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December 02nd, 2005

"Heaven, where is it? How do I get there?"

Posted At: 9:16pm by Bloghardt

Pastor Cwirla gives me a call today to check to see if I am still alive. Our boys have been passing a stomach bug back and forth - then to Sophia and their parents.  I'm sick, Pastor Cwirla, but I'm still alive.


Nevertheless, it seems that Bloghardt has been away from blogging too long... (smile)  Dan over at Necessary Roughness swung by the church the other day for midweek service and even commented on it!

So, I walked by the television earlier this week and my honey was watching Barbara Walters. Walters was going on and on about her top ten people of the year and Amy loves top-ten lists. Now, you don't have to do much to be on Walter's top-ten list -- like that guy whose claim to fame is evidently that he said that “Bush hates” some people in New Orleans.  I guess that's news. (smile)

Then, Walters closes her show by stating she's gonna do a show on a very Holiday Season note. She says, “We are gonna do a special on heaven titled: 'Heaven: Where is it? How do you get there?”

My honey says to herself, “Heaven: you can find it on channel 13.” That's Amy's way. She makes jokes. I'm the serious Bloghardt (smile).

The sad thing about the Walters' upcoming special is the absolute surest way to NOT go to heaven is to TRY to get to heaven. How do we get there? We don't by our figuring out how to get there. What WE do earns for us nothing but hell.

Heaven? Where is it? Where Jesus is! Then... comes one of those great Luther quotes from Dr. Nagel, “God is indeed everywhere, but is He everywhere for you?”

Jesus is where He puts Himself for you – in the Word, Holy Baptism, in His Body and Blood given for you to eat and drink for the remission of sins.

So, where is heaven? Heaven is at the receiving point of Jesus' gifts. Heaven is in the waters of your baptism. Heaven is in the Word put into your ears. Heaven is in Holy Communion.

What's better is that you don't “go” to heaven, Heaven comes to you in Christ's gifts. Jesus comes to us! Now that's Advent!

More on this when I post this Sunday's sermon....

BTW.. what do you think it says when the guy in the clerical is next to her and the Buddhist monk?  Anything? Nothing? What do you think?



Edited on: December 02nd, 2005 11:10 pm

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Advent is the season of hope, that time to celebrate the birth of Jesus and look forward to his coming again. No surprise then that Barbara Walters has done a special on Heaven.  (ABC News: Heaven — Where Is It? How Do We Get There?).

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Re: "Heaven, where is it? How do I get there?"

Posted On: December 06th, 2005 at 9:25am by The Fox
I'll tell you what I think of the guy in the clerical and the Buddhist monk and Barbara Walters being all together in a spirit of kumbaya (gag). Actually it's less what I think of that than it is a manifestation of fact that this special on heaven will be nothing more than the usual boilerplate about being as good as we can and doing the right thing. Not one word will be spoken of sin, much less sacrifice. Jesus won't be there except as a "moral" teacher. Satan won't enter in except as the usual red-clad figure who capers around with a pitchfork. We won't hear anything about man's basic depravity. The Fall? Forget it. These days it's all about "making choices", not a sinful nature unable to choose anything but evil and in desperate need of redemption. I've only seen the preview for the program once so am not sure when it airs, or even if it's already aired, but I don't plan on watching it.

Re: "Heaven, where is it? How do I get there?"

Posted On: December 06th, 2005 at 12:44pm by FemLem1
I saw that too (I was watching Bab's special cause Boston Legal was supposed to be on in that time slot). I was interested to see what exactly was said, so i'll probably watch it. [cue padre yelling at the socialist femlem]. I know it's all a bunch of "let me do something for God" mess, but i like Barbara - she was a bit of a journalism icon for me when i wanted to be a journalist. So i'll watch (especally if it is preempting one of my shows... Blogger Smiley )~FL1

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