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I am more interested in going to heaven now having read this book!\u2019 &#8212; ALISTAIR BEGG<\/p>\n<h2>Book Description<\/h2>\n<p>In <i>Setting Our Sights on Heaven<\/i>, Paul Wolfe brings out the Bible\u2019s teaching about heaven, addressing the various factors that tend to push heaven out of our minds, and provides gospel remedies that help us push it back to where it belongs.<\/p>\n<h3>A Guided Book Tour of <em>Setting Our Sights On Heaven<\/em><\/h3>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"A Brief Tour of &#039;Setting Our Sights on Heaven&#039; from Paul Wolfe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tuN7T6K5fCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"toctoggle\">Table of Contents <a class=\"button\" href=\"#toc\">Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Foreword<\/td>\n<td>ix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Acknowledgments<\/td>\n<td>xiii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Introduction<\/td>\n<td>xvii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>PART 1: THE WORLD TO COME The Bible\u2019s teaching about heaven and heavenly-mindedness<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>From Beginning to End Heaven\u2019s past, present and future<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Show Me the Way To Go Home How we get to heaven, and how heaven gets to earth<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Set Your Minds What heavenly-mindedness entails<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Down to Earth The difference heavenly-mindedness makes now<\/td>\n<td>61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>PART 2: THE CURE FOR WHAT AILS US Why we struggle to be heavenly-minded, and what to do about it<\/td>\n<td>77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Mourning into Dancing Dispensing with doubts about our destiny<\/td>\n<td>81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Face Forward Breaking free from obsession with the past<\/td>\n<td>93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Harps and Clouds Clearing away confusion about what heaven will be like<\/td>\n<td>107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>This Vanishing Vapour Living in light of the shortness of life<\/td>\n<td>117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Get Wisdom Answering the question, \u2018What is God\u2019s will for my life?\u2019<\/td>\n<td>129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Love Your Loved Ones Living so as to prepare others for our dying<\/td>\n<td>141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>If It\u2019s Sunday, It Must Be Heaven Grasping the heavenliness of the church\u2019s Sabbath assembly<\/td>\n<td>151<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>The Whole Counsel of God Coming to grips with the Bible\u2019s teaching about hell<\/td>\n<td>165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Wayfaring Strangers Nurturing a pilgrim mindset<\/td>\n<td>179<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>CONCLUSION: THE SUBURBS OF HEAVEN<\/td>\n<td>193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/haroldcameron.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/10\/setting-our-sights-on-heaven-by-paul-d-wolfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review by Harold Cameron<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gospeldrivendisciples.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/book-review-setting-our-sights-on.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review by Greg Metcalf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.banneroftruth.org\/uk\/resources\/book-review-resources\/2012\/review-setting-our-sights-on-heaven\/\">Review by Alan Hill<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENDORSEMENT \u2018Wolfe is two for two. 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