There are so many things for Nanci and me to be thankful for this year. We’ve talked about how grateful we are for our family—we have two daughters who are married to godly men, as well as four grandchildren already born and the fifth one on his way. 

In November 2011, Randy Alcorn had an interview at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, with Greg Laurie. They discussed the topics of Heaven and suffering and evil. In this clip, Randy talks about how we can know for sure that we'll go to Heaven when we die. See Randy's book Heaven for more information. 

When I was researching Heaven, I read 150 volumes on the subject, many long out-of-print. Since the book came out I’ve read a dozen more.

Believers periodically tell me versions of the following: “We shouldn’t be thinking about reunion with loved ones, or the joys of Heaven. We should only be thinking about being united with Christ, who is our only treasure.” 

Dan Franklin with Group Think Rescue interviews Randy Alcorn, author of Heaven, on what happens when we die, the hope of a New Earth, and common misconceptions about the afterlife.

We’ll have eternity to celebrate great victories on the old Earth, but we have only this brief window of opportunity now to win those victories. As missionary C. T. Studd said, “Only one life, ’twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.”

Randy Alcorn speaks on Heaven at the 2010 Cannon Beach Conference.

This is my third and possibly last blog on this subject. But given its importance to the gospel of Christ and the health of Christ’s body, I make no promises.

In this 1 minute long audio clip, Randy talks about how money and things have mass, mass exerts gravity, and gravity holds us in orbit.