Category Archives: After Life

Prepared in Heaven, Unveiled on Earth and Left Behind

Posted on February 2, 2016 by rjs5

The next chapter of Richard Middleton’s book A New Heaven and a New Earth looks at passages in the New Testament that appear to support the idea of heaven hereafter, either as a permanent or temporary abode. These can be … Continue reading →

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The Significance of the End: Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell

Posted on April 28, 2015 by rjs5

The last couple of chapters in John Polkinghorne’s book The God of Hope and the End of the World deal with the four last things (death, judgment, heaven, and hell) and with their significance. There is something of a divide … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter, String Theory, and Heaven

Posted on December 24, 2009 by rjs5

Dark matter has made the news of late. A detector deep in a mine in Minnesota – an old iron mine – has provided the first hint of an observation of dark matter. Dark matter is a kind of matter … Continue reading →

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