“Good people” & Heaven

The Pugnacious Irishman had a thoughtful post titled My own goodness is enough . . . or is it?  It had a good illustration to consider about how you’d evaluate your “goodness.”  It also reminded me of this post, so I thought I’d re-run it.
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It is common for people to say, “I’m a good person. [...]

Joel Stein, Randy Alcorn and Heaven

I wanted to share this great post by Randy Alcorn, who is probably my favorite writer.  He writes fiction and non-fiction on a variety of topics. 
He had an engaging discussion about Heaven with Joel Stein (a provocative LA Times writer and devout non-believer) that turned into a column.  Stein had written one of those Starbucks [...]

Exploring Christianity – Part 4 – Hell

See below to see the latest installment of my friend Nicholas’ interview with me about Christianity or click here for the whole thing.  
Nicholas wrote: What happens to those who, through no fault of their own, never experience the Gospel of Christ?  Have entire populations been hell-bound from birth having never had a chance to experience the [...]

Where will we stay in Heaven? Will we sleep?

Where will followers of Christ live in heaven?  In John 14:2-3, Jesus said:
In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take [...]

What we won’t do in Heaven

There are many things we will do in Heaven, but a couple things we won’t do, including:

Sin (I won’t miss that)
Share the Gospel with unbelievers.  It will be too late for that, so we better do it now.

Thoughts for the day:

I judge all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.
John Wesley
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Who will you see in Heaven?

For Christians, one of the many fantastic things about Heaven will be who you will see again and those you’ll meet for the first time.  Who am I missing on this list of those you’ll visit with throughout eternity?

Jesus

Other Christians

Family
Friends
People you served and prayed for
People who served and prayed for you
Biblical figures – Moses, Elijah, [...]

Is Heaven boring?

No.  If Heaven is boring, God is boring.  And God is most certainly not boring.  Take a look around the planet and the universe and marvel at his creation - the people, the animals, oceans, mountains, flowers, DNA, cells, planets, stars, and so much more.  God created everything, including everything that is joyful, beautiful, good, interesting [...]

Getting into Heaven

A common evangelism question to ask is, “If you died tonight and God asked you why He should let you into his Heaven, how would you reply?” This is designed to get the person to think of the very real fact that we will all die, and each day we are one step closer. (Now [...]