While serving a congregation that averaged in age about 70, I had a few members who wondered about what heaven is like. Questions of heaven, though, are not wondered only by those who are near 70, and the reality of heaven has real consequences for our lives today. This book, by N. T. Wright, former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and New Testament Scholar, addresses our misguided assumptions coming often from Plato’s philosophy in Ancient Greece and invites us into an understanding that is founded in scripture and in how the original readers of the epistles would have likely understood it. It challenges us, further, to live…

I’m often asked what Bible translations and Study Bibles I recommend. In my own devotions, I’ve used a number of formats for reading the Bible. At times, I’ve completed devotions by reading the Bible from Genesis to Exodus. Other times, I have completed my devotions each day with readings from multiple sections of the Bible (e.g. Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, New Testament OR Old Testament, Psalms, Epistles (letters), Gospels). Yet, other times, I’ve completed readings with liturgy. Finally, I’ve also read from chronological Bibles that place the texts in chronological order (as best the editors can estimate). If you’re starting to read the Bible through a year or multiple years,…