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The city’s exact dimensions are measured by an angel and reported to be 12,000 stadia, the equivalent of 1,400 miles or 2,200 kilometers, in length, width, and height (Revelation 21:15-16).

When logic would tell you the church would not be able to grow under government restrictions, it has grown at a phenomenal rate.

Chapter 1 excerpt from The Grace and Truth Paradox by Randy Alcorn 

The most striking thing that’s happened,” she said, “is that I find myself totally uninterested in all the conversations about material things.

I would agree that our salvation is not based on our works.

The John Piper book When I Don’t Desire God: How to Fight for Joy is good.  Also good is John Piper’s book When the Darkness Does Not Lift, available online from the Desiring God website.

Recommended books on Heaven for children.

There is a gift God has given his people in all ages that has enabled them not just to hold on, but to experience fulfillment even in times of great difficulty. This gift is hope.

A big one is the degree to which explicitly spiritual content can or should be woven into a story.

This world is the closest thing to heaven unbelievers will ever experience, and the closest thing to hell believers will ever know. 

Note from Randy: I wrote this to the men in a study group I led, based on Dallas Willard’s book, Spirit of the Disciplines.

Two segments from the novel Safely Home, by Randy Alcorn