Life After Life

Hope in the Struggle: How Heaven Helps Us Now Today's cultural imagination of heaven often involves little more than chubby cherubs in tunics, pearly gates, ethereal clouds, glowing halos, and ceaseless singing. But if that's all heaven is, what hope and relevance could it possibly offer for our lives today? Fortunately, a biblical view of eternity offers us more. Way more. Life After Life is an informative and uplifting guide to God's incredible promises about heaven and the wonders you will experience there. Through engaging stories, theological insights, and a deep knowledge of Scripture, Philip De Courcy reveals the powerful impact a heavenly mindset can make on your everyday life. Heaven can't wait-it's for right now. Discover how a clear understanding of the inheritance awaiting you in heaven can encourage you to toward greater spiritual growth and more abundant worship. As you learn to live with the eternal in mind, you'll be empowered to face every life circumstance with more purpose, confidence, and joy. Life After Life is an informative and uplifting guide to God's incredible promises about heaven and the wonders you will experience there. "If we could truly grasp what God has planned for us in the life to come, it would radically reshape our attitudes and behavior in this one. Philip De Courcy has done a masterful job of refocusing our attention and drilling down into the biblical details of what we ought to think in light of Christ's sure promises about our eternal destination. This book deserves to be read thoughtfully-with a mind prepared to think clearly and a heart ready to be anchored in its future home. Embrace the truth found in the following pages, and let it do its transforming work in you." -Dr. Mike Fabarez, author of 10 Mistakes People Make About Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife "Scripture says God has set eternity in our hearts. We all have an insatiable curiosity to know what lies beyond the veil of this life. My friend Philip De Courcy has written this engaging, informative, accessible book to answer your questions about life after this life and fill your heart with hope and anticipation. Reading this book is a life-giving, soul-refreshing experience. I highly recommend it."   -Dr. Mark Hitchcock, senior pastor, Faith Bible Church, Edmond, OK; research professor of Bible exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary "Books are far from being an endangered species-in fact, as the old adage goes, they're a dime a dozen. And while it's true that good books are one in a million, excellent books are rarer than hen's teeth. Life After Life is not only a rarity in temporal excellence, but its heavenly content makes it an elixir for the eternal soul. Philip De Courcy's literary masterpiece does more than bring heaven down to earth-it helps make earthlings fit for heaven." Emeal "E.Z." Zwayne, president of Living Waters; author of Fight Like a Man: A Bold, Biblical Battle Plan for Personal Purity  "This is the most engaging, helpful, and hope-inducing book on heaven that I've ever read. Life After Life answered my questions on heaven and all the ones I'd never thought to ask! I began the book curious. I ended excited. If you love life here, then you're going to love life after life there even more. I've always wondered what the apostle Paul meant when he said, 'Life is Christ; death is gain' (Philippians 1:21). Pastor De Courcy shows us how what's coming is 'gain.'"  -Dr. Jonathan Murphy, senior pastor, Stonebriar Community Church, Frisco, TX; professor of pastoral ministries, Dallas Theological Seminary Philip De Courcy is senior pastor at Kindred Community Church, Anaheim Hills, California, and bible teacher at Know the Truth, a national radio and online ministry (ktt.org). FOREWORD by Jack Hibbs Have you ever given any thought to just how much God wants us to be in heaven with Him? G