Inhale Comfort Exhale Hope!

Death rarely comes with simple answers for its arrival is always a bold<br>reminder that we live in an imperfect world. Yet there is hope found in the<br>Savior and in his promise we can be certain that the limitations of this world<br>cannot shackle the power of God.<br><br>In the ten funeral homilies of <i>Inhale Comfort Exhale Hope! </i>Mark Powell<br>exposes the secrets of a broken world reminding us that in the midst of<br>the mess and the chaos God's presence delivers a redeeming hope. Powell<br>doesn't believe that the funeral homily should ever be an attempt to lecture<br>or evangelize; rather he asserts it's a time to remind the brokenhearted to<br>rely on solid scriptural truths found in the words of Jesus: <i>We will not be left<br>orphaned. Death has no victory. We will be with the Lord forever.<br><br><br></i>The homilies in this volume will aid the pastor in preparation of funerals for:<br>•an unexpected death<br>•an elderly Christian<br>•the death of someone unknown to the pastor<br>•a suicide<br>•a childand many more.<br><br><br><b>Mark Randall Powell </b>is the pastor of Third Baptist Church in Granite<br>City Illinois. Powell has ministered to different churches since 1976.<br>Powell attended Purdue University Lynchburg Baptist College Boyce<br>School of the Bible and Carver School of Social Work. Mark is married<br>and he and his wife have one daughter. Mark blogs and you can read<br>him on two different sites: http://markpowellwired.blogspot.com or<br>http://humancondition-markpowellwired.blogspot.com.<br>