Funeral services with no gospel and no hope are now the norm.
Having no service at all is now a popular option. Instead, people are encouraged to use the money saved for a celebratory memorial. It's an extremely successful idea, appealing to death-denying hearts.
As Christians we rightly lament this trend, but it also presents an opportunity to powerfully commend the gospel.
Diogo Jota, Jesus and dealing with grief
Approximately 150,000 people die each day worldwide. Death really is all around us, and yet every now and again there …