Table of Contents  

    • Introduction: Beyond Life's Certainties
  • Part One: The Evidence for Immortality
    • 1  Some Reasons to Believe  15
    • 2  Body and Soul  37
    • 3  The Nature of the Soul  67
    • 4  Dualism and Eternal Life  85
    • 5  The Resurrection of Jesus  111
    • 6  Some Recent Objections to Jesus' Resurrection  137
    • 7  Near-Death Experiences  155
    • 8  NDEs: Questions and Objections  173
    • 9  NDEs: New Challenges  199
  • Part Two: The Nature of Immortality
    • 10  Life in Between: The State Between Death and Eternity  221
    • 11  Reincarnation: Is It True?  237
    • 12  The Afterlife's Ultimate Model  255
    • 13  Heaven: The Great Adventure  269
    • 14  Hell: The Horrible Choice  285
  • Part Three: The Implications of Immortality
    • 15  Becoming Heavenly Minded  323
    • 16  Overcoming the Fear of Death 343
    • 17  Dealing with Abortion, Infanticide, and Euthanasia  357

    • Eternity in the Balance
        377
    • Notes  381
    • About the Authors  449
    • General Index  451
    • Scripture Index  459