In Heaven there is no sin, no option to sin, and so, by Christianity’s own definition, no free will. (Some skeptics point out that “love me or I’ll torture you forever” doesn’t exactly ...

In his review at Christianity Today Movies, Peter T. Chattaway writes, “ Kingdom of Heaven does for history what Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films did for Tolkien’s novels—it turns ...

When a family member or a friend passes away, we often find ourselves reflecting on the question “where are they now?” As mortal beings, it is a question of ultimate ...

I believe heaven is for real. Allow me to get that out of the way up front. About the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting, I am as confident as I can be regarding any doctrine that ...

For many, these questions are rooted in the idea of reward for the good (a heaven) and punishment for the wicked (a hell), where earthly injustices are finally righted.

Origins of belief in hell The Christian belief in hell has developed over the centuries, influenced by both Jewish and Greek ideas of the afterlife. The earliest parts of the Hebrew Bible, around ...

What can we say about the...When Rudolf Bultmann observed in 1941 that “there is no longer any heaven in the traditional sense of the word,” he was speaking accurately about the spirit of his age. For ...

It started with a bestselling book: "Heaven Is for Real" (2010), the account of Colton Burpo's near-death experience, during which the four-year-old allegedly briefly visited heaven before being ...