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    <title>Comforting the bereaved</title>
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    <namePart>Wiersbe, Warren W.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>�1985</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1985</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <tableOfContents>Part 1: The meaning of comfort -- 1. Comforters needed -- 2. The Bible and death -- 3. The grief process -- 4. Pastoral resources -- Part 2: Sharing comfort -- 5. The pastoral visit -- 6. Do we need funerals? -- 7. The funeral message -- 8. At the grave -- 9. Following the funeral -- Part 3: Special situations -- 10. The pastor's approach -- 11. The death of a child -- 12. Suicide -- 13. The murder victim -- 14. Multiple deaths -- 15. The "wicked sinner" -- 16. The stranger -- 17. Death in another congregation -- 18. Calendar complications -- 19. A member of the minister's family -- 20. Divided families -- 21. Additional outlines -- Part 4: Questions people ask -- 22. Questions pastors ask -- 23. Questions mourners ask.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Warren W. Wiersbe and David W. Wiersbe.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150).</note>
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    <topic>Bereavement</topic>
    <topic>Religious aspects</topic>
    <topic>Christianity</topic>
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    <topic>Christianity</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BV4330 .W54 1985</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="19">259/.6</classification>
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