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Welcome back! Today, I'm thrilled to have Debra Fileta joining us. You might remember her from Smart Girl Summer last year, and I couldn't think of a better way to kick off the new year because she's written an excellent book on soul care.   In this episode, we're diving deep into the world of soul care. We'll cover everything you need to know: what to focus on, what pitfalls to avoid, and actionable steps to nurture your soul.  Timestamps: (01:35) - Why We Christian Women Struggle With Self-Care (It's Not Just You!) (05:24) - Reading Scripture Through the Lens of Our Trauma And the Traps We Fall Into (11:55) - Self-Care vs. Soul Care: What's the Difference?  (19:29)  - Honoring Our Capacity With Jesus as Our Example (26:25) - Debra's Top Recommendations    Debra's Recommendations:  The song that Debra is loving right now is On Time God by Women Evolve Worship. It's really good and is exactly what I need right now.   Her fun TV recommendations are The Great British Baking Show and Junior Bake Off. It is so relaxing and the pace is great.    Books that Debra has told someone they need to read are Imagine Heaven by John Burke and Heaven is Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. It's a really good conversational piece to talk through the beliefs our kids have.   Watch on YouTube   Links to great things we discussed :    Debra Fileta On Time God - Women Evolve Worship The Great British Baking Show Junior Bake Off Imagine Heaven Heaven is Real Pineapple Cutter Remaining You While Raising Them   I hope you loved this episode!

Payton and Shayla return after a short break.  Both have had quite a few different experiences lately that have caused them to slow down and reevaluate many things in life.  Whether it's been through travel, loss of loved ones or not feeling aligned with what has been witnessed in the spiritual community.  They have taken these opportunities to reconnect with their true intentions and realign with what they want to offer to their listeners of Souly.  Payton also shares a magical past life synchronicity with a dear friend that brought him a lot of magic during a time he wasn't feeling very "connected."   Book referenced in this episode:   Is Heaven For Real by Todd Burpo & Lynn Vincent (This is the one Payton was mentioning but had the wrong title.)   The Afterlife of Billy Fingers by Annie Kagan (This is the one Payton spoke of which is still a great book on the afterlife.)   Our Links: https://bit.ly/Souly-Links Follow us on Instagram: Shayla Within This Life Payton Blue Heron Medium Souly Souly Podcast

On today's Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/17/24), Hank answers the following questions:What are your thoughts on the book, Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo? Sawvee (4:44)Is drinking wine a sin? If so, why did Jesus turn water into wine? Keith – St. Louis, MO (15:11)How do you break an addiction to pornography? Rashad – Columbus, OH (20:05)

