Heaven

Many Christians support the idea of everlasting torment of the wicked on the basis that the threat of it drives people into the arms of Christ. Let’s call it the “scared straight” argument. Jonathan Edwards famously used the strategy in his sermons.  “The God...

Heavenly Sorrow

We are taught that in heaven there will be no more grief or sorrow, which leads to the speculation that our memories, or our bad memories will be erased. I doubt it. The difficulties, the pain, the struggles, the heartbreaks, in short, the warfare that so...