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Heaven
With the popularity of books like Heaven is for Real, 90 Minutes in Heaven, and The Five People You Meet in Heaven, heaven has been hovering in the spotlight. Meanwhile, theologians like N.T. Wright and Scot McKnight have been emphasizing that it’s the Kingdom of God on earth, not heaven above, that Christians should truly be looking to. Both trends raise the question: What are we waiting for?
Harleys in Heaven
"What Christians have thought of the afterlife, & what difference it makes now"
June 1, 2003
Afraid of Heaven
We do not yearn to be near God because we do not find sin utterly repugnant or goodness rapturously attractive.
June 1, 2003
More on Heaven
Incredible Journeys: What to Make of Visits to Heaven
Does it matter that people who have had near-heaven experiences are confused theologically, so long as good news is preached?
December 21, 2012
Mary Neal Describes Her Visit to the Gates of Heaven
The best-selling author talks about why she thinks it was real.
December 6, 2012
Why It's Hard to Imagine that Heaven Is Real
Learning to grasp what 'no eye has seen, no ear heard, and no mind has conceived.'
October 18, 2012
The Evangelistic Question That Died
Fewer people are thinking about whether they will go to heaven after death.
March 12, 2012
A Purpose-Driven Cosmos: Why Jesus Doesn't Promise Us an 'Afterlife'
Jesus Christ embodies the meaning of life, the goal of history, and the pattern of the future.
February 27, 2012
Picturing Paradise: A Review of 'Heaven in the American Imagination'
How conditions on earth shape our views of the afterlife.
July 19, 2011
Geek Theologian
Wired magazine founder Kevin Kelly talks to CT about the Amish, heaven, and why he doesn't own a smart phone.
July 15, 2011
Q&A: Francis Chan on Rob Bell and Hell
Why 'Erasing Hell' was his most difficult book, how 'Love Wins' prompted repentance, and whether 'Believe in Jesus or you'll go to hell' is good news.
July 5, 2011
Working on Eternity
Ben Witherington sets earthly labor in kingdom context. A review of 'Work: A Kingdom Perspective on Labor.'
June 15, 2011
What Faith Is: Accepting Conditions
Eternity is inevitable, one way or another. We may want to get used to it.
June 9, 2011
Carolyn Arends Contemplates Her Own Death, and Yours
Going down singing: Why we should remember that we will die.
April 18, 2011
Rob Bell's Bridge Too Far
The controversial pastor raises crucial questions, but offers answers that may sabotage his goals.
March 14, 2011
Heaven, Hell, and Rob Bell: Putting the Pastor in Context
He's not the first to try to resolve old biblical tensions in new ways.
March 2, 2011
Happiness Now!
We can grab hold of joy in this life, not just in heaven, says theologian Ellen Charry. A review of 'God and the Art of Happiness.'
December 14, 2010
Always Dying, Always Reborn
Exploring the new horizons—and limits—of our perpetual chase for immortality.
October 11, 2010
Dwelling in Heaven's Suburbs
Creating a culture of resurrection is key to full-orbed ministry.
September 28, 2010
Love Where You Live
Urban, suburban, and rural churches respond to new challenges in a less mobile era.
July 23, 2010
String Theory and Heaven
Author Dinesh D'Souza says new scientific thinking bolsters the case for life after death.
December 16, 2009
The Empty Tomb and the Emptied Urn
What the wounds of Jesus can — and can't — tell us about our resurrection bodies.
April 7, 2009
Olympic Snapshot 
Imagine swords turned into plowshares, and soldiers into soccer players.
August 8, 2008
Heaven Is Not Our Home
The bodily resurrection is the good news of the gospel—and thus our social and political mandate.
March 24, 2008
Until We Meet Again
'Does the Bible teach that we will recognize our loved ones in heaven?'
October 23, 2007
From Eternity to Here
Randy Alcorn says the afterlife is crucial to how we live this one.
October 25, 2006
Travel Writing from the Afterlife
If the Bible doesn't quench your curiosity on what it's like in heaven and hell, we have two new firsthand accounts.
May 30, 2006
Finding Heaven
Where is heaven, and how will we experience it before the final resurrection?
April 6, 2005
Vegetarians in Paradise
Based on Isaiah 11:6-7 and 65:25, will we be vegetarians in the new heaven and earth as Adam and Eve were before the Fall?
October 1, 2004
This World Really Is Our Home
We're not just passing through, says theologian Michael Wittmer, author of Heaven Is a Place on Earth .
August 1, 2004
Afraid of Heaven
We do not yearn to be near God because we do not find sin utterly repugnant or goodness rapturously attractive.
June 1, 2003
Harleys in Heaven
"What Christians have thought of the afterlife, & what difference it makes now"
June 1, 2003
Seeing God in the Third Millennium
How the brain creates out-of-body experiences and religious epiphanies (Oliver Sacks, The Atlantic)
Seeing God in the Third Millennium
How the brain creates out-of-body experiences and religious epiphanies. (Atlantic)
The Death of “Near Death”: Even If Heaven Is Real, You Aren’t Seeing It
Thrust back into popular consciousness by a surgeon claiming that “Heaven is Real,” the NDE has come under both theological and scientific scrutiny for its supposed ability to preview the great gig in the sky. But getting to see Heaven is hell—you have to die. Or do you? (Scientific American)
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