Heaven

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

December 25, 2010 · Posted in Christ, Heaven, Hymns

Merry Christmas — Christ the Lord is born today! Let all mortal flesh keep silence, And with fear and trembling stand; Ponder nothing earthly minded, For with blessing in His hand, Christ our God to earth descendeth, Our full homage to demand. King of kings, yet born of Mary, As of old on earth He [...]

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Awaiting the City of God

October 17, 2010 · Posted in Heaven, Life, Sproul

Yes, we must always work for social reform. Yes, we must be “profane” in Martin Luther’s sense of going out of the temple and into the world. We do not despise the country of our birth. But in what do we invest our hope? The state is not God. The nation is not the Promised [...]

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Pondering Heaven

June 23, 2010 · Posted in Heaven, Ryle

We know but little of the life to come in heaven. Perhaps our clearest ideas of it are drawn from considering what it will not be, rather than what it will be. It is a state in which we shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more. Sickness, pain, and disease, will not be known. [...]

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It is Not Death to Die

April 28, 2009 · Posted in Heaven, Life

It is not death to die To leave this weary road And join the saints who dwell on high Who’ve found their home with God It is not death to close The eyes long dimmed by tears And wake in joy before Your throne Delivered from our fears O Jesus, conquering the grave Your precious [...]

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Eternity Without a Mediator

April 26, 2009 · Posted in Heaven

It is a surprising thing to note, because so often we speak of hell as a place where God is not. Let me, however, say something provocative. Hell is eternity in the presence of God without a mediator. Heaven is eternity in the presence of God, with a mediator. Hell is eternity in the presence [...]

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Heaven and Hell

July 21, 2008 · Posted in Heaven

This world is the closest the unbeliever will ever come to heaven, and this world is the closest the follower of Jesus Christ will ever come to hell. —Randy AlcornResolved 2008 Session 2 Related: You can download the message at the Resolved.

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