Derek Thomas- Heaven on Earth What the Bible Teaches about Life to Come

Episode 140– Derek Thomas- Heaven on Earth What the Bible Teaches about Life to Come

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Welcome to the 140th episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins talks with Derek Thomas about his book Heaven on Earth What the Bible Teaches about Life to Come (Christian Focus, 2018).

What you’ll hear in this episode

Why it’s so important that Christians believe they go to heaven immediately after they die.
How growing in our understanding of heaven helps God’s people appreciate the already/not yet of the Christian life in the present and the future.
How knowing the journey ahead by faith in Christ enables God’s people with certainty to face it with courage.
Why as Christians look ahead to their life in heaven they have a million reasons to be encouraged.
Why it’s important for pastors, ministry leaders, and Bible study leaders to preach, teach, and write on heaven and hell.
The heart of the worship of God’s people and how it is to be reflected in Jesus Christ.
What heaven will be like.
How to help people who struggle fear of death and find it hard to sleep stop being afraid of death.
How understanding heaven helps Christians to grow in a biblical worldview.

About the Guest

Derek Thomas, originally from Wales, is the Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina and Chancellor’s Professor at the Atlanta campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. He is also a Teaching Fellow with Ligonier Ministries.

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Dave Jenkins( Executive Director )

Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.