“A good name is better than precious ointment and the day of death better than the day of birth” (Ecc. 7:1). How might the book of Ecclesiastes help us better understand and speak about death? J. Todd Billings and Rev. Dr. David Gibson (Living Life Backward, 2017) wonder together how this book of Wisdom Literature might inspire hope, modesty, creatureliness, and, above all, joy.

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The End of the Christian Life is available now with all book distributors. J. Todd Billings is the Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary. For more information, visit: https://jtoddbillings.com/ or find him on Twitter: @jtoddbillings

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