The first things in Heaven – 1 – God’s Glory

What happens to us when we die? Movies and books telling the stories of people who died and came back to tell their ordeal, are increasing on the bookshelves of every bookstore in the world. People are just too curious about what is going to happen when they die. In the Bible this experience is […]

I believe in the life everlasting – The right hope

Despair – when we lose all hope; when we do not see a way out; when we feel that our options are gone. Every time that we talk about the life everlasting a few people have questions and doubts about what is coming after death. In the survey by the Barna Research Group we find […]

Who will be in Heaven? – God

So far, in our human experience, we are experiencing just glimpses of God, His person, His grace, power, and mercy. Most of what we learn about Him is in His Word. In Heaven it will be different. We will be able to experience His fullness. Don’t you look forward to that? It will be wonderful! […]

Packing for Heaven – I have kept the faith

“Curse God and died!”This is what Job’s wife said to him when she saw his insistence on believing in God even in the middle of terrible losses and extreme pain (Job 2:9). Today, we are watching, through the Internet, thousands and thousands of brothers and sisters losing their house, churches, and being slaughtered because of […]

Packing for Heaven – I have finished the race

We all remember the scene from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, when the Brazilian marathon runner, Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, was accosted by a priest with four miles to finish the race. He was leading the race, but because of that he got the bronze medal. What impressed everybody and made the whole Olympic Stadium […]

Packing for Heaven – I have fought the good fight

Have you ever packed the wrong thing for a trip? We men, “sometimes”, are accused of not being good savvy packers. We just throw our stuff in the luggage and hope for the best. Some guys out there would not agree with me. We put only the essentials in our luggage. Yeah, right. How many […]

C’mon God, Give Me a Break! – They are plotting against me

I remember a time long ago when I faced opposition because of my ministry. I decided to make some changes in the way we were doing church, and that stirred powerful people against me. I wrote a book in Portuguese about that (A Doutrina da Gravata). During that time, even though things were calm, I […]