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Overcoming the Myths About Heaven

I once heard a pastor make a startling confession: “Whenever I think about heaven, it makes me depressed. I’d rather just cease to exist when I die.” I tried not to show my shock as I asked him, “Why?”

“I can’t stand the thought of that endless tedium. To float around in the clouds with nothing to do but strum a harp—it’s all so terribly boring. Heaven doesn’t sound much better than hell. I’d rather be annihilated than spend eternity in a place like that.”

Is it right to long for reunion with loved ones who have died?

I am struck by the compulsion we have to speak words of kindness and impact and grief and consolation about those who have left this world. Where does this deep-seated sense of attachment come from?

Answered by Randy Alcorn

It comes from God. He is the Father of this family we enjoy. We rightly sense that our relationship with them has not been terminated, only interrupted, and we know that some day each of us will be taken from this world, in one moment separated from some we love and in the same moment reunited with others we love, and ...

Is it wrong for us to grieve the death of a Christian loved one?

Though we mourn, our mourning should be mixed with worship of God and thanksgiving for the life of the loved one who has died.

One daughter’s response to Heaven

It is not forever—we will be reunited in Heaven and never have to worry about leaving each other again, and my dad will be able to walk by me with no pain.

Mary Jon Denniston kept Heaven in sight

There was something magnetic, something special about how she faced death.

How will millions of resurrected believers have access to Jesus?

Question from a reader:

On page 174 of Heaven you talk of the thrill of seeing Jesus in Heaven. You say, “Being with him. Gazing at him. Talking with him. Worshiping him. Embracing him. Eating with him. Walking with him. Laughing with him.” But how will millions of resurrected believers be able to do this? Do we take turns?

Made for Another World

When I ponder the adventure that awaits us in Heaven, the joys and the fellowship, my thoughts drift to my friend Jerry.

Heaven: Questions to stimulate thinking about Heaven

I am leading a group studying Heaven, and I really want to get people excited about studying it. Do you have any suggestions of questions I could ask the group to encourage conversation and get people thinking about Heaven?

Cramming for Heaven

Carol King and Randy AlcornI spent a few hours with Carol King (see picture), who was dying of cancer. She joked that imminent death had changed her shopping habits. She said, “I no longer buy jumbo shampoo. I don’t even buy green bananas!’ But the most unforgettable thing she said was, “I’m cramming for Heaven.’

In school, did you cram for tests? I did. Death involves the greatest examination in our lives, with by far the greatest consequences. It merits careful and thorough preparation. Our time is limited. We should all be cramming for heaven.

Any life that leaves us unprepared for ...

Ready For The Long Tomorrow?

Many of us habitually think and act as if there is no eternity—or, as if what we do in this present life has no bearing on eternity.

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