this first part and jump to the practical information in the second. I urge you (if that is indeed you) to resist. For the loss of the language of personal eschatology is not only a problem for the laity and unchurched or dechurched people who come to you for help. It’s your problem too. (When was the last time you heard or preached a sermon on death?) Part I offers a series of four reflections on the classical last things—death (chapter 2), judgment (chapter 3), hell (chapter 4), and heaven (chapter
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