Heaven

“God is gracious to make us aware of our mortality in increments. As we face each relinquishment, we’re geared a little more toward eternity.” - Barbara Harper

“Scripture songs will endure, but other music from Earth may also be preserved. If we sing songs in Heaven that were once sung on earth, perhaps we’ll also sing the hymns of people like Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, and John Newton.” - Randy Alcorn

“A thoughtful reader asked me, ‘When the New Earth arrives, do you believe there will remain a Heaven that is distinct from the New Earth? Or will the “merging” of Heaven and Earth be total?’” - Randy Alcorn

“Believers periodically tell me versions of the following: ‘We shouldn’t be thinking about reunion with loved ones, or the joys of Heaven. We should only be thinking about being united with Christ, who is our only treasure.’ This sounds spiritual, but is it?” - Randy Alcorn

“You’re right; what you do does matter for heaven—just not in the way you’re framing it here. So let me start with Jesus and finish with Jesus.” - Russell Moore

“Those who did not experience marriage or had only a poor marriage on earth will be delighted with their eternal Bridegroom….However, I do envision that people who’ve had important roles in each other’s lives will continue to be friends—and that would include a lot of people who’ve been married.” - Randy Alcorn

“The point here is to emphasize that in the resurrection we are going to be embodied persons, and yet embodied in a way that is like, yet incomprehensibly unlike, our present bodies. He describes it as imperishable, glorious, powerful, and spiritual.” - John Piper

“A fundamental article of the Christian faith is that the resurrected Christ now dwells in Heaven. We are told that His resurrected body on Earth was physical and that this same, physical Jesus ascended to Heaven…. It seems indisputable, then, to say that there is at least one physical body in the present Heaven.” - Randy Alcorn

“For every American who believes they’re going to Hell, there are 120 who believe they’re going to Heaven. This optimism stands in stark contrast to Christ’s words in Matthew 7:13-14” - Randy Alcorn

On Luke 16:9… “After we die, Jesus is telling us, when our present assets of money, possessions, time, and life are gone, we may be welcomed by friends into eternal dwellings.” - Randy Alcorn