The Heaven Promise: Engaging the Bible's Truth About Life to Come

Scot McKnight

PRH Christian Publishing, Oct 6, 2015 - Religion - 224 pages

Heaven. Eternity. The Afterlife.

When you mention any of these concepts, people of all ages and from all walks of life are certain to have opinions. How can we know for sure what heaven will be like?
 
According to New Testament scholar and popular author Scot McKnight, all we need to do is turn to Scripture to answer our questions. McKnight helps you examine God’s Word in order to discover what awaits you on the other side of the grave and find answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding heaven, including:

1. What about Near Death Experiences?
2. What about Rewards in Heaven?
3. Who Will Be in Heaven?
4. Is God Fair?
5. Will There Be Families in Heaven?
6. What about Children Who Die?
7. What about Cremation?
8. What about Purgatory?
9. Will There Be Pets in Heaven?
10. Why Believe in Heaven?
 
Heaven isn’t the construction of a fairy tale or some mystical narrative. It’s very real; it’s very good; and it’s very much the fulfillment of God’s promise to you.

Contents

• THE HEAVEN QUESTION: 1
• Surprising Places: 3
• TEN QUESTIONS ABOUT HEAVEN: 8
• Imaginations of the Imaginative: 9
• THE HEAVEN PROMISE: 15
• What About NearDeath Experiences? 139 ཚྭ ྂ དྭྱ བོ པྲ ཊུ བྲྀ ཆེ ཤྩ: 16
• Heaven Its a Promise: 17
• The Heart of the Promise: 26
• The Christian Belief: 34
• In Heaven or on Earth?: 42
• Facing Death Standing in the Empty Tomb: 51
• GODS SIX PROMISES ABOUT HEAVEN: 57
• God Will Be God: 59
• Jesus Will Be Jesus: 68
• Heaven Will Be the Utopia of Pleasures: 76
• Heaven Will Be Eternal Life: 82
• Heaven Will Be an Eternal Global Fellowship: 91
• Heaven Will Be an Eternal Beloved Community: 103
• The First Hour in Heaven: 114
• How Should Heaven People Live Today?: 122
• What About Rewards in Heaven?: 145
• Who Will Be in Heaven?: 151
• Is God Fair?: 158
• Will There Be Families?: 162
• What About Children Who Die?: 171
• What About Cremation?: 176
• What About Purgatory?: 179
• Will There Be Pets in Heaven?: 183
• Why Believe in Heaven?: 187
• After Words: 197
• Notes: 199

About the author

Scot McKnight is the author of more than fifty books, including The Jesus Creed and The Heaven Promise. A popular speaker at events such as Catalyst and Q Conference, Scot is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. His blog, Jesus Creed, experiences three million page views annually. He and his wife, Kris, live in the Chicago suburbs.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Heaven Promise: Engaging the Bible's Truth About Life to Come
• Author: Scot McKnight
• Publisher: PRH Christian Publishing, 2015
• ISBN: 1601426305, 9781601426307
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Living / Death, Grief, Bereavement; Religion / Christian Living / Inspirational; Religion / Christian Theology / Apologetics