Table of Contents

Preface: Why I am writing about death

Chapter 1: Why talk about death and bereavement?

Part One: What the bereaved are up against in this world

Chapter 2: The process of Grief
Chapter 3: Financial Factors
Chapter 4: Emotional Factors
Chapter 5: Social/physical Factors
Chapter 6: Insensitivity from Others

Part Two: What God’s Word says about death and bereavement
Chapter 7: Miracles on behalf of the bereaved in scripture
Chapter 8: Grief in scriptural character’s lives
Chapter 9: Survival in scriptural character’s lives
Chapter 10: Commands in the Old Testament
Chapter 11: Behavior of Jesus & the Early Church towards the bereaved, & Commands
in the New Testament

Part Three: Practical Concerns

Chapter 12: How to care for survivors—lessons for the on-looking world
Chapter 13: How to live after loss—lessons for the bereaved
Chapter 14: Practical ideas for helping the bereaved
Chapter 15: Concluding Thoughts

Epilogue
Bibliography
Reading recommendations