Resources by Topic: Heaven

What does the Bible mean by the term “new heavens”?  Randy’s Answer How can you say there will be oceans in Heaven when Rev. 21:1 says something different? Randy’s Answer

Bodies aren't shells for souls, they're part of who we are. Any afterlife view that denies bodily resurrection is unchristian.

Happiness in Heaven is based not on ignorance, but on perspective. We will be with Christ, see accurately, and live in a sinless environment. Heavenly happiness cannot be based on a fundamental ignorance of what is happening on earth or even in hell.

Someone recently showed me an article from a reputable Christian magazine that stated we will not have physical bodies in the future heaven, based on an (incorrect) understanding of the reference in 1 Corinthians 15 to a “spiritual body".

Questions about Heaven: Many of these concepts are fleshed out imaginatively in my novels Deadline, Dominion, Edge of Eternity, Lord Foulgrin’s Letters, The Ishbane Conspiracy, and Safely Home. Some are developed in a different form in my nonfiction book In Light of Eternity. All are addressed in my book Heaven.

If even Paul said that gaining Christ made “everything else” seem comparatively worthless, doesn’t that show that Christ should be the treasure we are seeking after?

One day we'll learn of eternal results we never saw on earth.  

In this clip from the 50 Days of Heaven audiobook, Randy discusses how there will always be more to discover about our God. In his new universe, there will always be more beyond.

A few days ago a friend asked me to meet with her non-Christian family and share the gospel with them.

What we usually think of when we hear “Heaven” is the intermediate state.

The reason I don’t address activities about the intermediate state is because there are not a lot of details given to it.

The Hubble Deep Field North image, referred to Chapter 43 of Randy Alcorn’s Heaven book