Irvin says initially, in the Old Testament, hell was not about punishment -- that came later, with interpretations of the New Testament. "What about the Biblical references to heaven?" asked Teichner.

He descended into Hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into Heaven. In unequivocal terms, the traditional Apostles’ Creed sums up one of the central mysteries of ...

The film “Heaven Is for Real,” based on the bestselling book by the same name, surprised last week by opening at No. 1 at the box office. It recounts the near-death experience of a 4-year-old ...