Resources by Topic: Heaven

Question from a reader: If when we die we are judged and go immediately to the intermediate Heaven as Randy states, how can Revelation 20:5 be true? This verse is talking about the transition period between the intermediate and the Eternal Heaven. Verse 5 is pre-eternal Heaven.

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.

Randy Alcorn shares a divine appointment store related to his Heaven book. 

Incredibly, by the time I walked out Dad had prayed and asked Christ to forgive his sins.

In this 30 second video, Randy Alcorn shares about his devotional 50 Days of Heaven. For more information about this, please visit http://store.epm.org/product/50-days-of-heaven.

Author Randy alcorn, answers the question, "Why did you write books on Heaven?" From an interview with Tyndale Publishers.

From an interview with Tyndale Publishers, Randy Alcorn answers the question, "What will Heaven be like?" See Randy Alcorn's book Heaven for more information. 

In this video clip, Randy Alcorn answers the question, "What does the Bible teach about the New Heaven and the New Earth?" See Randy's book Heaven for more information. 

In this video clip, Randy Alcorn talks about his children's book Heaven for Kids. 

. . .passages that speak about people sleeping when they die are likewise to be interpreted as simply a metaphorical expression to teach that death is temporary. . . In my mind this is not a central doctrinal issue.

I believe Scripture clearly suggests that your father, who’s now in Heaven, is witnessing God’s unfolding plan on earth.

Asking how rats and spiders and insects could possibly be on the New Earth is like asking how they possibly could have been in Eden. The point is, they were, and it didn’t diminish Eden, but somehow enhanced it.

Picture a single breath escaping your mouth on a cold day and disappearing into the air. Life here is brief. It is like a dot, which begins and ends and is brief. But from that dot proceeds a line that will go on forever. Death is not a wall but a doorway.

Full length video of Randy Alcorn's Heaven Q&A session with John Mark Comer at The Way, at A Jesus Church (formerly Solid Rock Church) in Portland, Oregon.