Tag Archives: Heaven
By Col. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. —Psalm 23:4 I celebrated my 90th birthday in 2019. What a gift life is! What an honor to live such a long and wonderful […]
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The reality of death comes calling on everyone. People fear it or try to deny it. Do we have only one life and when we die, we cease to exist? What is the reliable evidence for the existence of an afterlife? What is the biblical perspective on reincarnation, universalism, and annihilationism? What are the exclusivity […]
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By Lee Strobel If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. —C. S. LEWIS, MERE CHRISTIANITY My friend Nabeel was afflicted with stomach cancer. There I was, sitting at his hospital bedside in Houston just days before […]
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We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. —2 Corinthians 5:8 Is this dying? Why, this is bliss . . . Earth is receding; Heaven is opening; God is calling. I must go. —Dwight L. Moody, just before his death My eyes fluttered. […]
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Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter when we commemorate Jesus’ ascent into heaven. While it’s common to picture Jesus’ resurrection at Easter as the final major event in his earthly ministry, his ascent is important too. Not just because it marks Jesus’ physical departure from Earth, but because during it Jesus issued a […]
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By Joni Eareckson Tada “File this, Francie, and make copies of this letter, would you,” I said to my secretary without looking up from my desk. “And, oh yes,” I sighed, “would you please pull out the sofa bed one more time?” “Are you serious? Again?” “Again.” With that, my face flushed and my eyes […]
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What is God’s promise for a new heaven and a new earth? Does the Bible say that heaven is our eternal home? Or is it as Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew, that the next chapter of our story begins with “the renewal of all things,” by which he means the earth we know […]
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Have fun taking this quiz on the topic of Heaven and the New Jerusalem using the NIV Zondervan Study Bible, which includes study tools that specifically focus on biblical theology—the progressive unfolding of theological concepts through Scripture. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The NIV Zondervan Study Bible: An Interview with Dr. D. A. Carson.] […]
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