CONTENTS

1. List of Abbreviations
2. Series Preface
3. Acknowledgments
4. Contributors
5.   1 Learning about Heaven
   Robert A. Peterson
6.   2 Heaven in the Old Testament
   Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
7.   3 Heaven in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts
   Jonathan T. Pennington
8.   4 Heaven in Paul’s Letters
   Stephen J. Wellum
9.   5 Heaven in the General Epistles
   Jon Laansma
10.   6 Heaven in John’s Gospel and Revelation
    Andreas J. Köstenberger
11.   7 Pictures of Heaven
    Robert A. Peterson
12.   8 The History of Heaven
    Gerald Bray
13.   9 Angels and Heaven
    Stephen F. Noll
14. 10 Heaven for Persecuted Saints
    Ajith Fernando
15. 11 The Hope of Heaven
    David B. Calhoun
16. Selected Bibliography
17. Name Index
18. Subject Index
19. Scripture Index