One Minute After You Die (1997)

"One minute after you die you will be either elated or terrified... and it will be too late to reroute your travel plans." According to pastor ad author Erwin Lutzer, "While relatives and friends plan your funeral - deciding on a casket, a burial plot and who the pallbearers shall be - you will be more alive than you ever have been. You will either see God on His throne surrounded by angels and redeemed humanity, or you will feel an indescribable weight of guilt and abandonment. There is not destination midway between these two extremes; just gladness or gloom." With the precision and logic of an attorney building his case and the heart of a pastor who genuinely cares for his parishioners, Lutzer offers an intelligent synthesis of the glimpse of the afterlife described by Jesus. He asks and answers tough questions like: * What will heaven be like? * Is death something to fear? * Won't everyone go directly to heaven, no matter which road they choose? * Is there really a hell? And if there is, what kind of a God would send people there? In the end, Lutzer describes a heaven so inviting and a hell so fearsome that you will not find a moment's rest until you are sure where you and your loved ones will be, one minute after you die.