Welcome to the program today.

Mono Gonzalez here in studio with Dr. Larry Olsen and we are going to be discussing something

which I hope is your favorite topic.

It certainly should be every Christian's favorite topic and that is the topic of heaven.

Larry, welcome.

It's good to be here, Mondo.

So you and I did a DVD set.

You wrote a book, A Place Called Heaven, Journey Home, and then we spent several hours creating

a DVD set, talking about the joys of heaven.

And before we do that, in the sense of your book, what led you, you've been a pastor for

a long time? Maybe we'll start there in the sense of your book, what led you, you've been a pastor for a long time,

maybe we'll start there in the sense of,

kind of share with our audience who you are, what you do,

where people can find out more information

about your ministry.

Well, I have a website,

www.laryallison.com,

but I noticed through the years in ministry, like you, I've done a lot of weddings and a lot

of funerals.

And I noticed that at the funerals, there were a lot of people who came who really didn't

have an understanding of what happened to the person who had passed.

And so it all revolved around heaven, how we get there, what it's like, and so

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