A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death
Author: Charles Hoffacker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2002
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1561012157

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With the sensitivity born of time and experience, Charles Hoffacker presents an unusually warm and caring approach to preaching at a pivotal transition in human life, one which goes to the very heart of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Hoffacker teaches the reader, whether a seasoned preacher or a novice homilist, to find the key to unlocking the mystery of Jesus' promise of eternal life in a mortal life now ended.

There is Hope

There is Hope
Author: Paul Beasley-Murray
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 178974363X

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250,000 people die in the UK each year, and almost half will have a Christian funeral service. Preaching at a funeral is a vital part of pastoral ministry, but too often funeral sermons consist of generalities and platitudes used for multiple services rather than illuminating the hope gifted to us by the resurrection. In There is Hope veteran pastor Paul Beasley-Murray offers practical advice to help Christian leaders craft meaningful, biblically driven sermons and preach with confidence and compassion at funeral services. Drawing on his years of experience, he offers a sensitive, pastorally rich exposition of twenty key Bible passages, exploring how preachers can draw on them to show the hope beyond death that the Gospel offers. Alongside are funeral sermon examples that he has preached himself, as well as ideas, outlines and guidance for writing your own. There is Hope is the perfect book for ordinands and preachers who are new to giving funeral sermons, as well as for experienced preachers and pastors wanting to improve and grow in their pastoral ministry and are looking for new ideas for funeral sermons. Full of biblical depth, this guide will equip priests and pastors with all the tools they need to deliver comforting funeral sermons that truly deliver the message that even in death, in the Gospel there is hope.

Preaching Death

Preaching Death
Author: Lucy Bregman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2020-11-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781481314930

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Christians traditionally have had something substantive and important to say about death and afterlife. Yet the language and imagery used in sermons about life and death have given way to language designed to comfort and celebrate. In Preaching Death, Lucy Bregman tracks the changes in Protestant American funerals over the last one hundred years. Early-twentieth-century natural immortality doctrinal funeral sermons transitioned to an era of silence and denial, eventually becoming expressive, biographical tributes to the deceased. The contemporary death awareness movement, with the death as a natural event perspective, has widely impacted American culture, affecting health care, education, and psychotherapy and creating new professions such as hospice nurse and grief counselor. Bregman questions whether this transition--which occurred unobserved and without conflict--was inevitable and what alternative paths could have been chosen. In tracing this unique story, she reveals how Americans' comprehension of death shifted in the last century--and why we must find ways to move beyond it.

Simple Sermons for Funeral Services

Simple Sermons for Funeral Services
Author: W. Herschel Ford
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2001-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801091225

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An affordable collection of simple sermons to help busy pastors prepare biblical messages for funerals.

A Time to Die

A Time to Die
Author: Kent D. Richmond
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1990
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780687421220

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