This Incomplete One

by Bush, Michael D.

• ISBN13: 9780802822277
• ISBN10: 0802822274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-30
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

A collection of extraordinary sermons in which preachers deal with the deaths of children and young adults.Includes sermons by: Craig Barnes, Karl Barth, David L. Bartlett, Ronald P. Byars, John Claypool, William Sloan Coffin, Stephen T. Davis, J. Howard Edington, Jonathan Edwards, Laura Mendenhall, Jeffrey J. Newlin, Jack Roeda, Fleming Rutledge, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and James Van Tholen.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Acknowledgments	xi
Editor's Introduction	xiii
Casey William Alley	3	(6)
M. Craig Barnes
Matthias Barth	9	(12)
Karl Barth
Erik Hansen	21	(6)
David L. Bartlett
Patrick Mills	27	(6)
Ronald P. Byars
What Can We Expect of God?	33	(20)
John Claypool
Alex's Death	53	(8)
William Sloane Coffin Jr.
Words of Faith, Hope, and Love	61	(6)
Stephen T. Davis
When the Waters Are Deep	67	(12)
J. Howard Edington
True Saints, When Absent from the Body, Are Present with the Lord	79	(30)
Jonathan Edwards
The Last Enemy	109	(10)
Laura Mendenhall
Standing at the Grave	119	(12)
Jeffrey J. Newlin
Anne Elizabeth Kuzee	131	(6)
Jack Roeda
Reaching Out	137	(8)
Fleming Rutledge
Sermon at Nathanael's Grave	145	(10)
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Where the Children Can Dance	155	(6)
Philip Turner
Surprised by Death	161
James Van Tholen