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For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.This podcast is a book review, examining Todd Burpo's Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010), 162 pp.Why the story seems genuineThe credibility of the author is enhanced for three reasons.1. The author (Colton Burpo's father) is a Christian pastor.2. The writer is highly personable, and shares a lot from his own life.3. He repeatedly emphasizes how he and his wife tried not to lead their little boy on--not to put words in his mouth.Moreover, this is a subject nearly everyone is interested in.1. The story resonates with popular culture: spiritual experiences are in, even if (for many) church and doctrine are out.2. It's an easy read-- you can finish in a sitting.The medical context of the “visit to heaven”62 - During emergency appendix surgery the boy had an unusual experience, while under anesthesia. The visit lasted 3 minutes, according to the little boy, into which it sounds like a day's activities were crammed.78 - He did not dieMiraculous knowledge?61 - He had knowledge of his parents praying for him, and of his mother being on the telephone, and their  being in separate rooms. He rose above his body – a common experience during surgeries and near-death experiences.63 - Jesus had a rainbow horse. 65 - Jesus wore white clothes and a purple sash. 67 - There were red marks on his feet and palms. 145 - The boy later points out Jesus in a sketch by Akiane Kramarik, Prince of Peace (73). 73 - Jesus has light eyes and streaks in his hair, which appears to be permed (!).He was with Jesus, whom he recognized, as well as the father (who was “really big”) and even the Holy Spirit. Jesus loves the little children.72 - There were many other humans in heaven, esp. children, many of whom Colton later named. But what about John 3:13? 73-74 - The dead (humans) sport wings and halos – and sounds like something out of a children's book, like The Littlest Angel. There are a few other questionable statements, biblically speaking, such as a literal battle of Armageddon.86 - He saw his deceased grandfather, though as a younger man. (This man had died before Colton was born.) 123 - Later recognized him in a picture of him in his 30s – did not recognize him in later pictures (died in early 60s). 90 - Colton's mother was shocked, because she has not thought her father would be in heaven. He'd apparently "accepted Christ" 28 years before his death, but did not tell his family members.94 - The boy talks to his dead sister (fetus of 2 months).This really tugs on the heartstrings of the reader (and the boy's mother). See also 96, 128-129.100 - There are literal thrones. 101 - Jesus on the right side of God, the archangel Gabriel on the left.105 - Heaven is the New Jerusalem of Revelation.126 - He sees power shooting down on his father when he preaches (Spirit) – like the common evangelical notion of being “anointed” by the Spirit whenever a minister preaches the word of God.133 - Angels carry swords in heaven.139 - The battle of Armageddon is apparently to be fought with swords and bows & arrows (little boys' toys?).152 - There are dogs in heaven.Explainable?It's easy to rationalize most of the details. Even the theology: Trinitarian God, for example. A nearly-four-year-old would have heard a great deal of talk about God and the Bible. It's not so easy to account for the details of miscarried sister and grandfather, assuming they are not fictive or exaggerated. Yet we weigh the work as a whole. We are not required to accept everything in the book just because one or two details cannot be explained away.Why the book fails to persuade (me)1. All the details sound like they've come from children's Sunday school pictures. The story supports evangelical theology – e.g. immediate transport to heaven, literal battle of Armageddon, taking the picture of the New Jerusalem to be heaven, conversion through “accepting Christ” – not likely to appeal so strongly to other Protestants, Catholics, Orthodox, or non-denominational Christians.2. The account flatly contradicts the testimony of the Old and New Testament and the early Christian writers. 80 Paul went to heaven – but in 2 Cor 12 Paul goes to paradise. Not a single detail of the experience is related, only its ineffability. Yet Colton Burpo found no trouble describing everything he saw, which makes the passage his father cites as a parallel disconfirm his son's experience.3. 88 - The author admits a history of mental illness in the family (his father). Perhaps this is relevant.4. Although it's certainly a very interesting story, in many places feels hokeyTwo experts weigh inDavid Bercot (a personal friend and expert on early Christianity):a. This account contradicts the evidence of the early church.b. Why didn't Lazarus ever say anything about this death experience (John 11)?c. Hallucinations are not uncommon when people are under anesthesia.d. In the past there have been clear instances of fraud, too, though this doesn't seem to be a case of that.Gary Habermas (apologist, historian, philosopher of religion), private correspondence:“I don't say we know exactly where NDErs may go, heaven or otherwise.  But there is an incredible amount of evidence that something objective is happening.”ConclusionSomething happened, and I have no desire to explain it all away, but the details don't correspond particularly well with the Bible. Despite the often expressed opinions of the pastor-father, I am afraid the account does not impress me as celestial. Whatever little Colton experienced, it was not the “visit to heaven.”

In part 2 of this podcast, we have Colton Burpo and Todd Burpo sharing more about their experience. Colton answers some questions about Heaven. Colton and Todd share about how their story has helped so many, but also has brought adversity and hardship to their door. They also share some of what they have learned though this experience. Thanks for listening! Part 1: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/nSATPf6IIzb Heaven Is For Real: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JQ306BK/ https://heavenlive.square.site/

David Boice of 52 Churches in 52 Weeks Talks LDS Experiences!After a string of bad first dates and no church to call home, Dave Boice chronicles his yearslong spiritual journey in search for something more on YouTube and in a book. What started as a simple endeavor to find a hometown church turned into a thrilling spiritual adventure that is sidesplittingly witty and deeply emotional. Of note, David had some unexpected experiences attending two church services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is still processing it and discusses it with Steven Pynakker of Mormon Book Reviews! From the streets of Manhattan to the beaches of Orange County, Boice explores numerous denominations including Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Quaker, Greek Orthodox, Christian Science, and other churches. From 20,000-seat megachurches to being the lone congregant at a Scientology service, no building was too big (or as a visit to “The World's Smallest Church can attest) too small. He danced with Pentecostals in Arkansas, immersed himself in prayer with monks that make beer in Massachusetts, worshipped at a Viking church in Wisconsin, and headbanged at a church known for heavy metal music in Ohio. You'll hear sermons from some of Christianity's most widespread preachers (Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes), most intellectual (Tim Keller and Os Guinness), most emergent (Nadia Bolz-Weber and Jay Bakker), to even the most curious (Todd Burpo from Heaven is For Real). Boice's unique undertaking and honest reflection reveals startling epiphanies and insights that will engage both believers and skeptics. 52 Churches in 52 Weeks YouTube channel is a must-see for anyone who wrestles with faith in the 21st century.

