Tag Archives: heaven

Are Carrots Really Green?

Posted on September 6, 2010

Are carrots really green? Sounds like a ridiculous question, doesn’t it? But if you had been taught all your life, from the time you were an infant until now that carrots are green, your answer to this question would be, “Of course they are.” Imagine a society of people who believed that carrots were green. Walk up to one of the leading citizens, a man of great knowledge and stature in the community and ask him, “Are carrots really green?” “Why certainly. Don’t you know anything? Carrots are most definitely green,” he would say. You … Continue reading →

Righteousness: You Can’t Live Without It!

Posted on November 8, 2007

By Tom Shanklin Noone can get to heaven without it. If you have it, God will answer your prayers. What is it and how do you get it? It is “righteousness” and it must be received by faith as a gift from God. The scripture tells us: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (Romans 14:17, KJV). The Apostle Paul tells us: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? (1 Corinthians 6:9, KJV). We must have … Continue reading →

God Wants You in Heaven

Posted on November 8, 2004

By Tom Shanklin For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:16-17, KJV). God wants you to be in heaven with Him! Some folks have the idea that God is so mean, He’s just sitting up in heaven waiting for the least excuse to club you over the head and send you to the lake … Continue reading →