Death & Grief

What will heaven be like? Randy Alcorn presents a thoroughly biblical answer, based on years of careful study, presented in an engaging, audience-friendly style....

What do you do when your world seems to be falling down all around you? When loss is too much to bear? When disappointment becomes your new reality? Pastor Steve Carter is certain you'll find hope and life through these three simple yet profound steps: Grieve. Breathe. Receive....

On June 4th, 2019, country music singer Granger Smith was enjoying a final evening with his kids before heading to Nashville for the CMT Music Awards and his next tour....

Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God's disapproval....

If you are struggling to process loss, pain, or grief from the last few years or the last few minutes, J.S. is an experienced and deeply empathetic listener and grief catcher who has held the pain and questions of thousands of patients....

In Divine Disruption, Dr. Tony Evans and his children pull back the curtain on their faith-shaking experiences, in order to provide biblical wisdom and practical encouragement for how to deal with the hard, unexpected things we all inevitably face....

What will heaven be like? Randy Alcorn presents a thoroughly biblical answer....

For years, Christians have been asking, "If you died tonight, do you know where you would go?" It turns out that many believers have been giving the wrong answer. It is not heaven....

A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven — where she experienced God’s peace, joy, and angels — and back to life again....

Why must we suffer? The greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle this knotty issue....

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment"....

When David Oliver faced the death of his son Joel, at the age of thirty-eight, following a short and brutal fight with cancer, he set about researching and writing this powerful short book on heaven and committed to write whatever he discovered....

Have you ever felt adrift and alone after losing a job, a dream, a loved one, or your sense of purpose in life? Matthew West uses stories and Scripture to encourage you that wherever you are and whatever you’re going through, God is by your side—and nothing can separate you from Him....

With vulnerability and honesty, Jerry Sittser walks through his own grief and loss to show that new life is possible - one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple and ordinary gifts....

This book is for anyone who has ever wept and wondered, "Why?" Peter Kreeft observes that our world is full of billions of normal lives that have been touched by apparently pointless and random suffering. This account of a real and honest personal quest is both engaging and convincing....

Best-selling author Ann Voskamp hands us a map that makes meaning of life, that shows the way through to the places we’ve only dreamed of reaching, by a way we never expected....

This world is full of crises and conflicts, difficulties and troubles—but this world will not last. No matter what your age is, your earthly life is slowly slipping away. This is why Jesus encourages us not to store treasures on this earth. In other words, invest in heaven.

After miraculously surviving a near-fatal brainstem stroke at age 26, as told in their memoir, Hope Heals, life for Katherine and Jay Wolf changed forever - and so did the way they viewed God, the world, and themselves in it....

Standing at a departure gate in Dallas' Love Field, Dave Roever held his recent bride Brenda in his arms and kissed her goodbye. He knew fully the dangers awaiting him in the raging battles in Vietnam, yet he promised the love of his life that he would return to her "without a scar"....

When someone we love is grieving, we want to be there. But it's easy to feel paralyzed, worried that we might say or do the wrong thing....

These days, bad news often outpaces the good. Problems outnumber solutions. You may turn and ask, "Where is God at a time like this?" Friend, he's right here. And he's whispering your name....

What do you say to someone who has been diagnosed with a terminal disease? Author Patrick Shawn Riecke answers this question and more after 20 years of helping the sick, dying, and grieving. You will encounter the best ways to talk with people in life's most difficult moments....

Anne shares her heart and God's teachings on the universal problem of suffering....

After being married for less than a year, country music legend Alan Jackson’s daughter Mattie was faced with navigating a future that didn’t include her young husband and their lifelong plans....

Originally published in 1737, The Crook in the Lot continues to bring comfort and inspire countless souls, and it remains one of the most beloved of all Puritan classics....

Letters for Brenda is unapologetically autobiographical. It is Richard's story - a chronological account of how grief manifested itself in his life following his wife's death and how he dealt with it. His faith remained strong, but his heart was breaking. Never had he felt so alone. Not lonely. Alone. To process his grief, he needed to talk about it but he had no one to talk to. Who would understand? Only Brenda, his soul mate - but she was gone and she wasn't coming back. Out of desperation, he decided to write her a series of letters.

Life is constant change. We must accept this fact and know that everything we see or hold disappears and decays. Doors open constantly to distinct areas and close firmly behind us as we finish each phase of life. One hundred years ago Jacob and Aganetha Suderman were young parents with a growing family. They moved to America. Since 1922 they rest side by side in the Ebenfeld Cemetery. Their eleven grown children sleep and wait with them. Will the lines of God’s grace be strong enough to extend to future generations? As long as earth stands and new babies are born to our children and ...

