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Conduct Gospel-Centered Funerals: Applying the Gospel at the Unique Challenges of Death is unavailable, but you can change that!

Our calling as ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ is to make Christ central in all we do. Yet, in many funeral occasions, the gospel of Jesus Christ is lamentably overlooked as the primary purpose of the funeral service and that upon which all true hope depends. The aim of this book is not just to inform you of all the different kinds of important logistics, challenges, and practicalities...

well as about the deceased. You should assume that Christians and non-Christians are present. You should assume that they have all come with a preconception of how we receive eternal life. For example, I once led a funeral at which 90 percent of those in attendance were devoted Catholics; at another, most were Mormons; at yet another, no one in the building had ever stepped foot in a church before. In every case, I explained the gospel clearly, and I called my hearers to repent of their sins, believe
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