What Does the Bible Teach About Predestination?
It is true that verses like John 6:44-45 , Acts 13:48 , and Ephesians 1:4-5 teach that we cannot come to God unless He first draws us to Himself. Such passages make it clear that those who choose...
View ArticleWill People in Heaven Recall Earthly Events?
Does Isaiah 65:17 imply that people in heaven will have no recollection of earthly events? Isaiah 65:17 (ESV) states: “I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be...
View ArticleWhere Is Heaven?
While the Scriptures symbolically refer to heaven as being up and hell being down, all we know for sure is that heaven is a real place that is located in a different dimension of reality than the one...
View ArticleWhat Kind of Relationships Will We Have in Heaven?
Not many details about recognition and relationships in heaven are given in Scripture. There are, however, several inferences which show that we will recognize one another in heaven and that we will...
View ArticleWhen Will the Rapture Occur?
The early church wasn’t dogmatic about the time sequence of endtime events. This fact should keep us from being so dogmatic in our interpretation of biblical endtime prophecy that we either become...
View ArticleWill We Still be Married in Heaven?
Jesus made it clear that no one will be married in heaven: “At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven” (Matthew 22:30 NIV). But this...
View ArticleWhy don’t Protestant Christians pray to Mary and other saints, seeking their...
Christians who pray to Mary and saints in heaven to intercede for them sometimes say that praying to Mary and the saints is no different than asking living fellow believers to pray for them. They say...
View ArticleDoes the Bible Assure We Will Reunite with Loved Ones Who Preceded Us in Death?
The Bible doesn’t offer any details about relationships in heaven. Based on the words of Jesus and the New Testament writers, we can be confident that heaven will be a far better place than anything we...
View ArticleWhere Was Jesus Before His Resurrection?
Jesus’ clear statement to the believing thief on the cross implies that He was in heaven between the time of His death and His bodily resurrection: And an inscription also was written over Him in...
View ArticleIf Christians believe in heaven, why do we still fear death?
Christians believe that when we die we will be resurrected with new bodies. But just like other people, we try to avoid it. Change can be unnerving, and death is the ultimate unknown. We spend our...
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