Best of 2023: Believing in the Hope of Heaven (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 27 December 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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In this best of 2023 broadcast, Lee Strobel examines why our culture chases immortality and how we want to make a name for ourselves that survives the test of time. He shared evidence for the existence of the soul—and how science actually backs that up! You’ll also get a glimpse into what heaven looks like through the eyes of those who have had near-death experiences. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | It's relevant because if heaven is real, which I believe it is and that's what my book is about, that heaven is real. If that is true, it's like having a vacation on your calendar and when we know that heaven is on our future calendar. |
| 0:16.5 | We may not know when, but when we know someday it's on our calendar, it helps us deal with the present difficulties because we say as |
| 0:24.6 | hardest things can get in this world, guess what? I'm going to heaven. That's |
| 0:29.2 | Lee Strobel and he's with us today on this best of 2023 focus on the family with Jim |
| 0:34.4 | daily. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. John here's a question. What's one |
| 0:39.0 | thing that you think about in regards to heaven? You're asking me. Okay so freedom, freedom from sin and pains of life, |
| 0:48.8 | light. How about sleep? I think we're going to be able to sleep in heaven. I really hope so. Heavenly sleep, I like that. I think we're going to be able to sleep in heaven I really hope so I like that I think we'll be so excited we won't want to sleep okay at least the first 10,000 |
| 0:58.8 | Who knows I don't know but those are good things and it's nice to think about heaven. |
| 1:03.6 | That should be part of our daily routine about Lord. |
| 1:07.1 | We're looking forward to it because this place isn't where we want to be free, |
| 1:10.3 | Trinity for sure. |
| 1:11.8 | And you know one of the great things in the new testament book |
| 1:15.3 | a revelation in fact chapter 21 verse four where the apostle John describes |
| 1:19.3 | our encounters with God in the new heaven and the new earth. He writes, he will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more. |
| 1:29.0 | Neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. I think that's |
| 1:36.3 | pretty awesome. Right? And I'm looking forward to it and from time to time we've |
| 1:40.6 | had folks come in and talk about what they think of heaven. |
| 1:43.7 | Randy Alcorn has been here, but I'm so excited to talk with Lee Strobel, our guest today. |
| 1:48.9 | Lee has not only an incredible testimony, but a great intellect and a wonderful demonstration of faith |
| 1:55.6 | in Christ. |
| 1:56.6 | Yeah, Lee is a self-described atheist-turned-Christian. |
| 2:01.2 | He's a best-selling author. |
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