I had high expectations going into this one after reading and loving What Is the Bible? and while the book's first half seemed to run on a bit, the last half redeemed it for me.

I haven't known what to do with the idea of heaven and hell as my faith has grown, so I've mostly just set it aside. I mean maybe we just die and that's it, ya know? But I think after reading this book, I can see it in a new light and, in turn, see God in a new light - as a God who is loving and restoring all things.

And maybe it has just as much to do with the here and now as it does the there and then. I don't think I'll ever truly know what comes after this life - can any of us? - but I do think that the way I used to think about heaven and hell doesn't line up with what is found in the Bible and Jesus' teachings. 

I'll be pondering these things for a good while! Might even need to reread this one with a physical copy to annotate and sit with it some more.