Balancing Earthly Life and Heavenly Aspirations

In this episode of Gospelbound, Collin Hansen and Cameron Cole discuss Cole's book Heavenward: How Eternity Can Change Your Life on Earth and how hope for an eternal future with Christ shapes everyday Christian life. Cole shares how the loss of his son led him to a deeper understanding of heaven, emphasizing Paul's eschatology and its practical impact on sanctification, mission, and living with an eternal perspective.

They discuss: 

• Heavenward by Cameron Cole
• The impact of personal loss on eternal perspective
• The Bible's concrete imagery of heaven
• Hope for heaven and the absence of sin
• Barriers to living a heavenward life
• Union with Christ and its implications
• Heaven in evangelism and personal reflections
• Scriptural meditations on the hope of heaven