Endorsements and Book Reviews of In Light of Eternity

article - Multiple Readers

This heaven-focused book provided me more earthly applications than I could handle-from what to teach my children and how to spend my money, to what to dream about as I lay my head down at night. 

In Heaven, Will We Have Our Own Places to Live?

article - Randy Alcorn

Jesus described heaven as having many rooms or dwellings (John 14:2-3). Like earthly cities or countries, heaven includes individual dwelling places.

In Isaiah 65:20, It Sounds as If Isaiah Is Saying That in the New Heavens and New Earth People Will Die. How Do You Interpret This Text?

article - Randy Alcorn

Question from a reader: Isaiah 65:20 says “he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.” It sounds as if Isaiah is saying that in the new heavens and new earth people will die. How do you interpret this text?

In Light of Eternity: Discussion Questions

article - Sandi Swanson

PDF version of Discussion Questions for In Light of Eternity.

In What Sense Will Believers Be Judged in Heaven?

article - Randy Alcorn

The Bible treats this judgment of believers with great sobriety. It’s not a meaningless formality, but a monumental event in which things of eternal consequence are instituted.

In Your Heaven Book, I Came Across What Appeared to Be a Misunderstanding of the 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 Passage. What Is Your Response?

article - Randy Alcorn

I studied verse 10 and clearly, whatever is being spoken of in verse 9 is also being spoken of as being revealed to us by the Spirit in verse 10. I also went to the beginning of the passage....

Is It Possible That in the Ages to Come We Will Travel to Other Planets and Encounter Alien Beings?

article - Randy Alcorn

Let me share with you some relevant excerpts from my book Heaven, related to a New Universe, other planets, aliens and space travel.

If God Is Love, How Could There Be No Repentance After Death?

article - Paul Martin

Only the elect can be saved; and, no one who is elect ever reaches death not having responded to God’s gift of salvation.

If Our Loved Ones Are in Hell, Won't That Spoil Heaven?

article - Randy Alcorn

Many people have lost loved ones who didn’t know Christ. Some people argue that people in Heaven won’t know Hell exists. But this would make Heaven’s joy dependent on ignorance, which is nowhere taught in Scripture.

If Sex Was Holy and Sacred in Eden and in the Context of Marriage, Why Would It Be out of Place on the New Earth?

article - Randy Alcorn

Question from a reader: If we understand that sex was holy and sacred in Eden as well as in the context of marriage on this Earth, why would we think that sex would be out of place or offensive on the New Earth?