Resources by Topic: Heaven

In December 2015, Randy Alcorn was a guest on the Calvinist Batman & Friends Podcast. In this clip, Randy talks about why he chose to name his book "Heaven" instead of "The New Earth" or "Eternity". 

In December 2015, Randy Alcorn was a guest on the Calvinist Batman & Friends Podcast. In this clip, Randy talks about why he wrote his book Heaven.

In December 2015, Randy Alcorn was a guest on the Calvinist Batman & Friends Podcast. In this clip, Randy shares his favorite fictional allegory in popular literature about Heaven.

In December 2015, Randy Alcorn was a guest on the Calvinist Batman & Friends Podcast. In this clip, Randy talks about Heaven as a real place. 

In December 2015, Randy Alcorn spoke at Biola University's Chapel in La Mirada, CA, on the subject of Biblical Stewardship. In this clip, he talks about what Heaven looks like.

In December 2015, Randy Alcorn spoke at Biola University's Chapel in La Mirada, CA, on the subject of Biblical Stewardship. In this clip, he talks about eternal rewards and our motivation for them. 

In June 2015, Randy Alcorn was a guest on Dave Harvey's Am I Called Podcast, talking about leaving pastoral ministry, living for eternity and writing fiction. 

This question came from a reader: "As a middle aged, never-married, Christian single with no kids, life is lonely. ...How will I fare in Heaven when surrounded by mostly large families where people have their kids, grandkids, many friends, a spouse, etc., and I'm alone?"

As C. S. Lewis expressed in his space trilogy, we have become “bent” (sinful) versions of what God intended. Your deceitfulness, laziness, lust, deafness, disability (including lost limbs), and disease are not the real you.

An excerpt from Randy Alcorn's book Heaven about the limits and value of using our imaginations.

If Christ’s body in the intermediate Heaven has physical properties, it stands to reason that others in Heaven could have physical forms as well, even if only temporary ones.

Ask the Holy Spirit to make you sensitive to the needs and interests of your children (and grandchildren). The following points might be good starting places for your conversations with them.

I find it ironic that many people stereotype life in Heaven as an interminable church service. Apparently, church attendance has become synonymous with boredom. Yet meeting God—when it truly happens—will be far more exhilarating than a great meal, a poker game, hunting, gardening, mountain climbing, or watching the Super Bowl. 

Randy Alcorn talks about leavingn pastoral ministry, living for eternity and writing fiction during a radio interview with Dave Harvey, July 1, 2015.