Ask the Pastor answered: the third heaven
After deciding the Dear LFTP letters are too heavy for tonight and swapping in a quiz instead, Ben takes up Boova's third-heaven question. Boova reads 2 Corinthians 12:1-6 and floats that Paul is obliquely boasting about himself against the 'super apostles.' Dan notes apostleship required being handpicked by Jesus. Ben likens the passage to John's Revelation vision — a real-but-not-earthly seeing — and shares his own one-time experience of God speaking in a Florida hotel room: a 'whoosh' upward and a cheesy 'Jesus is Lord' sign confirming his call to start a house church. The segment closes with Boova's aside on the 'gods' of the Old Testament and the Elohim.
More on Heaven
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Will there be bison in heaven?
- Will there be bison (animals) in heaven?
A listener question: after arguing with a Tijuana missionary who insisted bison have no souls and won't be in heaven, Mike makes his case - God called creation good and redeems it; if only humanity is restored, then "Satan wins" on the rest.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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The seventeen list, statements one through nine
The hosts burn through the first nine claims: you do not deserve God's love; you were born a sinner (original sin and the baby-baptism tangent); Jesus rescued you from God (from…
From No. 562 · Enter the McCormick II
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Debate: do our justifications for pets in heaven hold up
The hosts push back on the letter's logic: Mike argues the writer conflates an animal's simple affection with deep human love and overprescribes the pet's role in creation.
From No. 543 · Britches in Heaven
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Restored creation: animals, dominion, and the new Eden
The hosts work through whether animals belong in eternity: Ben argues Scripture pictures a creation God declares good and restores rather than destroys, with the lion lying down…
From No. 543 · Britches in Heaven