MATTHEW MCCULLOUGH

The Best Way to Find Meaning in Life Is to Get Honest About Death

Life expectancy worldwide is twice what it was a hundred years ago. And because of modern medicine, many of us dont often see death up close. That makes it easy to live as if death is someone elses problem. Ignoring the certainty of death doesnt protect us from feeling its effects throughout the lives were living nowbut it does hold us back from experiencing the powerful, everyday relevance of Jesuss promises to us. So long as death remains remote and unreal, Jesuss promises will too. But honesty about death brings hope to life. Thats the ironic claim at the heart of this book. Cultivating death awareness helps us bring the promises of Jesus from the hazy clouds of some other world into the everyday realities of our world, where they belong.

• Insightful and Accessible:Draws from many sources, including research from science and psychology, and examples from literature, pop culture, theology, and Scripture
• Christ-Centered Encouragement for Life and Loss:Teaching what the Bible says about identity, futility, and grief, McCullough offers hope that is tied to the promises of God

208 pages

9781433569647

CROSSWAY