An eight year old in our church had some questions for me in an email. She asks better questions than many adults. So you all might be interested in her questions and my answers. The picture to the right is…
The Pastoral Privilege of Telling Our Flock When Jesus Will Return
Scripture gives us very specific information about when Jesus will return. Pastors are privileged to remind their flocks of this truth. I called on one of our older folks today. It is the nicest day of the year in Stillman…
Should Christians Be Motivated by Rewards?
Tim Challies: The Bible tells me I am to store up treasures in heaven. It tells me there are eternal rewards for decisions I make in this life and it tells me I should desire these rewards and act accordingly.…
James Hamilton speaks to the question, “Will Heaven and the New Earth be boring?”
Jim Hamilton in his highly recommended commentary on Revelation (pages 381-382): My friend Denny Burk had prayed a beautiful prayer during our wedding ceremony, and the morning after the wedding I sat at the kitchen tale, reading that prayer. Before…
C.S. Lewis: The Possibility of Short Term Defeat Makes the Adventure
One of my favorite parts in Prince Caspian is when Peter duals an evil king. In the beginning, the dual isn’t going Peter’s way, and his brother Edmund asks during a break in the fight, “I say, Peter, you can…
D.A. Carson: How Can God Be Loving Yet Send People to Hell?
Jonathan Edwards Was as High on Heaven as He Was Hot On Hell
If you want to picture heaven more vividly, try reading Jonathan Edwards. Many know Edwards only for his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” But in another great sermon he preached that the believer’s access to Jesus…
Belief in Hell Lowers Crime Rate
In the context of forgiveness, I have previously written that A soft view of hell makes hard people. Those who do not believe that people will stand before a just judge are far more likely to be bitter about wrongs…
Will the next earth be this earth?
Where will you spend eternity? If you’re a Christian, then it will be on earth (as it is in heaven). But what earth? Dr. Mike Wittmer has an important post on the continuity between this earth and the New Earth…
A woman 29 years old hears her voice for the first time
As Z points outs, this is only the smallest foretaste of what it will be like for Christians on the New Earth when we have resurrection bodies. HT: Denny Burk