Drawing from Scripture, the church fathers, medieval mystics, and modern theologians including C.S. Lewis, Dallas Willard, and N.T. Wright, Jarred Fenlason builds a compelling case that eternal life has already begun. Heaven is not a great equalizer where all differences dissolve into uniform bliss. Scripture speaks of differentiated reward—crowns given for specific faithfulness, cities governed in proportion to proven stewardship, glory varying as star differs from star.

Yet this is not a call to anxious striving. Salvation remains by grace alone. What differs is what we do with that grace during the interval—the capacity we develop, the character we form, the treasure we transfer. Death will fire the kiln, and what emerges will be the person we carry into forever.

The Interval is written for sincere believers who may be faithfully serving yet lack awareness of how their earthly formation translates directly into eternal capacity and vocation. It combines scholarly depth with pastoral warmth, offering not pressure but profound hope: this life matters more than we imagined, and the grace to live it well is already ours.

The window is open. The Potter's hands are at work. What kind of soul are you becoming?

Each session combines teaching, testimonies, practical exercises, group ministry, and personal reflection—designed to move you from learning about God to actually encountering Him.

Together you'll explore:

• Is God speaking to me? What does His voice sound like?
• Can God use me to heal the sick or speak prophetically?
• How can my prayer life become a two-way conversation?
• What does it mean to encounter God through worship?
• Is God still doing miracles like we read about in Scripture?

The 8 Sessions:

1. Called to Encounter
2. Hearing God's Voice: Learning to Listen
3. Hearing God's Voice: The Ways He Speaks
4. Encountering God Through Prayer
5. Encountering God Through Worship
6. Words of Knowledge and Prophecy
7. Healing the Sick
8. Sent Out

A free Leader's Guide is available at encounterdiscipleship.com.

What past participants are saying:

"I always thought there was a booming voice from the heavens that only certain select people heard, but now I know differently. It makes me feel included in the family of God."

"It made me want to spend more time alone with the Lord. I felt excitement like a child waiting in anticipation for Him—the Almighty—to speak to me."

"Hearing from God has been difficult for me. But now I've had experiences where I actually heard things for people that blessed them. The lights are coming on. The connections are being made. Oh... that's what it feels like to have God talk to you. That's what it sounds like. I recognize it now."

About the Author: Jarred Fenlason, D.Min., equips believers to know God's voice, walk in spiritual gifts, and demonstrate the Kingdom through the full gospel—including signs and wonders. He has served as a leader at the Supernatural House of Prayer and as an adjunct professor at Global Awakening Theological Seminary. Jarred earned his Doctorate of Ministry from United Theological Seminary, studying under Randy Clark, and holds an MA in Christian Leadership from Liberty University.

Intra Muros is not a theological treatise but the record of one woman's encounter—offered, as Springer herself said, with the hope that "it may comfort and uplift some who read."

This new annotated edition brings fresh context to Springer's beloved classic. A historical introduction situates the book within Victorian America, an era of high mortality, deep grief, and intense longing for assurance about the afterlife. Throughout the complete, unabridged text, annotations trace Scripture allusions to their sources, identify the real people Springer names, explain archaic language, and offer theological and pastoral reflections for contemporary readers.

Drawing on biblical scholarship, Victorian history, and theological reflection, this edition illuminates what nineteenth-century readers would have understood instinctively and helps contemporary readers encounter the text anew. Whether you are approaching death yourself, walking alongside someone who is, or simply longing for a richer vision of what awaits, this edition invites you to step through the gates and see what Rebecca Springer saw.

Thousands traveled to his tiny cottage on the Ruhr seeking counsel for their souls. His hymns—including "Lo, God Is Here" and "Thou Hidden Love of God," later translated by John Wesley—are still sung in churches worldwide. And his letters, treatises, and sermons have nourished seekers across every Christian tradition for nearly three centuries.

Hidden in God brings together, for the first time in a single volume, the complete English translations of Samuel Jackson's landmark 1832 and 1837 editions of Tersteegen's works—long out of print and nearly impossible to find. Every page has been carefully modernized: archaic vocabulary updated, tangled nineteenth-century sentences untangled, and formatting refined—all while preserving Tersteegen's warmth, theological precision, and unmistakable devotional power.

This collection includes:

• A Full Biography — The remarkable story of a man who abandoned a promising scholarly career for a life of voluntary poverty, endured five years of crushing spiritual darkness, and emerged as a pastor to thousands—without ever being ordained.
• 25 Pastoral Letters — Tersteegen at his most intimate, responding to real people in real struggles: the new convert wondering how to begin, the advanced soul lost in spiritual dryness, the scrupulous conscience tormented by small faults, the discouraged believer ready to give up.
• 8 Theological Treatises — Including his celebrated writings on inward prayer, faith and justification, the nature of true godliness, and the hidden life with Christ in God.
• 8 Sermons — Spiritual Crumbs from the Master's Table, Tersteegen's extemporaneous discourses covering everything from Christ's weeping over Jerusalem to the believer's rest, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the constraining love of Christ.
• Hymns and Verses — Sacred poetry from one whom Bunsen called "the foremost master of spiritual song."

Tersteegen's central message is as countercultural now as it was in the eighteenth century: that the deepest life is the hidden one. That God is found not in noise and activity but in the secret center of the soul. That poverty of spirit, self-surrender, and the slow death of self-love are not the enemies of joy—they are the doorway to it.

For readers of Thomas à Kempis, Brother Lawrence, François Fénelon, Jeanne Guyon, and the Christian mystics. For anyone hungry for something deeper than what modern devotional literature typically offers.

"All that I have written I have myself experienced as important truths." — Gerhard Tersteegen