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How familiar are you with your home? Could you easily navigate your way through it with your eyes closed? How much do you know of your eternal home that awaits? In His mysterious, perfect way, God calls us to long for this home in order that we may live more fruitful lives while we remain here. In this encouraging episode, we have the pleasure of Sue teaching from 2 Corinthians and exhorting us to have an eternal perspective. As we focus more intently on Heaven, we will see a dramatic shift in how we live our lives here on earth. CONNECT with Sue and Crown of Beauty InternationalWebsite// Facebook//InstagramSUBMIT your own scenarios or questionsEmail: crownofbeautyinternational@gmail.comFacebook//InstagramSUPPORT His Heartbeat and Crown of Beauty InternationalDonation Page// Cru-Crown of Beauty InternationalVerses Mentioned in the Show:2 Corinthians 4:82 Corinthians 4:16-5:21James 1:2Romans 5:3-41 Corinthians 3:12-14Ephesians 3:18Resources Mentioned in the Show:Heaven by Randy Alcorn Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo

Life After Life: The Bestselling Original Investigation That Revealed "Near-Death Experiences" by Raymond Moody   What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond with Dr. Bruce Greyson 191,555 views Mar 4, 2021 Dhru Purohit 117K subscribers We often think the mind is a creation of the brain, or that the mind and the brain are one and the same. But when the brain is offline for a number of reasons, like illness or injury, the mind can sometimes still be very active. Today on The Broken Brain Podcast, Dhru talks to Dr. Bruce Greyson about this phenomenon in the context of near-death experiences or NDEs. We have to remember that even just 20 years ago new scientific ideas were emerging that people thought were crazy. People are always skeptical of things they haven't been taught. Now, the study of near-death experiences is pushing the boundaries of modern research. Dr. Greyson is a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the UVA School of Medicine. His award-winning research led him to become a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and to be invited by the Dalai Lama to participate in a dialogue between Western scientists and Buddhist monks in India. Dr. Greyson's interest in near-death experiences began just a few months after graduating from medical school, when he treated an unconscious patient in the emergency room who stunned him the next morning with an account of leaving her body. That event challenged his beliefs about the mind and the brain, and ultimately led him on a journey to study near-death experiences scientifically, leading to more than a hundred publications in medical journals. In this episode, Dr. Greyson shares some of the most dramatic first-person accounts of near-death experiences from his book After. Dhru and Dr. Greyson discuss how NDEs reveal a lot about dying and what might come after, but they also reveal just as much about life and living, about the value of compassion and our interconnectedness with one another, and about what makes a life meaningful and fulfilling. They also talk about how NDEs can help to transform the fear of dying that pervades our culture—into a healthy view of it as one more milestone in the course of our lives. In this episode, we dive into: - Dr. Greyson's first experience with a patient who had a near-death experience (4:32) - A near-death experience story from Dr. Greyson's book (15:51) - What near-death experiences tell us about the mind-body connection (19:37) - The parallels between psychedelic experiences and near-death experiences (29:06) - The misconceptions around near-death experiences (34:58) - How near-death experiences reduce the fear of death (39:08) - How to get the benefits of a near-death experience without actually having one (41:54) - The history of near-death experiences (46:51) - Reincarnation beliefs among near-death experiencers (49:22) - How near-death experiences change people's lives (1:01:45) For more on Dr. Greyson you can follow him on Instagram @BruceGreysonMD, on Facebook @BruceGreysonMD, on Twitter @BruceGreyson, and through his website https://www.brucegreyson.com. Get his book, After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond at https://www.brucegreyson.com/after-a-.... Also mentioned in this episode: - Life After Life: The Bestselling Original Investigation That Revealed "Near-Death Experiences" by Raymond Moody - https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Bes... - International Association for Near-Death Studies - https://www.iands.org/ - Why Dying Can Bring You Back to Life - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/book... For more on Dhru Purohit, be sure to follow him on Instagram @dhrupurohit, on Facebook @dhruxpurohit, on Twitter @dhrupurohit, and on YouTube @dhrupurohit. You can also text Dhru at (302) 200-5643 or click here https://my.community.com/dhrupurohit.    About the Book- Life After Life: The Bestselling Original Investigation That Revealed "Near-Death Experiences" by Raymond Moody   The groundbreaking, bestselling classic, now available in a special fortieth-anniversary edition that includes a new Foreword from Eben Alexander, M.D., author of Proof of Heaven, and a new Afterword by the author. Raymond Moody is the “father” of the modern NDE (Near Death Experience) movement, and his pioneering work Life After Life transformed the world, revolutionizing the way we think about death and what lies beyond. Originally published in 1975, it is the groundbreaking study of one hundred people who experienced “clinical death” and were revived, and who tell, in their own words, what lies beyond death. A smash bestseller that has sold more than thirteen million copies around the globe, Life After Life introduced us to concepts—including the bright light, the tunnel, the presence of loved ones waiting on the other side—that have become cultural memes today, and paved the way for modern bestsellers by Eben Alexander, Todd Burpo, Mary Neal, and Betty Eadie that have shaped countless readers notions about the end life and the meaning of death.

