Books like Heaven is For Real and 90 Minutes in Heaven offer competing narratives, and despite the seemingly countless testimonies from people who say they have seen a bright light at the end of a dark tunnel, the Bible paints a much different picture. Many believers facing death sometimes fear what is to come no matter how strong their faith in Christ. The Christian Post spoke with Ingram about his latest book in a telephone interview during which he urges believers to re-engage in Scripture on the subject of heaven in light of the rising fascination with it in popular culture.
Ingram admits in the book that even as a pastor, he couldn't explain to his dying father what heaven will be like, which caused him to dive into the Scripture to get a better understanding of what to expect of eternal life for believers. In The Real Heaven: What the Bible Actually Says, Ingram, senior pastor at Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos, California, contends that many Christians, including himself at one point, don't really have a clear understanding of heaven, resulting in many people wrongly thinking life on Earth is somehow better than what heaven has to offer. Or another reply from a young single person who has remained abstinent until marriage is: "Man, I don't want to go to heaven before I have sex." "I'd think I'd rather go to Hawaii for a couple weeks before I go to heaven," he recounts hearing. When Pastor Chip Ingram asks people whether they would like to go to heaven now or in ten years, he receives some interesting responses. | (Photo: The Christian Post/Anna Charles)
Chip Ingram, senior pastor of Venture Christian Church and president of Living on the Edge at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb.
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