The Real Heaven - Why Heaven Matters, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 11 April 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Ever stop and wonder what heaven will be like? What comes up on your mental screen? Clouds? Some kind of mystical place where all people do is sing and have really long church services? Well, that isn’t even close. Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram, Chip explores what the Bible says about heaven and why it will change how you live today.
Main Points
Why Study Heaven?
- Our misconceptions are crippling us.
- We’re commanded to do so. - Colossians 3:1-4
- A faulty view of heaven destines us to a wasted life on earth. - John 14:1-11
An Accurate View of Heaven Provides…
- Perspective in times of trouble. - 2 Corinthians 4
- Perseverance in times of temptation. - John 14
- Priorities when under pressure. - Matthew 6
Broadcast Resource
Additional Resource Mentions
- Book - Heaven by Randy Alcorn
- Book - The Glory of Heaven by John MacArthur
About Chip Ingram
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever wondered what heaven will be like? I mean what comes to your mind, your |
| 0:05.9 | mental screen? Is it clouds? Sort of a mystical place where all people do is sing or |
| 0:11.2 | have like really long church services. |
| 0:13.8 | Well let me tell you that isn't even close. |
| 0:17.2 | For the next several broadcasts, |
| 0:18.6 | we're gonna explore and talk about |
| 0:20.5 | what the Bible says heaven is really like. don't want to miss it stay with me Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:34.0 | The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians |
| 0:38.0 | through the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. |
| 0:40.0 | Now if you're like most people, you might have a few vague ideas about what heaven will be like |
| 0:45.4 | But there's not a lot of clarity or even excitement for what awaits all of us and we want to change that |
| 0:50.9 | So today we're launching chip Series The Real Heaven. In the |
| 0:54.8 | coming programs he'll explore what God's word reveals to us about heaven and |
| 0:58.8 | why we should be thrilled to |
| 1:04.1 | spend eternity with Jesus. |
| 1:02.1 | With that setup, go in your Bible to John Chapter 14 |
| 1:06.0 | as we begin this series with Chip's message, |
| 1:08.7 | Why Heaven Matters. |
| 1:11.4 | My dad died from a very unusual and rare disease called Shay Dragger's Syndrome. |
| 1:16.8 | It's sort of a combination of Lou Gehrigs, MS, and Parkinson's disease. |
| 1:22.0 | And so the last few years of his life you watched him deteriorate and lose |
| 1:26.2 | mobility being a wheelchair then into a bed. My dad came to Christ in his 50s and |
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