Weep No More is a book that explores a theology of weeping, delving into the significance of tears and offering solace and understanding to those who sorrow. The book reveals the transformative power of tears through personal reflections and an exploration of Scripture.

...Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Psalm 30:5 Doubts, depression, and discouragement are characteristic responses of someone who has endured the worst life offers. When a promise from God does not come to pass, the aftermath is often confusion about the validity of a personal relationship with the Lord. In Praying Through Sorrows, coauthors Dutch Sheets and Chris Jackson confront the emotional anguish of awaiting the arrival of a long delayed recovery and healing from such difficult situations. You will learn how to overcome the debilitating state of "hope ...

What do we do when we have prayed, but it seems like God is not answering? What do we do if we are believing God for a loved one’s healing, but their condition is only getting worse? Or worse yet, what do we do when tragedy strikes? The loss of a loved one, a failed marriage or business. We may begin to wonder, was it my fault? I prayed but haven’t received an answer. There are times in life when we don’t know for sure why something has happened, but God has promised He will answer. He simply tells us to return to what we know. God has not brought us this far to abandon us. In this ...

What do you do when your world seems to be falling down all around you? When loss is too much to bear? When disappointment becomes your new reality? Pastor Steve Carter is certain you'll find hope and life through these three simple yet profound steps: Grieve. Breathe. Receive.

Candace Charbonné and her family faced an unthinkable reality when she was told her 37-week 5-day-old baby she was carrying no longer had a heartbeat. In this captivating and heartfelt memoir, Candace takes you through the devastating details and raw emotions of giving birth to a stillborn baby, the ensuing grief, and the saving Grace of Jesus Christ in her darkest hours.

Jesus is your model and example on how to deal with every crisis and circumstance. You were never created to react to your circumstances! It’s easy to do, and we all fall prey to that mindset. Whether it’s personally or globally, we want to immediately react in knee-jerk fashion to the crises we are experiencing. The problem is we start to pray from a place of crisis, fear, and anxiety. When you know who the Father is and what He says about what you are going through, you can pray from a place of confidence. You can stand strong, even when everything seems to be shaking around you. ...

This book is Part 2 of a series written to explain why “bad” people go to heaven and “good” people don’t. Each book in this series takes a look at what Jesus said about our eternal destiny – what happens to us when we die, or who goes to paradise and who ends up in the lake of fire. Is there a more important topic than that? Jesus Christ had much to say about heaven, hell, and who goes where. It was one of his favorite topics. And for good reason. Don’t you want to know where you will spend eternity? In Luke 7:36-50 we find the Son of God having dinner with a Pharisee named ...

This book is a collection of 16 storytellers who describe their personal experiences with the death of their loved ones who knew and believed the truth of John 3:16–For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Through these inspiring stories of eternal connections, expect to find hope in learning that death is not the end of our life cycle.

Where is my home? This is the story of a woman who watched “home” slip away again and again—through her parents’ divorce, a foreclosure, two international moves, ten rental homes in ten years, and her mother’s terminal battle with cancer. Add in the challenge of cross-cultural marriage, and Kate Motaung was constantly adapting to a new environment. When home is supposed to be synonymous with love and comfort and safety, unpredictable and unwelcome life events—even the chosen but challenging ones—can shake you to your core. A Place to Land is a globe-spanning memoir that ...

If you are struggling to process loss, pain, or grief from the last few years or the last few minutes, J.S. is an experienced and deeply empathetic listener and grief catcher who has held the pain and questions of thousands of patients. While social and cultural narratives about grief are dominated by "letting go, moving on, or turning the page" in his nearly decade of service as a chaplain at a major hospital with a designated level one trauma center J.S. understands firsthand how rushing or suppressing grief only adds a suffocating layer of pain on top of the original wound.

Grief is a personal journey that is often filled with unexplained emotions and numberless moments of walking side-by-side with Christ, praying for words, wisdom, and answers. In a candid collection of narratives, stories, and poetry shared to help those struggling with loss, Mark Lanford offers an inspirational glimpse into his sometimes lonely, sometimes supported walk through heart-shattering grief after losing his wife of forty-two years.

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Don't Die in the Winter • Are you on the devil's hit list? • Is all hell breaking loose in your life? • Do you wonder if the sun will ever shine again? Don’t Die in the Winter will help you discern spiritual “weather” conditions and help you properly prepare for them. Every season of life brings new changes and new challenges. God uses the bitter, lonely, cold winter season of our life to develop Christlike character in us. Adversity is merely a harbinger of the springtime of blessings to come. Winter does not last forever—be not “weary in well doing: for in due season we ...