Safe in the Arms of God was written for parents who have lost a child, and it begins where such parents begin, with the question of where that child now is. John MacArthur works through the passages that bear on the question, including David's words at the death of his infant son, Christ's welcome of children and His warning against hindering them, and what Scripture teaches about those who die before they can understand the gospel.

This is a pastoral book rather than a theological treatise, and it is written with restraint about grief that does not resolve. Pastors and counselors keep it on hand for families walking through the death of a child or a miscarriage, and parents have found it a help in the months when little else can be read. It offers the comfort of God's revealed character rather than easy reassurance.