Every believer departing this old earth ...immediately transitions into heaven and is welcomed home by Jesus himself.

In heaven we will not longer cry, feel sad, or face death. Our bodies will be perfect, locked into eternal youth... ageless.

Existence continues at death for the believer in a fuller, more fulfilling way. Death should hold no fear for the believer.

Many of the passages that describe the millennial kingdom also, in continuity, describe the new heaven and the new earth the eternal state.

Death brings release & removal from all evil, every tragedy & all difficulty. Death is not an enemy.

It is only as we focus our thoughts on heaven that we will correctly interpret life on earth.

Scripture indicates that heaven is not distant but rather... heaven is near in another realm.

Heaven is where God dwells. It is a specific place; a place of unparalleled tranquility and beauty. It includes the new heaven and new earth.

The new earth will be like Eden. ..the deserts will gush with water. ... A beautiful and bountiful land will flourish.

The new earth will complete God's program. It will be what God intended for Adam and Eve in Eden.

A magnificent restoration awaits us. Christ comes in judgment; then restoration.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

Maddie breathed in deep, inhaling the scent of breakfast and dish soap, clean laundry and wood floors, sunshine and a room filled with love. It smelled like home.

The character of good men and women encourage others to want to be better people.

Had I known that coffee could taste so good, I would have gotten drunk on it every day.

We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.

In the Bowling Alley of Tomorrow, there will even be machines that wear rental shoes and throw the ball for you. Your sole function will be to drink beer.

It is surely indisputable that no single leader in the twentieth century exerted as great an influence on the course of world history as Lenin.

What I really found was that the one similarity between Covert Affairs and Fair Game is a deep love and admiration and fascination with the home life of a spy.

So the real question confronting you now is: How can you afford not to be in God's Word?

There are different paths that one can pursue as a painter. I work with the thesis that I have not as yet reached my goal. This engagement is the necessary basis from which I plan new paintings.