Perish or Paradise: “Today You Will Be With Me In Paradise”
One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear…
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How Can Jesus’s Government Increase Without End? The Possibility of New Worlds in Eternity
We’ll all probably heard the prophecy about Jesus from Isaiah 9 this Christmas season. It is predicted there that Jesus will be born, he’ll be king, he’ll be called “Wonderful…
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“We’ve Left Everything, What Then Will We Have?”
In one of the more famous stories in the Gospels, a rich young man approaches Jesus inquiring how he may have eternal life. As the conversation continues, this man assumes…
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What Does It Mean to Die “In Peace”?
King Josiah was the godliest of the Israelite kings. “Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his…
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Christian, You Will Never See Death
The blog title is meant to be provocative. Christians will never see death? What a lie! Certainly, such an objection has merit. I don’t need to waste space in this paragraph explaining the reality of death. We all know it well—too well. And unless Jesus returns first, we will experience it. “To dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19)…
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Made for Global Gladness
Next Sunday well over one billion people will watch the World Cup final match in Moscow, Russia. This is quite astounding. There are roughly seven billion people in the world—the world—and one in every seven of us will set apart time in our days (or nights!) to gather around a screen and watch men kick a ball around for 90 (or 120) minutes…
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My Favorite Verse About Heaven
What will heaven be like? It’s a common question. And this curiosity is a good thing because every Christian should long to be in the presence of Christ (Philippians 1:23), and for the day when Christ comes and makes everything right again (Revelation 6:10). And there’s a lot of great verses one can use to detail what we know about the eternal new heavens and new earth, but my favorite verse to describe it all in a nutshell is probably Ephesians 2:7…
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Review and Quotes from The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
In The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis addresses the age-old question of how there can be suffering while God is all-powerful and still good. I would not say that he answers the question in the best way, nor that I agree with some of his basic assumptions. But nevertheless, as he’s thinking about the subject in the book, he gives some fantastic insights and thoughts. As a result, this book is totally worth reading. And as is typical of Lewis, as you read, I found myself thinking things I’ve never thought before and seeing reality from new angles…
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