Remember Heaven
Meditations on the World to Come for Life in the Meantime
Published on 13. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-4335-9916-3 (ISBN)
Description
How the Hope of Heaven Shapes Our Lives as Christians in the Meantime
What we expect from our future has tremendous power over our experience in the meantime-that's why the Bible places the hope of heaven at the center of the Christian life. But even if we affirm the reality of our heavenly future, we often struggle to long for heaven, much less to connect the promises of the world to come to the concrete details of life in this world as it is. If and when we think about heaven at all, it's easy to think of it like an insurance policy that will be there when we need it. But the Bible defines our future hope as an inheritance-a trust fund that is certain, inexhaustible, and freely accessible here and now.
In this book, Matthew McCullough offers a series of meditations that model how to draw on the hope of heaven for everyday life in the meantime. Chapters connect specific struggles of life in this world-from dissatisfaction and inadequacy to anxiety, grief, indwelling sin and more-to specific promises of the world to come. Drawing on insights from Christian writers of the past, McCullough shows how the Bible uses the hope of heaven to help us now.
Offers Hope: Helps readers deal with feelings of loneliness, inadequacy, grief, and dissatisfaction to curate a healthy life perspective around God's promises
Biblical and Practical: Engaging meditations offer Christians applicable advice for living joyfully in light of the inheritance that awaits them in heaven
From the Gospel Coalition: This accessible book makes a great gift for students, pastors, and Christians of every age
What we expect from our future has tremendous power over our experience in the meantime-that's why the Bible places the hope of heaven at the center of the Christian life. But even if we affirm the reality of our heavenly future, we often struggle to long for heaven, much less to connect the promises of the world to come to the concrete details of life in this world as it is. If and when we think about heaven at all, it's easy to think of it like an insurance policy that will be there when we need it. But the Bible defines our future hope as an inheritance-a trust fund that is certain, inexhaustible, and freely accessible here and now.
In this book, Matthew McCullough offers a series of meditations that model how to draw on the hope of heaven for everyday life in the meantime. Chapters connect specific struggles of life in this world-from dissatisfaction and inadequacy to anxiety, grief, indwelling sin and more-to specific promises of the world to come. Drawing on insights from Christian writers of the past, McCullough shows how the Bible uses the hope of heaven to help us now.
Offers Hope: Helps readers deal with feelings of loneliness, inadequacy, grief, and dissatisfaction to curate a healthy life perspective around God's promises
Biblical and Practical: Engaging meditations offer Christians applicable advice for living joyfully in light of the inheritance that awaits them in heaven
From the Gospel Coalition: This accessible book makes a great gift for students, pastors, and Christians of every age
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wheaton, IL
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
214 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4335-9916-3 (9781433599163)
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04/2025
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Person
Matthew McCullough (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is the pastor of Edgefield Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and the author of Remember Heaven: Meditations on the World to Come for Life in the Meantime.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Set Your Mind: How the Hope of Heaven Grounds Our Lives as Christians
Chapter 1: Bound for Fullness of Joy: ??How the Hope of Heaven Reframes Our Dissatisfaction in the Meantime
Chapter 2: Bound for Spotless Righteousness: How the Hope of Heaven Overcomes Our Feelings of Inadequacy in the Meantime
Chapter 3: Bound for Perfect Holiness: How the Hope of Heaven Empowers Our Battle with Sin in the Meantime
Chapter 4: Bound for Untouchable Security: How the Hope of Heaven Relieves Our Anxiety in the Meantime
Chapter 5: Bound for No More Pain: How the Hope of Heaven Makes Our Suffering Meaningful in the Meantime
Chapter 6: Bound for Endless Love: How the Hope of Heaven Makes Our Grief Bearable in the Meantime
Chapter 7: Bound for Home Together: How the Hope of Heaven Sets Our Mission in the Church
Conclusion: On Things Above: ?Why Our Longing for More Makes All the Sense in the World
?General Index
Scripture Index
Introduction: Set Your Mind: How the Hope of Heaven Grounds Our Lives as Christians
Chapter 1: Bound for Fullness of Joy: ??How the Hope of Heaven Reframes Our Dissatisfaction in the Meantime
Chapter 2: Bound for Spotless Righteousness: How the Hope of Heaven Overcomes Our Feelings of Inadequacy in the Meantime
Chapter 3: Bound for Perfect Holiness: How the Hope of Heaven Empowers Our Battle with Sin in the Meantime
Chapter 4: Bound for Untouchable Security: How the Hope of Heaven Relieves Our Anxiety in the Meantime
Chapter 5: Bound for No More Pain: How the Hope of Heaven Makes Our Suffering Meaningful in the Meantime
Chapter 6: Bound for Endless Love: How the Hope of Heaven Makes Our Grief Bearable in the Meantime
Chapter 7: Bound for Home Together: How the Hope of Heaven Sets Our Mission in the Church
Conclusion: On Things Above: ?Why Our Longing for More Makes All the Sense in the World
?General Index
Scripture Index