Deus Misereatur

Net Galley Review Four Views on the Historical Adam By Matthew Barrett , Ardel Caneday , Denis Lamoureux , John H. Walton , C. John Collins , William D. Barrick , Gregory A. Boyd , Philip G. Ryken , Stanley N. Gundry. Zondervan Grand Rapids, MI 49530 www.zondervan.com ISBN:  9780310499275; $19.99, 10 December 2013. Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber for Deus Misereatur . We were sitting in one of the local pubs, doctoral students from diverse denominations and deep in our ministries. We were talking about our theses topics, when suddenly the conversation turned on whether or not Adam and Eve were genuinely historical persons. I was the only one in a self-professed Evangelical denomination. The others came from clans that had a reputation for being rather “broad” on Biblical authority and historicity. It was a relatively awkward moment, until things moved on. But I distinctly remember thinking then, in 2006, that I was glad to be an Evangelical where this subj

{ The audio file } Heaven Pt 5: “Forever!” Revelation 21:1-8 Come, Lord Jesus! Lift our sights to that “forever day”, to that “evermore time” when we will know you like never before, when faith and hope will be swallowed up in sight and love will flower into full bloom! And now, help us so that as we listen and imagine and dream, our yearning may be handsomely increased, and our hearts be more fully won over. Amen. I realize that last Sunday’s sermon may have left you in something of a darker humor as we talked about the Day of Judgment. But you have to take that sermon in the context of the three before it, and this one. What will happen after the resurrection and the great “Tribunal of Christ” – In other words – what will heaven feel like, sound like, taste like, smell like etc? The New Heavens and New Earth . 21.1 We are often left in the dark about heaven after the resurrection, and have pictures flitting about our heads of clouds, harps, floating bodies or angeli