Readjusting Our Expectations

We ask less of this life because we know full well that more is coming in the next. The art of living with suffering is just the art of readjusting our ...

The Unwanted Answers

Heaven is full of answers to prayers for which no one ever bothered to ask.

The Highest of Heavens

As a child I wondered where God lived in outer space and how long it would take to get there. Far beyond intergalactic space with its billions of swirling ...

Going to the Ultimate Home

There fared a mother driven forth

Out of an inn to roam;

In the place where she was homeless

All men are at home.

The crazy stable close at hand,

With shaking ...

Heaven Can Wait

On the Saturday evening before Easter, I was trying to distract my hungry four-year-old son, Scott, and get dinner on the table. I decided to explain ...

What's Eternal Life Worth?

For a little reward men make a long journey; for eternal life many will scarce lift a foot once from the ground.

Invisible World

To become a Christian is to accept an extra dimension to life. From the Christian's point of view the notable thing about the unbeliever's world ...

Heaven Goes by Favor

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out, and your dog would go in.

Time and Eternity

It is precisely because of the eternity outside time that everything in time becomes valuable and important and meaningful. Therefore, Christianity ... ...

Christ's Love Is for Keeps

Norman Vincent Peale tells a story of the early days of his ministry. He was in Brooklyn, New York. One Christmas Eve he was out visiting some families, ...