Heaven
(2024, original release: 2004)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
236.24/ALCORN,R

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 236.24/ALCORN,R Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale Momentum, 2024
©2004
EDITION
20th Anniversary edition
DESCRIPTION

xx, 535 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
0842379428, 0842379444 (pbk.), 9780842379427, 9780842379427, 0842379428
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Featuring a new note for today's readers"--Cover

Note from the author -- Preface : About this book -- Introduction : The subject of heaven -- Part 1 : A theology of heaven. Realizing our destiny ; Understanding the intermediate heaven ; Grasping redemption's far reach ; Anticipating resurrection ; Seeing the earth restored ; Celebrating our relationship with God ; Ruling on the new earth -- Part 2 : Questions and answers about heaven. What will the resurrected earth be like? ; What will our lives be like? ; What will our relationships be like? ; What about animals? ; What will we do in heaven? -- Part 3 : Living in light of heaven. Reorienting ourselves to heaven as our home ; Anticipating the great adventure -- Appendix A : Christoplatonism's false assumptions -- Appendix B : Literal and figurative interpretation -- About the author

We all have questions about what heaven will be like. Randy Alcorn helps answer some of these questions by sharing his extensive research on the topic--all from a biblical perspective. His writing will surprise readers and stretch their thinking beyond anything they've imagined heaven to be like. And Heaven will help readers strive for eternity while they're living on earth