This past Sunday evening, I mentioned several resources which I’ve found helpful in thinking through death and the afterlife. Here they are.
Books on Dying Well
Farewell to My Friends by Adolph Monod — He was called "the Spurgeon of France" on account of his powerful gospel preaching. When death drew near, Monod gathered his closest friends to his bedside and shared a final series of lessons. These were written down and collected into Farewell to My Friends. You can read it online for free or purchase the book from Amazon.
Books on heaven
(My top pick) The Happiness of Heaven by Maurice Roberts is a sound, scriptural, and practical look at what heaven is like by a Reformed pastor. It skirts most of the unknowable questions and focuses on the joys we can count on.
We Shall See God by Charles Spurgeon (edited by Randy Alcorn). This is a 50-unit devotional based on the always-enriching writings of the aforementioned C. H. Spurgeon.
Heaven by Randy Alcorn. This popular book by a contemporary Evangelical author is sizable but easy to read. Its only significant fault is that sometimes Alcorn veers into speculation (he’s confident we’ll play basketball in glory). But I don’t recall anything really problematic.
Finally, the author whose son recently passed, who I said is like a mentor to me, is Tim Challies:
Here’s the post where he first announced Nick’s death.
For a solid devotional type book, Run to Win is worthwhile.
For a Christian perspective on productivity, see Do More Better.
His Visual Theology Guides are super interesting to look through, especially for ages 13-20. Both are in the church library.
The easiest place to go just might be his website: https://www.challies.com/. Every day, Tim posts an A La Carte with fresh links to resources he scours from around the Web, including news and Christian articles, as well as sales on books. And every day he posts one article of his own. Always edifying.
