Book Launch, There is hope: Preaching at funerals

THERE IS HOPE: PREACHING AT FUNERALS

by Paul Beasley-Murray

I invite you to a book launch and presentation by ZOOM

on Tuesday 11 January 2022

10.30 am-12.00 pm  [please log in from 10.15 am]

Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/9277743092 Password = aardvark

RSVP paulbeasleymurray@gmail.com

The Gospel is a message of hope

Preaching hope

Preaching alone will not excite hope and faith in God

An example of exegeting hope:  Keep on believing (John 14.1-6)

Examples of preaching hope

Free at last (2 Tim 4.4-6) – Hope for a dementia sufferer

Glory, glory, hallelujah (Rev 7.9-17) – Hope for a seasoned football supporter

Even in the darkness God is there (Psalm 139) – Hope for a student who jumped in front of a train

“Paul Beasley-Murray has done it again! The minister’s minister has mined his decades of pastoral experience, theological reflection and effective communication to bring us a quite exceptionally useful guide to a particularly challenging subject- preaching at funeral services. Avoiding tired generalities, he combines scholarship with accessibility, profundity with practicality, skilfully expounding 20 passages – followed by 20 sermons – to help us, whatever our age or stage, not merely with the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of this exacting preaching challenge, but, importantly, the ‘why’. Here is a truly hope-filled book to inform and inspire, to enlighten and encourage, packed with practical wisdom, grounded in rich experience and deep theology, enlivened by gentle scholarship and brilliant quotation. This is a book to savour – and to plunder – as we sharpen our message of Gospel hope!”. David Turner QC is a Circuit Judge, Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester, Deputy President of the Clergy Discipline Commission and a Reader in the Diocese of London.

Paul is a former pastor of Baptist churches in Altrincham and Chelmsford and a former principal of Spurgeon’s College. His books include The Message of The Resurrection (IVP), Joy to the World: Preaching at Christmas (IVP), Transform Your Church (IVP); Make the Most of Retirement (BRF); 50 Lessons in Ministry: Reflections on 50 Years of Ministry (DLT), and This is My Story: A Story of Life, Faith and Ministry (Wipf & Stock). See also his weekly blog, Church Matters: www.paulbeasleymurray.com