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By Richard Foster on December 2, 2003 , ,

Heaven

Heaven is, I believe, the heart’s deepest longing! First, let me remind you of our touchstone concept: “We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.”

The Absolute Realities
Some day in some obscure magazine you will read that I have died. But, of course, nothing will be further from the truth. At that moment I will be more alive than ever. To be sure, my physical body that is so much a part of who I am right now will die—it will have served its purpose. But my spirit will live on...forever. This is the reality of who I am as an unceasing spiritual being. This is what is true about me. You too. Ten thousand years from now we will continue living. You better get accustomed to the fact that you cannot cease to exist. So, deal with it. And plan for it. Let’s get beyond our petty one-year...five-year...tenyear plan for life and start working on our ten-thousand-year plan. . .

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Richard Foster

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Richard Foster, is a Christian theologian and author. He is founder of Renovaré (a Christian nonprofit established in1988 to help people in becoming more like Jesus) and served as its president until 2008; he continues to serve in an advisory role. Foster has been a professor at Friends University and pastor of Evangelical Friends churches. He earned his Doctor of Pastoral Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary and received an honorary doctorate from Houghton College. He is possibly best known for his 1978 book Celebration of Discipline, which sold over one million copies. It was named by Christianity Today as one of the top ten books of the 20th century.

 

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