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1) Imagine heaven: near-death experiences, God's promises, and the exhilarating future that awaits you
Author
Language
English
Description
Examines fascinating accounts of near-death experiences in light of Scripture, to ignite in readers a new biblically infused imagination of heaven and encourage living without fear.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A smart and thought-provoking cultural history of heaven. What do we think of when we think about heaven? What might it look like? Who or what might be there? Since humans began to huddle together for protection thousands of years ago, these questions have been part of how civilizations and cultures define heaven, the good place beyond this one. From Christianity to Islam to Hinduism and beyond, from the brush of Michelangelo to the pen of Dante,...
Author
Series
Five people you meet in Heaven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers....
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven--from the earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the theologians who frame our understandings, to the convictions and perceptions of everyday people. Drawing on history and popular culture, biblical research and everyday beliefs, religion journalist Lisa Miller offers a new understanding of one of the most cherished ideals of spiritual life. She discusses not just our visions of the afterlife,...
Author
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A disillusioned office bureaucrat in the afterlife has come to realize that maybe heaven isn't all it's cracked up to be. Bored by the endless routine of work, golf, and vegan food, he finds his one saving grace in his Field Studies: detailed reports he compiles on the living in order to determine their best fit in his world. While working on his 62nd Field Study, he begins to fall for Tetty, a detached Basque-American beauty living in Nevada, while...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dr. Alexander met and heard from thousands of individuals whom his story has affected. He also studied what the world’s religious traditions, and its philosophers, have had to say about the soul’s survival of death, and he has been deeply surprised at how often those voices from the past synch up with what he heard from people today. In The Map of Heaven, he shares some of the stories that the people have told him and links them up with what the...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Since publishing his inspirational bestseller in 2004, the author has traveled the world spreading his message of faith certain faith in the promise of Heaven. In Heaven is Real, he shared how life's trials can be turned into spiritual lessons, when we are open to the certainty of God's grace and love. Now, in his first new book in four years, the author of 90 Minutes in Heaven, draws on his own firsthand experiences with the joys of Heaven, as well...
11) Jellybeans
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Two friends, a rabbit and a cat, speculate about what heaven will be like as they enjoy a visit to the park.
13) Up in heaven
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Book for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Arthur's dog Daisy is very old, and one night, after going to sleep as usual, she wakes up in heaven. Because Daisy knows that Arthur is sad, she finds a way to let him know she is very happy, the first step toward making him happy again, too.
14) Heaven
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Touchpoints - Heaven, based on Randy Alcorn's best-selling book Heaven, puts the answers to many of your questions about Heaven, eternity, and the New Earth at your fingertips. Then, arranged by topic, Touchpoints - Heaven provides simple, clear-cut, biblically based answers to such questions as, Will animals inhabit the New Earth? Will we sleep in Heaven? Will we all have beautiful bodies? And Will we work in Heaven?
16) Just like heaven
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Having awakened from a nap to find himself surrounded by fog, Mooch the cat decides he must be in Heaven, especially when he sees that all of his loved ones are there.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out.
19) What's heaven?
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After her great-grandmother's death, a young girl learns about heaven by asking her mother all kinds of questions.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 2004, the author and his six-year-old son, Alex, were in a horrific accident that left Alex paralyzed. When Alex awoke from a coma, not only had the most severe of his spinal injuries been healed without medical intervention, but he had an incredible story to share of entering heaven and meeting Jesus.
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