The Message of Heaven and Hell: Grace and Destiny

The Bible Speaks Today: Bible Themes Series

by Bruce Milne

Death is one of the certainties of life. But what happens beyond death? What inexpressible wonders--or unspeakable horrors--will we encounter beyond the pale of this life? The topic of life and judgment beyond death is one that has occupied the minds of Christians in former eras but today seems to be in partial eclipse. As Bruce Milne argues, we are poorer for it--without even recognizing our poverty. There is such a thing as being so heavenly minded that we are of no earthly good. But there is also such a thing as being so unheavenly minded that we lose sense of earthly good and the gravity of life in the present. This is far more dangerous. In The Message of Heaven and Hell , Milne guides us from Genesis to Revelation, stopping to examine key texts that illumine the destiny of humanity, the nature of heaven and hell and the glory of life everlasting in the presence of God.

Genres: Theology, Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 2 out of 5]

Long. It's long. It's insightful in some places, a little shallow in others. I found the case for Hell as a place of eternal torment lacking but that should surprise no on eat this point. It was okay.

[Neil Kruger · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

Sound expositions of a number of passages concerning what awaits all people after death. Both the solemnity of hell and the anticipated joys of life with God in heaven are carefully explained.

[Tim Ingrum · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd give it a 2.5 if I could. This exposition of biblical passages pertaining to heaven and hell contains a wonderful 150-page book hiding among 330 pages.