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Dr. Michael Youssef believes there are some key facts people get wrong about heaven — and hell. Youssef's new book “Heaven Awaits: Anticipate Your Future Hope, Your Eternal Home, Your Daily Reality“ tackles this important topic, with the preacher breaking down some of the mistakes people — and pop culture — make while discussing the afterlife. First, he addressed misconceptions popularized in Hollywood and by individuals in the secular world. “For those who [believe in heaven], they say ... 'I'm a good person and therefore I'm going to go to heaven,'“ he said. “And Hollywood [says], 'Everybody goes to heaven, everyone becomes an angel when they die, and they earn their wings and all that stuff.“ But Youssef said there are also issues within Christendom, calling out “more dangerous falsehoods“ that have permeated church circles in recent decades. “It began in the mainline denominations, and now it's spreading to the evangelical
