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  <default_description>What will heaven be like? Randy Alcorn presents a thoroughly biblical answer, based on years of careful study, presented in an engaging, reader-friendly style. His conclusions will surprise readers and stretch their thinking about this important subject. &lt;I&gt;Heaven&lt;/I&gt; will inspire readers to long for heaven while they're living on earth.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Aug 18 17:12:49 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my #1 book.  After justification/finished-atonement-at-the cross, this is the most wonderful, joyful topic to know, discover and just ponder.  The saints will reign with Christ on this very Earth, made perfect at the resurrection.  Every Christian brother/sister I will always see again and a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4747390">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Nathan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 11:50:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For many Christians this book represents an &quot;outside-of-the-box&quot; approach to thinking about and envisioning Heaven.  The common theme is &quot;What if?&quot; and &quot;Why not?&quot; when it comes to the realities of our future Home.  The author lays the groundwork for his claims with spec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45659167">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 28 17:10:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 28 14:47:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book completely changed my view of heaven.  It made me realize some things that I had believed but never really realized what I believed.  This is packed full of scripture references - so it isn't just his opinion.<br/><br/>This has helped me look forward to heaven as well as see how my life ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21205616">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76180905">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 29 21:07:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 29 21:07:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is unquestionably the best book (other than the Bible, of course!) that I’ve ever read! At a whopping 500+ pages, it may appear daunting, but it is broken down into short, easy-to-manage chapters. I could almost feel myself being blessed each morning as I read from it, and I wouldn’t be sur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76180905">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69837697">
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 02 13:35:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 02 15:59:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A life-altering, paradigm-shattering book. <br/><br/>Unfortunately, as a church we have done a poor job casting a captivating view of Heaven to our children. This bled into adulthood for me. When I began reading this book, my perception of Heaven was painfully boring. The problem was, I had never ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69837697">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27227037">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jon]]></name>
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 14 12:32:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 16 12:21:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although it is way more protestant/sola scriptura than I am used to, and I think has certain failings as a result, it does do an excellent job of turning people's eyes to a much broader view of what heaven could be than pop culture tends to stereotype it.  I think the ideas in the book would be espe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27227037">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41389304">
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    <name><![CDATA[Aveina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Spring, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 31 07:17:39 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 31 07:22:53 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was not pleased with this book at all. We studied this as a bible study group. I just don't interpret the scriptures this way. I think if you've accepted Christ and the Holy Spirit lives in you, there are things you intrinsically know to be true without having any other prior knowledge. His depict...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41389304">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44741554">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 05 12:27:23 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loads of scripture to back up his in-depth discussion and perhaps change our perspective on Heaven and our perspective on living with an eternal perspective]]></body>
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    <review id="47672335">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stacey]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 27 04:03:10 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 17 03:17:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am pretty excited about reading this book, because at times I can be rather apathetic about heaven. I know my vision can Fall flat on it's face in light of what is coming. In the preface he talks about Florence Chadwick swimming from Catalina Island to the shore of mainland CA-- she stopped 1/2 a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47672335">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44369131">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jason]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu May 28 06:54:16 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 25 22:32:02 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 28 06:54:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[With most of the books I read, it is easy to tell right away whether I like the book or not.  This book was not one of those. <br/><br/>I had to read this book for seminary and because of that, I am happy to say that I really enjoyed it.  It was very good reading but it might be because of the req...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44369131">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19762120">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 08 19:10:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[At some point in my life, I realized the value of delayed gratification. Of course, I'm not always the best practitioner of it, but I still see its value. At some later point, I wondered about the connection between a belief in Heaven and the delay of gratification. That is, abstaining from certain ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19762120">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41358816">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kari]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 30 19:55:12 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 11 17:08:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is really slow reading and a little repetitive, but great content!  It is true that Heaven is rarely preached about, usually only mentioned in passing, so it was fun to read more about what it will be like (or what the author presumes it will be like based on what Scripture says).  It has ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41358816">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Tue Oct 13 09:29:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What an imagination...<br/><br/>Our church used this book for a church-wide discipleship study in the fall of 2008.  We used it because we had been experiencing significant loss and grief.  The subject matter is tremendously helpful for such individuals and groups.<br/><br/>Randy Alcorn filled i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74391236">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jun 17 14:27:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[EVERYONE (believers in Jesus and those who question) should read this book and study it with the Scriptures.  I cannot tell you how much this has enriched my life since reading the first few pages on the plane from Seattle to California last night.  I only stopped because my eyes grew weary.  My hop...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59873179">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64071559">
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    <name><![CDATA[Garland]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent, in-depth look at not only heaven but, more specifically, the New Earth promised in Revelation 21-22.  Alcorn begins with a theology of the New Earth and then proceeds to ask and answer just about any question you can possibly have about the topic.<br/>I found the book to be ve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64071559">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2730841">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kiwiria]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Randy Alcorn brings forth a lot of ideas I'd never thought of before (like an intermediate Heaven where believers go between the time they die and the bodily resurrection to the New Earth - it makes lots of sense and there is Biblical grounds for it, I'd just never heard that theory before) and whil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2730841">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 22 10:00:08 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great biblical insight about what heaven and the new earth will be like - and how incredible (and not boring) both will be.<br/><br/>Reminds the reader that God is accomplishing everything for His name's sake - for His own glory it shall all be accomplished.  And the already accomplished work of C...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3964765">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone looking for a biblical definition of Heaven.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[my barber, Larry Miller, after reading my novel:  Where The Bird]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 25 13:44:25 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very enlightening book on the Scriptures presentation of Heaven.  Too, the book gives insight to the works of C.S. Lewis, which now has me wanting to pursue his work for my personal reading.  As a writer who has published one spiritual novel -- Where The Birds Go When It Rains -- with many more pl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18612467">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book ranks with the few I truly consider life-changing.  Randy Alcorn has carefully and thoughtfully researched this book, providing so much solid Scriptural reference that it's difficult to come to conclusions apart from those he did.<br/><br/>I can say that I now really look forward to heav...]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Everyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 05 10:01:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 05 10:02:26 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an entirely necessary read from Randy Alcorn about Heaven.  It deals with both an extensive theology and also practical issues and questions.  This book has truly changed my perspective and understanding of Heaven!]]></body>
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