The Glory of Heaven: The Truth about Heaven, Angels and Eternal Life

John MacArthur is the pastor of Grace Community Church in California and president of The Master's College and Seminary, as well as a best-selling author. He can be heard on the "Grace to You" radio program, which broadcasts daily around the world on nearly 2,000 stations in English and Spanish.LEONARD G. GOSSserved as editorial director and senior acquisitions editor at B&H Publishing Group. He also served as an editor at Crossway Books and Zondervan Publishing House. Throughout his thirty year career Goss has edited hundreds of books. He is the author of A Brief Style Guide to Good Writing for Authors and Editors.RICHARD BAXTER(1615-1691) was a leading English Puritan churchman, theologian, and writer. He authored nearly 170 works, including the 1,143-pageChristian Directory,Methodus Theologiae Christianae, andCatholic Theology.CHARLES H. SPURGEON(1834-1892) was an English Baptist pastor at New Park Street Chapel, London (which later became the Metropolitan Tabernacle), for thirty-eight years. As the nineteenth century's most prolific preacher and writer, his ministry legacy continues today.J. C. RYLE(1816-1900) was a prominent writer, preacher, and Anglican clergyman in nineteenth-century Britain. He is the author of the classicExpository Thoughts on the Gospelsand retired as the bishop of Liverpool. Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England on June 19, 1834. His father and his grandfather were both pastors and at the age of twenty, he became the pastor of the New Park Street Church in London. The congregation quickly grew out of the building and moved to Exeter Hall. In 1861, the congregation moved to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle. During his lifetime, he published over thirty-five hundred sermons that filled 63 volumes. His series stands as the largest set of books by a single author in the history of Christianity. He also wrote Ploughman's Talk and The Treasury of David. During his last years, he suffered severe physical pain from a gout attack. He was growing increasing ill and died on January 31, 1892.