6-14-09 The Shack - Part 8: Heaven

What does Heaven look like? As the old joke goes, "People are dying to get in and see." But seriously, Christ followers have been wondering about this question for centuries. Trouble is no one can tell with any experience of Heaven. True some have near death experiences and describe those experiences, but no one really knows from long lasting experience.

This is our last part in our 8 part series, "Where is God in the Shack?" Today we will look at W. Paul Young's description of heaven from his best selling book, The Shack. In addition we will look at what the Bible has to say about heaven.

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6-7-09 The Shack - Part 7: Healing & Relationships

Our God is a God in relationship...and...He calls us to be in relationship with Him. Within any relationship there is conflict and struggle. Jesus, in the Garden, struggles with his calling to the cross, but then submits to his Father's will. Later on the Cross, one might assume that the Father would like to kill Jesus' excutioners, yet Jesus asks God the Father to "forgive" them.

We, as humans, have our struggles too. We have struggles within ourselves, struggles with others and even struggles with God. All of these struggles are a natural part of being in relationship. The struggles and the conflicts are naturual and neutral, but how respond to the struggles and conflict determines whether they will help us grow and be a positive or tear us apart and become negative. Ultimately God's wants healing and restoration for us and for all of our relationships. May you receive healing, restoration and forgiveness through this message and through God's promise to forgive anyone who turns back to His grace, love and forgiveness.

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God Bless...and...Give 'em Heaven!

5-31-09 The Shack: Part 6 - Faith and Imagination

The beloved Christian hymn goes, "For the beauty of the earth, For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth,Over and around us lies. Lord of all, to Thee we raise,This our hymn of grateful praise." There is so much for which to be grateful...God's imagination in creation is but one.

We indeed have a creative God who invites us to join His continuing story of creativity. This week's message considers God's imagination and calls us to imagine what God might do in our lives if we but open ourselves to His guidance and wisdom. Click the above video to view this past week's message. If you have comments or questions, click the "comments" button below and "blog" in those comments or questions.

God's Peace and Give 'em Heaven!