Dr. Raymond Moody, Ph.D., MD is a world-renowned scholar, lecturer, and researcher, and is widely recognized as the leading authority on near-death experiences.Dr. Moody is a best-selling author of twelve books, including Life after Life and Reunions, which have sold over 13 million copies worldwide.Life after Life is the groundbreaking, bestselling classic, now available in a special fortieth-anniversary edition includes a new foreword from Eben Alexander, M.D., author of Proof of Heaven, and a new afterword by the author.Raymond Moody is the “father” of the modern NDE (near-death experience) movement, and his pioneering work Life After Life transformed the world, revolutionizing the way we think about death and what lies beyond. Originally published in 1975, it is the groundbreaking study of one hundred people who experienced “clinical death” and were revived, and who tell, in their own words, what lies beyond death.A smash bestseller that has sold more than thirteen million copies around the globe, Life After Life introduced us to concepts—including the bright light, the tunnel, the presence of loved ones waiting on the other side—that have become cultural memes today, and paved the way for modern bestsellers by Eben Alexander, Todd Burpo, Mary Neal, and Betty Eadie that have shaped countless readers notions about the end life and the meaning of death.He has also authored numerous academic and professional articles on near-death experiences and the relationship of language to consciousness. Dr. Moody continues to draw enormous public interest with his ground-breaking works on the near-death experience and other transpersonal aspects of grief and the dying process.
 

Dr. Moody has enlightened and entertained audiences all over the world for over four decades. He offers a variety of lecture/workshop presentations on the topics of: life after life experience , near-death experiences, death with dignity, life after loss, surviving grief & finding hope, visionary encounters with departed loved ones, the healing power of humor, the lossof children, language and consciousness, and catastrophic tragedy causing collective grief.Dr. Moody is the leading authority on the ”near-death experience”— a phrase he coined in the late seventies. Dr. Moody's research into the phenomenon of near-death experience had its start in the 1960's. The New York Times calls him “the father of the near-death experience.”Enjoy my conversation with Dr. Raymond Moody.

We are having a heavenly experience on this episode with Todd Burpo's “Heaven is for Real”. Leon lends his perspective as we discuss aspects of Heavenly existence, such as: Believing in Heaven, Who's in Heaven, Heaven's Location, and much more!! Intro song: Tobe Nwigwe (feat. David Michael Wyatt) - MAKE IT HOME. It's lit.

