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April 1, 2009

A Guided Tour of Heaven and Hell

Mark Galli moderates a Christian Book Expo panel with Don Piper, Sam Storms, Randy Alcorn, and Jim Packer.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Polls show that more Americans believe in heaven than in hell. The Bible, however, tells us both are real destinations. What are heaven and hell like, and how do we enter one and avoid the other? Author experts examine the afterlife from theological, pastoral - and personal - perspectives. Christianity Today's Mark Galli moderated this panel on March 20, 2009 for the Christian Book Expo in Dallas. Here's a video courtesy of Tangle.

Panelists:
•Don Piper, 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life (Baker)
•Sam Storms, The Hope of Glory (Crossway)
•Randy Alcorn, Heaven (Tyndale)
•J I Packer, Knowing God (Inter-Varsity Press)

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It's incredible to me that people don't see the heresy in Don Piper's book. I'm speechless that he would be put on a panel like this.

Posted By: alion | April 3, 2009 2:31 PM

What heresy? I have not read the book yet, but I plan to get it from the library, and I'd like to know what I should be looking for.

Posted By: Peter Easterberg | April 17, 2009 5:27 PM