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  • At Heaven's Door

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 8, 2003
     | 3,675 views

    A poet said: Wish me “Bon Voyage!” As you do a friend Whose joyous vist finds its happy end. And “au revoir!” Since though it come no more, I ...read more

  • Heaven, An Inheritance  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 8,828 views

    Heaven, an Inheritance Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. In My Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take ...read more

  • Heaven: Titanic

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 29, 2009
     | 4,088 views

    HEAVEN: TITANIC Last Sunday, right after church, when I got home tired and emotionally spent, I plopped into my easy chair and turned the TV on. The last few minutes of "Titanic" was on. In the conclusion, Rose (played by Kate Winslet) is an old woman. She lost the love of her life in the sinking ...read more

  • An Ad For Heaven

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Mar 7, 2009
     | 4,920 views

    AN AD FOR HEAVEN An advertisement based on Revelation chapter 21 reads: "Free, beautiful homes to be given away in a perfect city! With: 100% pure water, no electric bills, perpetual lighting, permanent pavement, nothing undesirable, everything new, perfect ...read more

  • Shock In Heaven

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,619 views

    SHOCK IN HEAVEN I was shocked, confused, bewildered as I entered Heaven’s door, Not by the beauty of it all, by the lights or its décor. But it was the folks in heaven who made me sputter and gasp; the thieves, the liars, the sinners, the alcoholics, the trash. There stood the kid from 7th ...read more

  • What Is Heaven?

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 26, 2009
     | 2,756 views

    What Is Heaven? By Terry Barnhill What is heaven, and why such hope upon it? Heaven is already here By faith in Christ who brought His kingdom near. "Carpe diem," said ancient Horace, "quam minimum credula postero." "Seize the day trusting not in tomorrow." Our hope is in the promises of ...read more

  • Start With Heaven

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 31, 2010
     | 3,586 views

    START WITH HEAVEN Randy Alcorn states the following: “Often our thinking is backwards. Why do we imagine that God patterns Heaven’s holy city after an earthly city, as if Heaven knows nothing of community and culture and has to get its ideas from us? Isn’t it more likely that earthly realities, ...read more

  • Gold In Heaven

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 16, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,553 views

    GOLD IN HEAVEN There was a rich man who was distressed on hearing he could take none of his riches to heaven. He pleaded with God to make an exception. Finally, God said, "Okay, whatever you can fit into a garbage bag can be brought in." The man immediately thought of gold. He joyfully went and ...read more

  • Garlands Of Heaven

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 29, 2011
     | 3,228 views

    GARLANDS OF HEAVEN In India, whenever I preached I would get a garland made of carnations or roses or some other kind of flower. (This was done as a gesture of honor.) They smelled nice at first, but they were bulky and awkward (most of them would hang down almost to your knees), and after your ...read more

  • The Happiness Of Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,924 views

    THE HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN In 1871 Fr. J. Boudreau wrote a short story entitled "The Happiness of Heaven." It's a story about a kindhearted king who is hunting in the forest when he discovers a blind, poor orphan boy living there. The king takes the blind orphan to his palace and adopts him as his ...read more

  • Baseball In Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,880 views

    BASEBALL IN HEAVEN A preacher and a song leader were both avid baseball fans. These guys didn't just like baseball; they lived, breathed and ate baseball. What time they weren't about church duties, they were attending a game, watching a game on the tube, or coaching a little league game in the ...read more

  • Aim At Heaven

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,284 views

    AIM AT HEAVEN There is no middle ground in our battle with evil. There are times when we must pick a side and take a stand. Truth demands a choice. "Aim at heaven and you’ll get earth ...read more

  • Baseball In Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 6, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,024 views

    BASEBALL IN HEAVEN Bob and Stan were good buddies and baseball friends. One day at a ballgame, they made a vow to each other that, whichever friend died first, that friend would send a message back to earth to let the other friend know if there was baseball in Heaven. Sure enough, one day Bob ...read more

  • Is Heaven Real?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,626 views

    The Bible uses the word heaven 532 times in the Bible. The Hebrew word for "heaven" is shamayim and is plural meaning "heights," "elevations." It is found in the first verse of the Bible. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" and in Gen 2:1 "Thus the heavens and the earth were ...read more

  • Paradise And Heaven

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 5,208 views

    Paradise originates from the Persian language which means a beautiful garden but the ideal paradise is the King’s garden. Kings had beautiful gardens with exotic animals you wouldn’t see in that part of the world. It had flowing water and trees and was a place of serenity or peace. And when someone ...read more

  • No Tents In Heaven!

    Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Jun 24, 2016
     | 6,086 views

    I am not a camper. I spent one miserable weekend as a kid in an old, smelly canvas tent. It was designed to sleep 10, but 2 adults and 2 kids kicked, punched and threw sand all over one another all night. And that was while we were asleep. As I said, it was a miserable weekend. When I became ...read more

  • Will There Be Television In Heaven?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jun 6, 2020
     | 2,368 views

    If anybody can ask hard questions, the award has to go to the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. She knows how to ask a question and, more importantly, when to ask a particular question. Throughout our marriage, she has become an expert in the area of questionology. There is not a question I can ...read more

  • The Hound Of Heaven

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 2, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 899 views

    In his book The Call, author Os Guinness writes: We cannot find God without God. We cannot reach God without God. We cannot satisfy God without God—which is another way of saying that our seeking will always fall short unless God’s grace initiates the search and unless God’s call draws us to Him ...read more

  • Traveling To Heaven

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 29, 2024
     | 476 views

    Throughout my life I had always wanted to go to Germany. It wasn’t until my son moved over there and got married that we finally were able to do so. The trip wasn’t always easy, as we were stranded in New Jersey for a night after a flight was canceled. We were tired from the journey. But once ...read more

  • E. M. Bounds Writes In "The Possibilities Of ...

    Contributed by John Quigley on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,412 views

    E. M. Bounds writes in "The Possibilities of Prayer" : "THE ministry of prayer has been the peculiar distinction of all of God’s saints. This has been the secret of their power. The energy and the soul of their work has been the closet. The need of help outside of man being so great, man’s natural ...read more

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