I'm Not Perfect, Can I Still Go to Heaven?: Finding Hope for the Celestial Kingdom through the Atonement of Christ

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Mormonism

• Author: Anthony Sweat
• ISBN: 9781606418062
• Publisher: Deseret Book
• Publication: February 12, 2010
• Imprint: Deseret Book
• Language: English

Did you know that nearly half of today's Latter-day Saint teenagers (those who are actively engaged in the gospel) think that if they died today they would NOT make it to the celestial kingdom? Why? The most common answer is something like, "Well, I have sins and I'm not perfect, so I don't think I am good enough to go to the celestial kingdom. But I don't think I'm so terrible that I'll go to the telestial kingdom either. So I guess I will end up somewhere in the middle, in the terrestrial kingdom."

In this unique book, the author creates a hypothetical gospel classroom with a teacher and eight fictional students. The students have different teenager profiles (like a Facebook page), each with its own icon. Whenever one of the fictional teenagers is speaking, the icon from his or her profile is present.

Readers will follow an engaging dialogue as they discuss the question, "If you were to die today, which eternal kingdom do you think you would go to?"

The author says, "It is my most sincere desire that through this book we can all better understand what is truly required of us to inherit the celestial kingdom, and find hope in the heart of the gospel that will take us there: the Atonement of Jesus Christ."