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You Won’t Have Eternal Life in Heaven Part 2: The Half-Way Home

You Won’t Have Eternal Life in Heaven Part 2: The Half-Way Home

In my last article, dear Theophilus, I set out to explain that Christians will spend eternity in a perfected, glorified, physical New Creation, not heaven per se. The article explains that eventually, God will bring about a new creation where we dwell forever with Him, not as disembodied souls, but as physical beings..

  • God Loves Me More

    Who am I? What a question! I’ve been pondering this a lot recently. As a chronic over thinker I don’t think I’ve ever really stopped asking myself this, but this year it’s taken on a whole new meaning for me.

  • Words: When a Leader Makes a Mistake

    The news is constantly reporting the lives of people in authority. Sharp eagle eyes are ever on our nation's prime minister and leaders. Pastors are under scrutiny and their actions, more often the negative ones, are highlighted in the media, just like the trending news of a megachurch pastor’s affair with a teenage church member.

  • Personal Responsibility, Not Drugs and Alcohol is Our Biggest Problem

    The community was rightfully outraged by Magistrate Ross Betts’s decision to grant bail to Frankston tradie Ryan Wells after a sickening one punch assault in South East Melbourne recently.

  • Living Rightly

    For some, living in the present can be harder than remembering the past; while for others, it is vice versa. I have been looking over the past few months, and it is hard to believe just how hard it is to remember what has happened - it all seems a big blur.

  • Jesus-like Women

    I was never the sort of person that would ever be seen at a women’s conference. The thought of a room full of estrogen and high-pitched screaming voices all singing in unison (sometimes not) slightly freaked me out. Ironic, isn’t it? But it wasn’t until recently that I went to my first official women’s conference at my church.

  • The Cross implies the idea of a Resurrection and that of End Times

    In theology, the words ‘End Times’ conveys an undisputed truth that there will come a time when all that we know will end, but more so on Good Friday the Cross of Christ implies a Resurrection and then there will be an End. Easter philosophically and theologically celebrates both.  

  • Is this a church or a nightclub?

    As I entered the dark room with flashing bright colourful lights that were cutting through the darkness like lightning bolts, I instantly questioned whether I had entered the doors of a church or had stepped into a nightclub.

  • Jesus 24/7

    One of the great challenges for Christians today is how to integrate being a follower of Jesus into every aspect of life. Going to church on Sunday is an easy act of worship to understand. However, what does worship on Monday look like? What does being a disciple of Jesus look like for the rest of the week?

  • Do Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses and the Catholics share the same salvation?

    What shall I do to be saved?” was the question on the lips of early Christians (see Acts chapter 2 verses 37; 16:30) and it remains true for many people today. In fact, this is the most important question anyone can ask, because unless you know the answer to this crucial question and respond appropriately you cannot be saved from eternal hell.

  • The Thirsty God

    In the late 1600s a book was published by the French theologian and mathematician Blaise Pascal titled “Penses” (meaning “Thoughts”). In it he wrote, “What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace?

  • Answers for All

    I have been studying apologetics for ten years now and it has become an important part of my life. Not only have my studies provided me with answers, but I have seen apologetics equip Christians to provide an answer to everyone.