{"product_id":"funerals-for-the-care-of-souls-9781683594734","title":"Funerals: For the Care of Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eDeath will strike your congregation. Are you ready? Are they?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath has become a four-letter word. Whereas in previous generations, the practice of \u003ci\u003ememento mori \u003c\/i\u003e(remember death) was embedded in family life, people today have found ways to distance themselves from death. As Western culture becomes increasingly more secular, the Christian understanding of death and the funeral appear more and more strange.\u003cbr\u003eFear of death affects us all, and so pastors have significant hurdles to overcome. What Christians need today is a renewed vision of the traditional Christian funeral liturgy. In \u003ci\u003eFunerals\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim Perry recovers the rich theology inherent to the Christian funeral: communion with the saints in death, peace in forgiveness, hope in the resurrection, and joy in life eternal. Perry guides pastors through the practice of funerals, from planning the service to preaching the eulogy, and offers wisdom for the hard cases.\u003cbr\u003ePerry's \u003ci\u003eFunerals\u003c\/i\u003e will help pastors disciple their people to see through the valley of the shadow of death and into the hope beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexham Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683594734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120","brand":"Tim Perry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39638502932661,"sku":"9781683594734","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_264f7cb0-b122-461a-b3bb-d4fae05c006c.jpg?v=1617682287","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/funerals-for-the-care-of-souls-9781683594734","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}