Heaven

In this season of Eastertide, the period of fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday, we not only celebrate Jesus’ victory over death in his resurrection, but we also consider seriously the implications of his resurrection for our own lives.

Perhaps no subject is as distorted—or so central—to Christianity as eschatology. Very weird notions about life after death, heaven, and hell abound among Christians and have seeped into the thinking of many in our society and become even more distorted. The side bar on this