Heaven
26 conversations where the hosts get into heaven.
26 conversations
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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
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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.
From No. 541 · Why Not The Second Heaven
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Pope style, full: the man mistaken for the Pope on childlike curiosity
- Did dinosaurs exist, and can science and faith be held together?
Framing gag: a man in Minneapolis (sketching the 'pope' in downtown Des Moines) mistook Boova for the pontiff and demanded 'paper wisdom' — Boova refused to sign his Bible but agreed to the wisdom.
From No. 364 · Golden Calf Purity Rings
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Heaven over earth
Heaven-over-earth is judged the right critique: the hosts hold that eternity is a rejuvenated earth Jesus comes to rule, so 'busting out of this joint' is rough theology.
From No. 460 · 14 to 25 Mistakes From Wildin’
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Hosts rebut proof 18: Left Behind is not the Bible
The hosts argue the proof is specious: it attacks a fictional book rather than Scripture, since the word 'rapture' does not even appear in the Bible, and mixes Muslim and Mormon views of heaven with Christian ones.
From No. 115 · September 17 2012
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The boy who claimed he visited heaven recants
- What about Lazarus? (Ben's wife's counter to his 'die once, then heaven' argument)
The hosts discuss the popular book about a boy who claimed to visit heaven and has now recanted, saying he made the story up for attention; the publisher is pulling it.
From No. 219 · Why Read the Psalms?
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Do dogs go to heaven?
- Will we see our pets (like Fido) in heaven?
The hosts debate the Pope Francis news story (a report that he told a grieving boy "paradise is open to all of God's creatures," later walked back).
From No. 216 · Do Dogs Go to Heaven?
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What heaven might be like: rebuilding the organ
- Will we keep our personalities and earthly interests, like rebuilding an organ, in heaven?
A host shares a conversation with his wife about an old organ he wants to rebuild but likely never will, and wonders whether Jesus might let him rebuild it in heaven.
From No. 168 · What Will Heaven Be Like?
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Why Scripture says little about heaven
- Why hasn't God revealed more about what heaven is like?
The hosts consider why God revealed so little about heaven, warning against turning heaven into an idol or merely a venue for being served ('escaping hell' while expecting service), and agree God's restraint in what he revealed must have been correct.
From No. 168 · What Will Heaven Be Like?
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Proof 18 read aloud: the Chris-and-Norm dialogue on heaven
- Is heaven imaginary?
The hosts read aloud the GodIsImaginary.com proof 18 argument, a hypothetical dialogue between 'Chris' (the Christian) and 'Norm' (the skeptic) satirizing the rapture as described…
From No. 115 · September 17 2012
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Study: belief in heaven without hell correlates with higher crime
- Does belief in heaven and a forgiving God lead to higher crime rates?
The hosts read a New Scientist article covering a University of Oregon study by psychology professor Dr. Azeem Sharif: across 143,000 people in 67 nations, countries where belief…
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Persecution, heaven, hell, and the heaven-bucks wedding guest
- Would you accept a heaven with everything but no Jesus?
The conversation turns to persecution — Christians being killed and raped in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries — and whether the hosts would go if called, concluding God calls people where they are and 'forcing righteousness' is telling God what to do.
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The questions game: Beelzebub, Jesus's outfit, heaven karaoke, lateral moves
Ben brought questions from a party game. First: you and Jesus start a podcast - who do you invite as first guest?
From No. 602 · Relationship Counseling
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Don't overlook older believers — a musician's shifting theology
Ben (speaker-1) argues the culture is led around by twenty-two-year-olds while the things Jesus cares about haven't changed in thirty, three hundred, or thirty hundred years.
From No. 544 · Wisdom and Wonder
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How sentient is a heavenly bison?
Boova needles Mike's vision with the "April 25th" perfect-date speech from Miss Congeniality and questions the leap from a groaning creation to an English-speaking bison; Mike counters with the tree of knowledge and argues sentience isn't required to know one's creator.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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'Wherever Yahweh goes, the throne goes with him'
Mike argues against a static picture of kingship: God isn't stuck on a distant throne — 'wherever he goes, the throne goes with him,' angels and all.
From No. 406 · A COVID Debrief
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Things to do before Christ returns: jobs that will not survive
A host muses that some callings only exist until Christ returns: the medical profession ends when nobody is sick, so 'if you want to do medicine, you really need to get that in now.'
From No. 251 · Blood Moon Hype
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Pope-style advice from Mike: don't play hide-and-seek with Jesus
In the 'pope-style' bit, Mike (addressed by name in the audio) is asked for wisdom by the crowd that mistook him for the pope.
From No. 225 · Seven Lies, Part Two
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What do you say to a dying teenager?
The hosts split between talking about God and heaven and simply listening, with one arguing the dying teen has perspective the living cannot touch.
From No. 210 · What Do You Say to a Dying Teenager?
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Mike's riff on medical knowledge versus a natural death
Mike muses aloud that sometimes knowledge feels like the enemy — people get saved at 75 only to be saved from cancer next, when they might have just clocked out and met Jesus.
From No. 571 · Luddite From The Path
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Three things, part 3: destination - eternal life starts now
The article's third point is destination: Revelation's new heavens and new earth and the kingdom of God at hand.
From No. 169 · Three Things Every Christian Should Know