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Resources for Randy Alcorn's breakout session at The 2015 Gospel Coalition National Conference

By Randy Alcorn

April 14, 2015

Watch Randy's workshop session

PowerPoint Presentation on Continuity & Discontinuity

Randy's top five recommended books on Heaven

Authors and books cited by Randy in his workshop

Anthony Hoekema, The Bible and the Future
Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
Albert Wolters, Creation Regained
Isaac Watts, The World to Come
George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Great Doctrines of the Bible
Anthony Buzzard, Our Fathers Who Aren’t in Heaven
Greg Beale, Eschatological Conception of N.T. Theology
Bruce Milne, The Message of Heaven and Hell
Herman Bavinck, The Last Things
Erich Sauer, The King of the Earth
Paul Helm, The Last Things
René Pache, The Future Life
Henry Berkhof, Christ the Meaning of History
Peter Marshall, Heaven Is Not My Home
A.A. Hodge, Evangelical Theology
Henry Alford, Greek New Testament
N. T. Wright, Surprised by Hope
Cornelius Venema, The Promise of the Future
Edward Donnelly, Biblical Teaching on the Doctrines of Heaven and Hell

Resources

Will the Old Earth be Destroyed or Renewed? (Chapter 15 in Heaven)
Christoplatonism;s False Assumptions (Appendix A in Heaven)
Literal and Figurative Interpretation (Appendix B in Heaven)
Three Eras of Earth and Mankind
What Many Assume About Heaven vs. What The Bible Says About Heaven
Worldview and Textual Criticism in 2 Peter 3:10 by Al Wolters (Westminster Journal, 1987)
Why is Resurrection so Important?
What will our glorified bodies be like?
What will the New Earth be like?

Videos

Randy Alcorn blogs about popular books in which people claim to have visited Heaven

Books about Heaven by Randy Alcorn

Non-fiction

Devotionals

DVD & Children's Books

Eternity 101 Class DVD
Heaven for Kids
Tell Me About Heaven
Wait Until Then (now out of print)

Fiction

Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of over sixty books and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries.

Topics

Heaven

Heavenly Mindedness

article February 12, 2016

Scripture commands us to set our hearts on Heaven: “Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God” (Col. 3:1). And to make sure we don’t miss the importance of a Heaven-centered life, the next verse says, “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things [alone].”

Living as if Heaven Was Your Home

Living as if Heaven Was Your Home

audio April 30, 2010

Randy Alcorn speaks on having an eternal perspective.

Questions About Heaven

article March 22, 2010

Many people have questions regarding Heaven. How can you be sure that this depiction of Heaven is the correct one?

The book is filled with Scripture, and I’ve labored to interpret the Bible accurately, consistently and in context. As I say in the introduction to Heaven, readers should carefully examine God’s Word and evaluate the book’s claims accordingly (Acts 17:11). If they do, I believe they will discover that the great majority of the book is solidly grounded in Scripture. This will come as a surprise to many, since the book’s conclusions about Heaven and ...