Things Unseen: Living with Eternity in Your Heart

by Mark Buchanan

Book Overview

Blending pastoral warmth, philosophical depth, storytelling skill, and literary craft, Mark Buchanan encourages Christians to make heaven, literally, our "fixation" -- filling our vision, gripping our heart, and anchoring our hope. Only then, says Buchanan, can we become truly fearless on this earth, free from the fear of losing our life, property, status, title, or comfort; free from the threat of tyrants, the power of armies, and the day of trouble...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590521455
• ISBN13: 9781590521458
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Multnomah Books
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great insight on what makes life really worth living.

The book is well written, very readable. The insights into what the Scriptures have to say on living life in true peace and joy, in spite of the bad, or even the good, things that may happen day in and day out has helped me to completely readjust my view of life, and my attitudes toward what happens to me. I am discovering the meaning of God's grace and how to exercise it toward myself and toward others, and to truly live in the light of an Eternity with my LORD and Savior. This book has really opened my eyes to what makes life worth living. I recommend this book very highly for Christians who want to learn to see life in a different light, and for non-Christians who would like to know what true Christianity is all about - thank you, Mark, from the bottom of my heart. EHF

Mark Buchanan has a gift....

Mr. Buchanan certainly has a gift with words. This was the first book I picked up by him, and I am blessed to have found it. He writes on such a personal level, bringing so much to light, clarification of scriptures at it's greatest. It was hard for me to put this book down. Mr. Buchanan has a lot of wonderful things to say, and I admit, I learned a lot from this book. I have since read another of his books, YOUR GOD IS TOO SAFE, and found that just as gripping and inspiring. This man was truly born to write about God and give others an understanding about our Lord God. God bless you and your family Mark. I thank God for your writing, writing that has given me a greater understanding.

Hope for everyone

This is a book that I wish I could convince everyone to read, especially my family members who do not have faith. I see the longing in their lives and wish they could understand where it comes from. If I could leave one message when I pass away, it would be for them to read this book and understand why I have the hope I have. Mark Buchanan explains the feelings in our hearts so eloquently. He puts answers to the questions we all have about life. Great work.

Beautiful Sight

Before this, I was unfamiliar with Mark Buchanan's writing. In fact, having received this book as a gift, I took my time getting around to it.Too bad. Buchanan's writing is smooth and beautiful. He weaves words with rare skill, communicating deep thoughts with sparkling threads of sentences. Quickly, we are wrapping ourselves in these thoughts. He reminds us that heaven is our goal, that we are not intended for ultimate fulfilment on this earth but for a celestial culmination in God's presence. Ah, the warmth of it all. Except...Except that Buchanan does not only encourage us for the hereafter, he challenges us in the here and now. His threads, so warm and comforting, become earthy and gritty clothing by which we march on into each day with a purpose. This is what makes "Things Unseen" so moving. The book demands that we realign our perspective. Buchanan tears down our facades and tells us to be so earthly minded that we are of some heavenly good.I was inspired and convicted by the truths in these pages. Heaven is real...What a beautiful sight! And what a source of motivation for our lives here on earth.

Christian non-fiction

This life is only temporary. There is a world beyond it, a better one, called Heaven, which we all long for deep in our spirits. That is the main message of this book. No matter what faith you adhere to, there is the constant longing for more life, but also the longing to go beyond this one, for something more. We seek miracles and other things in endless quests to discover a piece of that in the here and now. Even as we dread death, we long for it, for passage beyond this life into eternity. With that in mind, we should reguard all that is here as temporary, therefore, both more and less important. It is more important because the things that are good are only momentary and can disappear with no warning, yet less important because they are so. Therefore, the painful, irratating, bad things are to be taken as just a brief trial that is refining us for the Kingdom of God. Citing both the Bible and popular media, the author clarifies these and other points in an insightful, easy to understand book that will appeal to a broad range of readers. It is comforting, yet thought provoking and should make the essential library shelf of both Christians and philosophers of any faith.