Home: How Heaven and the New Earth Satisfy Our Deepest Longings

by Elyse Fitzpatrick, Paul Tripp (Foreword by)

Overview

Heaven Is the Home You've Been Waiting For

In this world of fear, trials, and loneliness we often feel adrift—like we're still searching for a place where we can truly make ourselves at home. There's a longing for something more, something that makes us feel like we belong, something that resonates perfectly with who we were made to be. This longing is no small thing to be brushed off and forgotten—it's a guidepost letting us know we were made for another world. Earth is not our home. But it's close.

What we long for is the new earth, the place God has been preparing for our eternity with him. In Home, Elyse Fitzpatrick explores heaven and the afterlife, demonstrating that our final destination is not some dull, featureless space in the clouds, but rather a perfected earth. It's a real, physical place that we'll explore with real bodies. A place of beauty and wonder and free of all death and decay.

No need to chase a bucket list. On the new earth there will be no end of glorious sites and amazing activities, and we'll never run out of time to do them all. Includes questions for group discussion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764218026
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/02/2016
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,171,597
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Elyse Fitzpatrick is a frequent speaker at churches, retreats, and large conferences such as The Gospel Coalition and True Woman. She holds a certificate in biblical counseling from CCEF (San Diego) and an MA in biblical counseling from Trinity Theological Seminary. She has authored 22 books on daily living and the Christian life, and lives with her husband in San Diego, California. Learn more at www.elysefitzpatrick.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Paul David Tripp 9

Acknowledgments 15

Introduction 17

1 On Loss and Homesickness and Baking Bread 25

2 Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled 41

3 Surprises in the Garden of New Life 59

4 A Glimpse of Our Garden Home 75

5 Seeing the City Abraham Saw 89

6 His Kingdom Has Come 107

7 Completely New, Yet So Familiar 125

8 Our Tears Make Us Long for Home 143

9 The End of Our Bucket List 161

10 Gazing Through the Thin Places 173

11 Hurrying His Return 189

12 The Forever Hello 207

Appendix: Coming to Saving Faith 223

Notes 229