Heaven: The Heart's Deepest Longing

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Summary: A Very Illuminating, Stunning Look at Human Life & Beyond
Review: I fell in love with this author and his writings after reading this beautiful, simple-hearted though philosophically-deep book. The passages that he quotes and the thoughts that he stirs are nothing shy of amazing! My spirit felt refreshed and challenged upon finishing the book. What a wonderful encouragement this book is. Don't be fooled by the small size, it is loaded with fresh insights and tender spiritual reflections.

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Summary: Very inspirational and uplifting
Review: I'm in love with this book! It's my favorite book of all time. I first laid my eyes on this book in 1980 when it was first published. It is a book on philosophy but it is written simply and flawlessly, very refreshing. This is one book that you can go back to, time and time again to reflect and be inspired. It uplifts you when you feel down and unspirited. It has been written for the lay person to understand faith, death, hope and happiness drawn from different religions and from different philosophies.

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Summary: Joyfully intense
Review: The author deals not only with the concept of Christian Heaven, but some other religions as well. This would be a good book for someone who'se doing a study of beliefs of different religious groups on the subject of Heaven. Un- fortunately, that is not what I was looking for. The book is well written, but as far as I could tell as I tried to drag through all the psychology, it wasn't what I was expecting. Joseph Stowell's "eternity" is still my favorite. It deals much more on the spiritual level on the subject of Heaven. I'm not willing to completely give up on finishing this book, but it's not one you read in one sitting!

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Summary: Joyfully intense
Review: This is a joyfully intense book, the best I've read on the subject. It does require time to read, and time to reflect, to fully understand the message. That's one reason I loved it -- it isn't trite and full of the same old stuff you've always heard about heaven.