Sep 22, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 19 segments
What will heaven actually be like, and how do we talk to our kids about it? In this episode, I’m sharing a conversation from the *Faith & Clarity* podcast with Dr. Mark Turman and author Randy Alcorn…
Randy AlcornGuest
Mark TurmanHostSteph ThurlingHostBut I want to talk a little bit about not necessarily grief from loss, but what does that promise mean for kids who are living with disabilities or adults too? People who are living with chronic illness or disabilities or just things that are really, really hard.
And one of the things I love about it is that parents and kids can read it together or parents can read it to kids, and there can be family discussions and family anticipation of the world to come.
But in terms of disabilities, that's an interesting one because some people have said, well, let's say your disability is Down syndrome.
Will a Down syndrome child no longer have this disease called Down syndrome, but every parent of Down syndrome children, and I've been around some Down syndrome children, loves those kids the way they are.
And so will God take away, yes, the disease, but But when we say take away the deformity, does that mean there will no longer be that distinctive look, that a down syndrome? I don't think there's anything wrong with that distinctive look.
think in its own way, I would want, if I had a Down syndrome grandchild, I would still want to see the face of that child.
But no deformities in the sense of if you had lost a leg, an arm, if you had a facial thing, all kinds of the different things that we see.
And there's nothing wrong with the way that people look unless it is this accident-caused thing or disease-caused thing.
And so I think we'll get to enjoy looking and immediately knowing that You know, even the disciples, it's interesting in the Transfiguration, you have the disciples talking about, and you have Luke and Matthew and the different gospel writers, and it's like they're with Moses and Elijah.
But I want to talk a little bit about not necessarily grief from loss, but what does that promise mean for kids who are living with disabilities or adults too? People who are living with chronic illness or disabilities or just things that are really, really hard.
And one of the things I love about it is that parents and kids can read it together or parents can read it to kids, and there can be family discussions and family anticipation of the world to come.
But in terms of disabilities, that's an interesting one because some people have said, well, let's say your disability is Down syndrome.
Will a Down syndrome child no longer have this disease called Down syndrome, but every parent of Down syndrome children, and I've been around some Down syndrome children, loves those kids the way they are.
And so will God take away, yes, the disease, but But when we say take away the deformity, does that mean there will no longer be that distinctive look, that a down syndrome? I don't think there's anything wrong with that distinctive look.
think in its own way, I would want, if I had a Down syndrome grandchild, I would still want to see the face of that child.
But no deformities in the sense of if you had lost a leg, an arm, if you had a facial thing, all kinds of the different things that we see.
And there's nothing wrong with the way that people look unless it is this accident-caused thing or disease-caused thing.
And so I think we'll get to enjoy looking and immediately knowing that You know, even the disciples, it's interesting in the Transfiguration, you have the disciples talking about, and you have Luke and Matthew and the different gospel writers, and it's like they're with Moses and Elijah.
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