“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2) The book’s title is 90 Minutes in Heaven. It is the account of a fatal automobile accident that took the life of Don Piper. Piper was pronounced dead only to be prayed back to life by a pastor ninety minutes later. In those ninety minutes, Piper went to heaven, and much of what he saw is described and promised in Scripture. […]

“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2) Heaven has been on my mind recently because life is bringing experiences my way that point to the reality of heaven, and how important it is for Christians to have the assurance that heaven is a real place. Just last week, for example, my wife’s grandmother found out she had cancer – a tumor in her side the size of a […]

“For whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” (Romans 14:23) We don’t think much about whether those who commit suicide will go to heaven. That is unless we are members of a family that has experienced the tragedy of suicide. I remember as a child, a neighbor hung himself in his dining room. We were playing football on an empty lot next to his home when the police arrived late one afternoon. We could see him hanging from a chandelier through the dining room window. I later asked […]

“‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this’, says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it’.” (Malachi 3:10) Before I share an experience with you, let me first say that I don’t expect anything else from God in return for what I do for Him. I’m just grateful for salvation and the opportunities He […]