Unlike God and the angels, who are in essence spirits though capable of inhabiting bodies (John 4:24; Heb. 1:14), man is by nature both spiritual and physical (Gen. 2:7).

All these questions are addressed in Randy Alcorn's book Heaven (Tyndale, 2004). Most of them have clear, though not comprehensive, biblical answers. The others that don't have clear answers can be intelligently speculated upon, based on what Scripture does tell us.

This devotional is from Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening: Daily Readings. There’s hardly any man outside of Scripture itself who speaks to me like Spurgeon does. I highly recommend Morning and Evening as a daily dose of great theology.

Happiness in Heaven is based not on ignorance, but on perspective. We will be with Christ, see accurately, and live in a sinless environment. Heavenly happiness cannot be based on a fundamental ignorance of what is happening on Earth or even in Hell.

When someone passed on to me this supposedly true story (I make no guarantees it really happened, but similar things certainly do happen) it reminded me of two things. 

A few months ago I happened to see this on The Heart of a Pastor Wife's blog, and thought these pictures were profound.      

Genesis 2:18: The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him."

With the deaths of several celebrities on the forefront of people's minds, I want to focus this week's question and answer on Heaven. 

Coach Joe Gibbs talks about Heaven and his visit with Randy Alcorn, one of the contributors to the Game Plan for Life book: www.gameplanforlife.com.