10-24-2021, 10:06 PM
I have not thought a lot about it before. I have read some books by or about people who claim to have had a near death experience, and some of those are interesting, but I tend to discount them if they claim that the angel or Jesus explained or claimed some doctrine as truth/fact that I understand scripture to explain to be different.
I came across an author a few years back by the name of Randy Alcorn. I think he has a non-fiction book entitled Heaven, and at least four fiction books (listed below) that incorporate scenes/narrative taking place in heaven. I found them to be thought provoking and you may find them interesting/beneficial.
The fiction titles I've read include:
Safely Home (contrasting Western/Traditional Christianity against the underground church in China)
Deadline (Newspaper Columnist/Opinion writer struggles with his opinions on feminism vs. conservative christianity. Lots of heavenly dialogue between a guardian angel and a friend of the reporter who died. Also some thoughts of others who died and did not go to heaven)
Dominion (Another newspaper reporter struggles with gang violence and rascism that affect his family)
Deception (A police detective struggles with alcoholism and other stuff. Written a little like a "stereotypical" detective novel. I think I laughed the most while reading this one, out of the four.)
The latter three titles are a sort of trilogy, with recurring characters and a continuous timeline. Each of them include parts of the story on earth, and parts of the story in heaven. I've found them to be thought provoking, enjoyable, and generally not against how I understand things to work with God. They have definitely informed or impacted how I think of heaven and what it will be like.
If anyone reads these and does find content they think doesn't agree with scripture as they understand it, I'd be happy to hear what you've found. I don't want to blindly accept what this guy wrote if it's incorrect.
I came across an author a few years back by the name of Randy Alcorn. I think he has a non-fiction book entitled Heaven, and at least four fiction books (listed below) that incorporate scenes/narrative taking place in heaven. I found them to be thought provoking and you may find them interesting/beneficial.
The fiction titles I've read include:
Safely Home (contrasting Western/Traditional Christianity against the underground church in China)
Deadline (Newspaper Columnist/Opinion writer struggles with his opinions on feminism vs. conservative christianity. Lots of heavenly dialogue between a guardian angel and a friend of the reporter who died. Also some thoughts of others who died and did not go to heaven)
Dominion (Another newspaper reporter struggles with gang violence and rascism that affect his family)
Deception (A police detective struggles with alcoholism and other stuff. Written a little like a "stereotypical" detective novel. I think I laughed the most while reading this one, out of the four.)
The latter three titles are a sort of trilogy, with recurring characters and a continuous timeline. Each of them include parts of the story on earth, and parts of the story in heaven. I've found them to be thought provoking, enjoyable, and generally not against how I understand things to work with God. They have definitely informed or impacted how I think of heaven and what it will be like.
If anyone reads these and does find content they think doesn't agree with scripture as they understand it, I'd be happy to hear what you've found. I don't want to blindly accept what this guy wrote if it's incorrect.
Benjamin