The Promise of Heaven

Reflections on Our Eternal Home

“If Heaven—‘the new heavens and new earth’—will be your home someday, wouldn’t you like to discover all you can about it now? The redeemed and resurrected universe will be great because God is great, and it’s the place where we will forever enjoy the wonders of His person. Heaven is a real place the Carpenter from Nazareth has been preparing for his family. That’s why it’s worth thinking and talking and dreaming about. Once you understand what the Bible says about Heaven, you’ll look forward to living there. Everything we love about the old Earth will be ours on the New Earth. I think we’ll see many of the grand places we’ve seen or wish we’d seen—and they’ll be better than ever. So as you enjoy these beautiful photographs taken by my friend John MacMurray, think of them as just a sampling of the beauty of God’s coming New Earth, where his followers will live forever with King Jesus.”
—Randy Alcorn, author of The Promise of Heaven

"A beautiful book with a solidly biblical understanding of heaven that will surprise many readers and fill their ears with joy and praise."
—Wayne Grudem, PhD, Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary

“It is always a great joy for me to see authors committed to bringing the Word of God to bear on the lives of their readers, especially concerning such important issues as life after death.  To be reminded of the promises of God concerning Heaven is an encouragement to me.  I hope it will be so for many of the readers of Alcorn’s book.”
—John MacArthur, president of The Master’s College and author of Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong

“What a delight. From cover to cover, not only are the eyes dazzled, the mind is stretched to think about our eternal home. Thank you Randy and John for a gift to believers everywhere. Truly a gift to unbelievers also—they can’t but become believers in the afterlife when reading these gentle reflections.”
—Don Pape, David C. Cook , Publisher-Print & Multimedia

“I have just finished The Promise of Heaven by Randy Alcorn and John MacMurray. What a gift their encouragement is to me and my family as we seek to live life on this earth with an eternal perspective—a not so easy task considering the way we are bombarded by the wiles of the enemy and the allure of the world!  Their book stimulated my thoughts toward remembering ‘to live is Christ, to die is gain’ and reminded me I never want to trade away that which is eternal for the fleeting temporal.  A huge thank you to both of these men for their using their gifts to encourage us, the Body.  God has repeatedly used Randy's works to mature me and my wife and we count our friendship with him a huge privilege.”
—Todd Peterson, NFL Placekicker, Retired (1993-2005)

 
“The cover alone makes you want to curl up and slowly flip through each page, expecting one treasure after another.  It really is beautiful.”
—Joni Eareckson Tada

“Northwest's favorite author, Randy Alcorn portrays the heavenly realm as few imagine it.  I believe, The Promise of Heaven is destined to become a treasured keepsake.”
—Examiner.com