So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. {NIV}

C. S. Lewis depicts another source of our misconceptions about Heaven: naturalism, the belief that the world can be understood in scientific terms, without recourse to spiritual or supernatural...

the video Homesick for Heaven:

In the silence punctuated only by their footsteps, both men thought not of themselves but of a Man who once made a long,lonely march up a hill, who in the world's worst hour did the most courageous...

Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him {Hebrews 11:6, emphasis added}. Call that payoff contentment, satisfaction, peace, or excitement-it...

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

C. S. Lewis put it this way: We are halfhearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a...

God alone is the Fountain of Life. Without Him there could be neither life nor joy, neither abundance nor delights.

For anyone who knows what it is to weep over sin or loss or pain, Heaven offers a beautiful promise: one day God himself will wipe the tears from our eyes. And even better, one day he will transform...

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted {Matthew 23:12}.

Whether or not the tithe is still the minimal measure of those firstfruits, I ask myself, Does God expect His New Covenant children to give less or more? Jesus raised the spiritual bar; He never...

You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion {2 Corinthians 9:11}.

The kingdom of God . . . does not mean merely the salvation of certain individuals nor even the salvation of a chosen group of people. It means nothing less than the complete renewal of the entire...

When I believe ultimate happiness is found only in God, then I will shut out distractions and open His Word.

When we become proud, we operate outside the grace God only gives to the humble. Humility preserves us; pride destroys us.

God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us. -Sinclair Ferguson

When our sin reached its full horror, God's love was displayed in all its glory. If you doubt God's love for you, look at the cross.

God could have created us without loving us, but He would not have gone to the Cross without loving us.