in the Resurrection, and I believe in a restoration of this world, and so I did not feel great fear about my death,\u201d Sasse said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want the pain I was going through, I didn\u2019t want to be a pansy-ass in my final moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sasse had a bloody face during his interview, a side effect of a new cancer treatment, he told Douthat. The treatment is extending the lives of cancer patients, but causes bleeding, peeling, and rashes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a nasty drug,\u201d Sasse said. \u201cIt causes crazy stuff, like my body can\u2019t grow skin, and so I bleed out of a whole bunch of parts of me that shouldn\u2019t be bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sasse has done several interviews since his diagnosis, and he told Douthat he has \u201ctime to redeem.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou gotta redeem the time, and there\u2019s only so many bits of unsolicited advice I can give my children,\u201d Sasse said when asked why he is choosing to talk to journalists. \u201cYou journalists want to talk, and if you don\u2019t have anybody better, I\u2019m your man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Sasse said he has made peace with his mortality, he added that he does have regrets about\u00a0having prioritized poorly throughout his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all on the clock, and I wanted to have prioritized better, and whether I really only had three or four months left or if I get nine to 12 months left, I wanna prioritize better from then. But in my tradition, in Christianity, the need for daily repentance is just a truth. I am broken,\u201d Sasse said. \u201cAnd I get to repent every day of my sins \u2014 of both omission and commission. And yet, at a slightly bigger level, if you\u2019re only gonna get three or four months, you really wanna get some of your affairs in order.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sasse said he has felt a heaviness about the diagnosis because he does not want to leave his children without a father.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew that God was not surprised by the diagnosis,\u201d Sasse said. \u201cThere is not a maverick molecule in the universe. But I didn\u2019t like the idea of my 14-year-old son not having a dad around at 16. I didn\u2019t like the idea of my daughters, who are 22 and 24, not having their dad there to walk them down the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his concerns, Sasse said, he is still at peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve continued to feel a peace about the fact that death is something that we should hate, we should call it a wicked thief, and yet, it\u2019s pretty good that you pass through the veil of tears one time and then there will be no more tears,\u201d Sasse said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n