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Charles Spurgeon closed his 1854 sermon entitled "The Birth of Christ" with the following, in a Christian context that was often critical of Christmas celebration because some people embraced sin and not the Savior. May his words for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day apply to the days ahead of us.

I continue to be humbled and amazed at the ways that God has used the Heaven book. As our ministry continues to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the book’s release, we’re grateful for the notes we’ve received from readers sharing how the book has impacted their lives. Here are just a few of them. 

When a child falls off a bike, she doesn’t need her father to explain the physics of why it happened. No. The child simply wants comfort. We don’t need explanations, most of which we wouldn’t understand anyway. We need “God, who comforts the downcast” (2 Corinthians 7:6). 

Randy wrote, “I’m skeptical of much of what I see online about dark night of the soul because it’s so subjective, and the ‘Christian mystics’ who speak of it are often vague and do not ground what they’re talking about on Scripture.”

I wasn’t raised in a Christian home. No one in our family attended church or understood the meaning of the Son of God’s incarnation and redemption. Yet, somehow, my mom embodied Christmas.

Randy believes Israel holds a special place in God’s heart and plan (yet acknowledging that Jewish people, like all others, need to come to faith in Christ to be saved). He also firmly believes that God’s ultimate plan is showcased in Revelation: for people of every language, nation, and tongue to be united in praise to King Jesus.

Evangelist and author Greg Stier writes, “Behind every evil in this world there is a closely knit network of highly resourced influencers who are conspiring to take down evangelical Christians and destroy the global church.”

Countless Christians in Bible-believing churches have been held in bondage for many years by false and widespread views of Heaven and eternity. Despite the clear teaching of Scripture, the pushback against the New Earth used to be very strong.

The following is an excerpt from my novel Deadline, which portrays the character Finney, now residing in Heaven, discussing the incarnation with an angel. I hope this fictional account will help you see Christ’s birth—and ultimately His death—from a fresh perspective.

Every sacrifice we make in following Christ will always result in our long-term good—but it’s more than that. It will also most often result in our short-term happiness. 

No preacher of God‘s Word speaks to me more powerfully than Charles Spurgeon. Many thanks to Geoffrey Chang for giving us Spurgeon's rich insights into Christ’s incarnation. May this excerpt from A Wondrous Mystery help you contemplate Immanuel, God with us!

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Galatians 6:7). God help us to examine carefully our thoughts and lives, the daily choices we make, and the little compromises that cumulatively become moral disasters. 

Readers' Respones to Grieving with Hope

A reader on my Facebook page asked this question about the nature of treasures in Heaven: “What does that even mean to ‘store your treasures in heaven’? What treasures are we storing up?!”