312. Why Do Christians Believe These Top Seven Myths About Heaven?
About this episode
The episode explores seven common myths about Heaven from a Christian perspective, especially in light of Ascension Day.
This week marks Ascension Day, May 14![1. Photo by Timo Volz on Unsplash .] So let’s rise to that occasion and survey at least seven notions about that place to which Jesus ascended—Heaven. Is it true that Heaven is only “spiritual”? Or that we can’t know about Heaven is like, so it’s best we not think much about that unchanging, un-earthly or very-earthly dimension where “time shall be no more” and where basically good people go? We’ll do our best to bypass modern myth and search the only certain Source. Episode sponsors All that Glows by Lauren Smyth Realm Makers 2026 Conference & Expo Author Update from Novel Marketing The Talismiths: The Secret Saboteur by M. L. Hodder Mission update New at Lorehaven: weekly reviews, recent website upgrades Subscribe free to get updates and join the Lorehaven Guild Concession stand Concession: Randy Alcorn just released a similar article last week . By intention, I didn’t read the article, or my own previous material. There’s a chance some of my myths (in no special order) overlap. I do credit Alcorn’s Heaven (2004) as a formative influence. Yet here I’ll attempt to base my reasons straight on Scripture. In the past I’ve rankled some…
People in this episode
Host: Lorehaven
Topics covered
- Heaven
- Christian beliefs
- myths about Heaven
- spirituality
- afterlife
- Scripture
Keywords
- Heaven
- Christianity
- myths
- spirituality
- afterlife
- Ascension Day
- Scripture
Sponsors
All that Glows, Realm Makers 2026 Conference & Expo, Lauren Smyth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Novel Marketing
Books & works: Heaven, All that Glows, The Talismiths: The Secret Saboteur
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