TIMING IS EVERYTHING The pastor was speaking about heaven, about eternal bliss and the joys that are awaiting each person on "the other side." He paused for effect and asked, "How many of you here…
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STEP ONE Many people hope to be elected to heaven who are not even running for the office.
WE REST ON THEE "We rest on Thee" -- our Shield and our Defender Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise When passing through the gates of pearly splendour, Victors -- we rest…
GETTING PREPARED FOR THE JOURNEY A mother tells the following true story: My little boy of six had been to church when the song had been sung, "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder, I'll…
I SHALL MEET YOU THERE Some years ago, radio evangelist Charles E. Fuller annunced that he would speak the following Sunday on "Heaven." It was to be broadcast on radio. During that week he received…
HEAVEN/HELL A LA TWILIGHT ZONE I will never forget a story on Twilight Zone, almost 20 years ago. A young hoodlum was being chased by police as the story opened. Desperately seeking escape, he sees…
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SOME THROUGH THE FIRE Tertullian said, "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church." Many are the heroic stories of men and women of faith who entered into their eternal reward through…
THOSE GREATER MOUNTS These small and perishable bodies we now have were given to us as ponies are given to schoolboys. We must learn to manage: not that we may some day be free of…
OTHER WORLDLY If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased…
HEAVEN/EARTH Indeed, it is worth noting that most uses of the words 'heaven' or 'heavenly' in the New Testament bear little relation to the meanings we have so unscripturally attached to them. For us, heaven…
HEAVEN -- WHERE IS IT? What is heaven going to be like? Just as there is a mystery to hell, so there is a mystery to heaven. Yet I believe the Bible teaches that heaven…
WHAT IS HEAVEN LIKE? Someone has said that heaven is like this: You land at the airport and there is God waiting to greet you. If you are a travelling person, you are also familiar…
O BLESSED MOMENT I am living for the moment When my Saviour's face I see -- Oh, the thrill of that first meeting, When His glory shines on me! When His voice like sweetest music…
DEATH BE NOT PROUD Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so. For those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet…
PERSPECTIVE The angels from their thrones on high Look down on us with wondering eye, That where we are but passing guests We build such strong and solid nests, And where we hope to dwell…
IMMORTALITY What matters it to us who are immortal Which side of the grave we stand on, when we know That what the world calls death is but the portal Leading to life again? 'Tis…
THROUGH DEATH'S GATE Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal. Adolph Harnack
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Lutherans believe you cannot get into heaven unless you bring a covered dish. Garrison Keilor, The Prairie Home Companion radio show
MOTIVATION A seminarian turned in his typed-up sermon to his homiletics prof for grading and when he met with him for a conference the professor started out very positively. He said to the young man,…
SHORT MEMORY A man who flew his own plane got tired of the long auto trip from the airport to his country place which was situated on a lovely lake. So he had the idea…
