![]() ![]() ![]() Yet mouth-watering descriptions of steaks and the prospect of lounging on sun-kissed beaches rightly give way to the central attraction: the living God dwelling with his people. Readers will be delivered from seeing the gospel as a golden ticket to a disembodied ethereal cloudland, and brought to anticipate millennia of friendship, global exploration, and celebration in God’s good world. It is a delightfully earthy and attractive portrait that appeals to all our desires to enjoy the creation as we were intended to. In the first part of the book, Witmer paints a wonderful picture of our eternal future, emphasizing the hope of a renewed heaven and earth rather than remaining in heaven forever (“There’s somewhere better than heaven,” p. ![]() The book’s aim is to set our eyes to the gospel’s promised future so that our lives now might be transformed by the vision. Stephen Witmer’s book is part of The Good Book Company’s popular-level “How To” series, serving the everyday Christian whose desire is to live distinctively in the world. ![]()
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