
Remember Death
The Surprising Path to Living Hope
Matthew McCullough(Author)
Crossway Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4335-6964-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 don't often see death up close. That makes it easy to live as if death is someone else's problem. Ignoring the certainty of death doesn't protect us from feeling its effects throughout the lives we're living now-but it does hold us back from experiencing the powerful, everyday relevance of Jesus's promises to us. So long as death remains remote and unreal, Jesus's promises will too. But honesty about death brings hope to life. That's 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
Replaces ISBN 978-1-4335-6053-8
Life expectancy worldwide is twice what it was a hundred years ago. And because of modern medicine, many of us don't often see death up close. That makes it easy to live as if death is someone else's problem. Ignoring the certainty of death doesn't protect us from feeling its effects throughout the lives we're living now-but it does hold us back from experiencing the powerful, everyday relevance of Jesus's promises to us. So long as death remains remote and unreal, Jesus's promises will too. But honesty about death brings hope to life. That's 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
Replaces ISBN 978-1-4335-6053-8
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wheaton, IL
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
256 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4335-6964-7 (9781433569647)
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E-Book
06/2025
Crossway
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Person
Matthew McCullough (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is the pastor of Edgefield Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and the author of Remember Heaven: Meditations on the World to Come for Life in the Meantime.
Content
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
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