The author invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it. God has put eternity in our hearts, and Alcorn brings eternity to light in a way that will surprise the reader and change how one lives today.

Presents a scripturally-based book on Heaven, in which the reader is invited to experience it the way the Bible describes it, as a vibrant, bright New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with wondrous sights, sounds, and uncorrupted beauty.

"I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe, over the last twenty-five years, that there's something to be said about keeping prayer simple" -- Cover verso.

The followers of Jesus Christ founded the Christian church over 2,000 years ago. Learn about how it all started and what Christians believe.

"If you want to know the temperature of your spiritual life, look at the thermostat setting on your prayer life. Prayer is the most misunderstood and neglected aspect of the Christian life. It has been estimated that most Christians pray three to five minutes a day. Compare that to the time many spend complaining, and you'll gain insight into the spiritual and emotional condition of our day. Yet God has constructed the world in such a way that there...

All his life, President Jimmy Carter has been a courageous exemplar of faith, and now he shares the lessons he learned. He writes, "The issue of faith arises in almost every area of human existence, so it is important to understand its multiple meanings. In this book, my primary goal is to explore the broader meaning of faith, its far-reaching effect on our lives, and its relationship to past, present, and future events in America and around the world....

Recounts the experience of Baptist minister Don Piper, who was pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident and experienced the glories of heaven for ninety minutes, but who miraculously came back to life, where he endured a long and painful recovery.

"From classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifth-century Christian apocrypha, narratives that described guided tours of the afterlife played a major role in shaping ancient notions of morality and ethics. In this new account, acclaimed author Bart Ehrman contextualizes early Christian narratives of heaven and hell within the broader intellectual and cultural worlds from which they emerged. He examines how fundamental social experiences of...