Everlasting Life: How God Answers Our Questions About Grief, Loss, And The Promise Of Heaven - Softcover

Swanson, David D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801014468 ISBN 13: 9780801014468

Publisher: Baker Books, 2013

Synopsis

This hopeful and biblically grounded book explores what it means to live forever, helping readers overcome their fear of death and showing them how a scriptural view of heaven makes a difference now.

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About the Author

David D. Swanson is senior pastor of the 5,000-member First Presbyterian Church of Orlando. He speaks at retreats, conferences, and churches throughout the US and is engaged in a national media teaching ministry called The Well.

From the Back Cover

You were created to live forever

Death. Everyone fears it. No one can escape it. But, thankfully, God has a plan--an indescribable, eternal life waiting for you.
Hopeful, biblical, and filled with encouragement, Everlasting Life shines a light on death and the afterlife that will bring comfort and peace to those who are facing it or to those who want to be ready for it when it does come. David Swanson shares the simple truth that you are immortal--you will never spiritually die--and shows you how seeing life through your immortality can radically change the way you live.
"Knowing the one person who conquered death is the source of the only true hope in bringing consolation to the grieving heart. Since it is inevitable that we will all deal with loss in this life, having the skills to rest secure in the hope we have in Christ is a precious gift David helps you unpack."--Vonette Bright, cofounder, Campus Crusade for Christ International/Cru
"Swanson has not only faithfully addressed the core fear we all share--the fear of death--he has thrown open the curtains on the great hope that is ours through the work of Jesus."--Scotty Smith, pastor and author of Everyday Prayers

"Everlasting Life tackles the challenging subjects of facing death, the spiritual process of dying, and what the glorious but mysterious afterlife of heaven might be like from a biblical perspective."--Bob DeVries and Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge, authors of Getting to the Other Side of Grief

"Swanson offers comfort to the grieving, gives insight to the comforter, and shares the gospel with those who do not yet believe in Christ. He helps the reader face the fact of his or her own death and addresses why death is in the world."--David Wiersbe, author of Gone but Not Lost

David D. Swanson is senior pastor of the 4,000-member First Presbyterian Church of Orlando. He speaks at retreats, conferences, and churches throughout the United States and hosts a national media teaching ministry called The Well. He has been married to his wife, Leigh, for over 20 years, and they have three college-aged children. He lives in Florida.

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801014468
• ISBN 13: 9780801014468
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192