Things Unseen Living with Eternity in Your Heart

by Buchanan, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781590528839
• ISBN10: 1590528832
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-13
• Publisher: Multnomah

Summary

Blending pastoral warmth, philosophical depth, storytelling skill, and literary craft, Mark Buchanan encourages Christians to make heaven, literally, our "fixation" -- filling our vision, gripping our heart, and anchoring our hope. Only then, says Buchanan, can we become truly fearless on this earth, free from the fear of losing our life, property, status, title, or comfort; free from the threat of tyrants, the power of armies, and the day of trouble. Buchanan reawakens the instinctive yearning for things above, showing that only the heavenly minded are of much earthly good.

Author Biography

Mark Buchanan is a pastor and freelance writer/editor who lives with his wife, Cheryl, and three children on the west coast of Canada. Educated at the University of British Columbia and Regent University, he has been published in numerous periodicals, including Christianity Today and Books and Culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Big Fix	9	(6)
PART I HEAVEN-HAUNTED: MISSING THINGS UNSEEN
1. Eternity in Our Hearts	15	(12)
2. Speaking in Tongues	27	(12)
3. The World Is Not Enough	39	(10)
4. Rich and Weary	49	(16)
Portrait: Does Life Justify Living?	59	(6)
PART II HEAVEN-STRUCK: SEEING THINGS UNSEEN
5. More Than We Ask or Imagine	65	(14)
6. Who Wants to Go to Heaven?	79	(12)
7. Heaven Can't Wait	91	(12)
8. The Circle of Naming	103	(22)
Portrait: Like a Boy Eavesdropping	115	(10)
PART III HEAVEN-SENT: BEING OF EARTHLY GOOD
9. The One Thing Needed	125	(14)
10. A Tour of the Lower Galleries	139	(14)
11. Look Up	153	(14)
12. Dead Already	167	(10)
13. Do Not Lose Heart	177	(24)
Portrait: Now You Do IV	191	(10)
PART IV HEAVEN-BENT: LIVING IN LIGHT OF FOREVER
14. Big Deal	201	(10)
15. Wax On, Wax Off	211	(8)
16. Now Dismiss Your Servant in Peace	219	(18)
Portrait: Living for the Moment	231	(6)
Notes	237	(2)
Acknowledgments	239