366: Skye Jethani and Eternity Breaks In
Episode description
Is heaven a far away place that you'll go to someday or an imminent reality?
Depending on what you were taught, you might have strong feelings about this. You may even wonder why the question is being asked at all.
Our guest today explains how Jesus viewed the idea of heaven and why it's a crucial idea to understand biblically.
Skye Jethani is the co-host of one of the most popular podcasts in the Christian space, The Holy Post, and author of some of the best books with the Kingdom of God in mind. His book With is a must read. And now he’s published his fourth in the What if Jesus was Serious? Series with What If Jesus Was Serious About Heaven.
Today, Skye discusses common misunderstandings about heaven, how those ideas can malform us, and what the biblical view actually is. He also shares how a biblical worldview of eternity changes our public discourse and decisions.
If you're interested in heaven, this episode is for you.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
Stories Skye shared:
- How to join Skye's mailing list
- The surprising reaction he found when he talked about heaven
- Where misunderstandings about heaven come from
- How our theological context shapes our spiritual formation
- Why training can help us understand much
- What Jesus meant by heaven
- How a first century view of citizenship helps us understand heaven
- How to be a conduit of heaven on earth
- The antidote to cessationism and spectacularism
- Why the values of nations are different from those of the Kingdom of God
- What to call this way of thinking
- The importance of the Resurrection
Great quotes from Skye:
When we make that vision of heaven the goal of our faith, it displaces what ought to be the real goal of our faith which is Jesus himself.
It's the vocation of every Christian to be a priest, to be that conduit between God's presence in heaven and the reality of the earth.
The Kingdom is breaking in all the time and often it's really subtle.
The values of any nation state is going to be opposed to the values of the Kingdom of God.
Resources we mentioned:
- Skye’s website
- What If Jesus Was Serious about Heaven?: A Visual Guide to Experiencing God’s Kingdom among Us by Skye Jethani
- With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani
- The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
- N.T. Wright's works
- The Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight
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