Writer Steve Schramm explores important questions about the afterlife 

The Christian notion of “the afterlife” has been a never-ending point of discussion for thinkers inside and outside Christianity for millennia.

Christians place their hope in biblical notions of heaven, while those who reject Christianity scorn its concept of hell.

Heaven is the future hope that Christians will see their loved ones again, yet is simultaneously labeled a unique brand of wishful thinking that eases our psychological angst but offers little in terms of tangible experience.

New Testament scholar, historian and pastor NT Wright has long-championed a different view of heaven. One that, he claims, is informed far more by Jewish and early Christian ideas in contradistinction to those resembling ancient paganism. To hear more from NT Wright, check out the Ask NT Wright… (Register to read the rest of the arrticle)