Dallas Holm and How Studying Heaven Provides Comfort in Grief

By Randy Alcorn

November 8, 2024

I mentioned in a past blog about my long-time appreciation for Dallas Holm’s praise song “I Will Rise Again,” and how that song’s message hits even deeper now that my Nanci and Dallas’s wife Linda are both with Jesus.

Dallas recorded a podcast episode with his daughter on the subject of my book Heaven. He has an unusually acute understanding of the book—his comments about Christoplatonism display an awareness that is not common, but right on target and very important!

In this excerpt, Dallas shares a brief summary of my approach to Scripture in Heaven. He also talks about his own experience of finding comfort after Linda’s death through learning and thinking about Heaven:

In this excerpt, Dallas talks about how my book deals with the question of, “Will the current earth be destroyed?” He addresses God’s plan for restoring all of creation:

The 20th Anniversary edition of Randy's book Heaven is now available from EPM.

Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of over sixty books and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries.

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