One of America's best known theologians tells the story of how he was talking to his five- year-old son, and he asked him two questions. First of all, he said, "Are you sure that when you die you will go to heaven?" The little boy said, "Yes, Daddy, I am." He then asked him the second question. "If you were to die tonight and God said to you, ‘Why should I let you into my Heaven?' what would you answer?" His little boy didn't hesitate. He said immediately, "Because I'm dead."

Now believe it or not, that is exactly what most people think is necessary to get into Heaven. According to researcher, George Barna, when Americans were asked this question: "When you die you will not go to heaven?" only two out of a hundred agreed. In other words, 98% of Americans believe that when they die they ar…