I mean it’s okay, I suppose. I liked the emphasis on sins being forgiven once for all, but I don’t like substitutionary atonement models. These take away from the love of God by making God subject to God’s own law and promised punishments (see Jeremiah 18 for a different view). ( )

While some people might be hesitant to believe in the idea of heaven on Earth, pastor and professor Farley develops an interesting theory. Because there is nothing separating us from speaking to God this very moment, we do have access to heaven here on Earth. While we cannot ignore the pain and sin still here, we nevertheless can feel, hear, see, smell, and taste the sweetness and splendor of heaven here and now through prayer, meditation, Scripture reading, witnessing, and singing.

The book is divided into segments related to the five senses and includes study questions for each chapter. ( )

I enjoy all of Andrew Farley's books whether they will one day when we are all dead, be proven to be right or not ( sorry for the bluntness ! ). He is a massive believer that constant and never ending striving 'to be good', repetance, never feeling good enough, right enough or Christian enough is all wrong and once Chrisst died on the cross for us, he paid the price for all our sins for always, which you will not hear in many places. If you don't go to a fire and brimstone sort of church, and go to an easy going one, you will still hear the constant need to striving to do good and do right and confess your sins on a regular basis.

Andrew threw all this out of the window, so I suspect the ones amongst us with tarnished wings ( like me ) this is a huge relief, for the folks who have every line of the Bible memorized and come from a should and should not, and must and must not ideology, he is not for you. ( )

HEAVEN IS NOW: AWAKENING YOUR FIVE SPIRITUAL SENSES TO THE WONDERS OF GRACE by Andrew Farley is an a must read Christian Living for any Christian or anyone who would like to learn more of God's grace. It is written with insightful passages,scripture,knowledge into God's loving Grace,his unbounding love and his forgiveness. You can not go wrong by reading this impressive title. Pick up "Heaven Is Now" "to learn the five spiritual senses to the wonders of grace" and so much more. A wonderful resource. Received for an honest review from the publisher. Details can be found at Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group,the author's website, and My Book Addiction and More.

RATING: 5
HEAT RATING: NONE(Christian Living)
REVIEWED BY: AprilR, My Book Addiction and More ( )