A. W. Tozer said, “Jesus Christ is the center of the human race. With Him there are no favored races. …He is the Son of Man—not a Son of the Jewish race only. He is the Son of all races no matter what the color or tongue.” Every racial barrier is broken down in Christ.Continue reading “Race in Heaven”
Category Archives: heaven
Terrible and Beautiful
We have just come off a restful four-day weekend. Good Friday and Easter are both national holidays here in Canada, and we enjoyed the days of downtime and the special worship services. With that behind us, we are in a stretch that leads to the Victoria Day weekend which comes at the end of MayContinue reading “Terrible and Beautiful”
Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven
Of all the misconceptions we have about heaven, which is the most destructive? That’s a difficult and important question to tackle. Once, while preaching about the new earth, I cited passages about feasting together in our resurrection bodies. Afterward, a veteran Bible student asked if I really believed we would eat and drink in theContinue reading “Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven”
The Why of Heaven
While I was attending a class at church in my twenties, we took up the topic of heaven — what it will be like and why we would want to go there. I distinctly remember that one of the class leaders said, in all seriousness, “I can’t wait to have my mansion and my Maserati!”Continue reading “The Why of Heaven”
