“Through the lens of Scripture, McCullough looks death squarely in the eye and reminds us that it is nothing to be afraid of. For the Christian, it has truly lost its sting. Remember Death is a welcome conversation in a culture that doesn’t know how to think about mortality.”
Andrew Peterson, singer-songwriter; author, The Wingfeather Saga series; Founder, The Rabbit Room
“This is a profoundly helpful book. With a preacher’s turn of phrase and illustrative eye, with a pastor’s care for precious people and their greatest fears, and with a theologian’s grasp of the Bible’s big picture and the heart of the gospel, Matthew McCullough writes to overcome our detachment from death and deepen our attachment to the Lord Jesus Christ. These pages will repay careful thought and meditative reflection on their surprising riches.”
David Gibson, Minister, Trinity Church, Aberdeen; author, The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host
“I pray that you come away from a book on mortality with a sense of clarity about what really matters—about who really matters. I pray that this book, as it leads you to reflect on your own coming demise, gives you a sense of joy, of gratitude, of longing to be part of that great cloud of witnesses in heaven. Your life is worth living precisely because it is not your life at all. Your life is hidden with Christ. That gives you the freedom to lose your life in sacrifice to others, in obedience to God, in order to save it.”
Russell Moore, Editor in Chief, Christianity Today; author, Losing Our Religion
“Matt McCullough’s meditation on death is haunting, profound, and stirring, reminding us of our identity and our destiny apart from Jesus Christ. Death casts a shadow over our lives, showing us, as McCullough points out, that we aren’t the center of the universe. Those who live rightly and those who live forever often think of death, but at the same time they live with hope since Jesus is the resurrection and the life. This book reminds us why we die and teaches us how to live.”
Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Where Is Thy Sting?
Chapter 2: The Problem of Identity and the Promise of Union with Christ
Chapter 3: The Problem of Futility and the Promise of Purpose
Chapter 4: The Problem of Loss and the Promise of Eternal Life
Chapter 5: The Problems of Life and the Promise of Glory
Chapter 6: Grieve in Hope
General Index
Scripture Index