SARA KATE WILKINSON takes us CRASHING THROUGH THE SNOW (2021) and:  We kept the shirt on, and we liked it ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Kasem intro ... You get $20, but we never speak again ... The Edge ... "Back to normal and fine" ... A five-tool movie ... Cast rundown: Todd Burpo's doctor and Canadian treasures ... The Expositional Challenge ... Cheap air-horn ... Three notes, and a relaxed attitude toward work ... Spot the Angel: No, but give Hector a try ... Ruddy Santa notes ... Eat Your Heart Out: Many Christmas pastries; jaundiced limp goose; down-the-middle human meal; holiday dinners you wouldn't believe; Rutger Hauer voice ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood  PART TWO   The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Too competent for crossover; incompetent ski resorts; needlessly long episode titles; Tardis McMansion; the billiards room; more needlessly long episode titles ... Denver: America's most Canadian city ... Hotel house minimizing location shock ... Crossover: Sara Kate's improved locked-room mystery; Ready or Not, the dark game of politeness; Mighty Ducks piss-take; why did Sara Kate go Raoul? ... Overdetermined: Too self-aware; "I am Christmas"; "You're watching a movie right now!"; normal, aware flirting; dad's reality-check vs. messing where you eat; lessening the last-minute blows; gimme the fizz; co-parenting conflicts ... The Inchon Landing ...        Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood  PART THREE  The Hallmark Bechdel Test: Yes! ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Hector's cocoa; Ski Instructor Appreciation Station; conveniently oblivious stepmom ... Great Moments in Moppetry Rating: 1.5 ... Who's the Real Villain: Losing your mom; hiding a dead parent's things; realistic potential stepdad vibes; Jeff's facial hair; no greater villain; commodified nuclear-family love ... Rating: 5 ... Actual sexual chemistry ... Implied premarital sex ...   Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood  PART FOUR  Title/Sequel: Good title; 2Crash 2Furious; Uncle Stepdad/Aunt Stepmom; Big Night at the Butterfield Inn ... The Leftovers: First Bumble reference ... TikTok ... Gremlins, the movie ... A walking Instagram post ... Grandma with an Instagram ... Tamar Laddy and Rich Newey Appreciation Station ... Phil Collins crossover ... Partner Chat: Oversize sweaters for the skinny only; GOOD bad-singing; sexy Gettysburg Address; premature matching pajamas; mom's cold marble slab ... Mom's ear-piercing privilege ... Peace with honor in the War on Christmas ... McNamara again ... Team Blitzen ... Goalie dive on the Reindeer Relay ... OJ, Nicole and the recital ... Plugs ... Merry Christmas!   All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "I Got 5 on It (Instrumental)," by The Luniz. Follow Sara Kate on Twitter: @SaraKateW

When doctors inexplicably missed four-year-old Colton Burpo's burst appendix, and the resulting infection nearly took his life, his father railed at God as Colton's life seemed to slip away. The post Episode 2 – Todd Burpo – For the Burpo family, ‘Heaven is for Real' first appeared on God Reports.

If you are walking through grief on any level, this conversation will leave you encouraged to trust and lean into God more in your pain. DeeAnna shares the story of her tragic loss and how her and her family navigated those early days of shock and grief. She shares how difficult the days following the  accident were, but how looking back God carried their family in many divine ways and has never left them. We discuss the process of grief and how different it can be for each person,  and how she responded to grief and how it affected her both emotionally and physically. We also tackle all the different triggers that can accompany grief, and how to help yourself when these triggers surface. She shares how she has helped her kids navigate grief. She shares some of her lifelines in this battle of grief, which included digging into Gods Word (YouVersion Bible App Plans), counseling, Grief Share support group, being apart of discipleship group of women, and reading lots of books on heaven. Some of those books included, "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, "Appointments with Heaven by Reggir Anderson", and "Heaven" by Randy Alcorn. She shares scripture she fights back with to not let grief overcome her. She shares some of Coleman's story and how through his impact God has brought purpose to the pain. She shares ways friends and family can support those walking through grief. In the end, She reminds listeners its ok to not be ok, its ok to be sad, its ok to take time to grieve, and give yourself grace in this very difficult road of grieving your loved one. You can find her on instagram at @tdmidgett. 

Those who’ve survived near-death experiences often describe an otherworldly journey. Can near-death experiences shed light on the mind/body problem? Robert J. Marks discusses near-death experiences and the mind/body problem with Dr. Walter Bradley. Show Notes 0:00:45 | Introducing Dr. Walter Bradley, Emeritus Distinguished Professor at Baylor University 0:01:10 | Beliefs and objectivity 0:03:35 | A priori assumptions 0:05:01 | What… Source

„Den Himmel gibt's echt!“: Todd Burpo über die unglaublichen Erlebnisse seines Sohnes.

Todd Burpo, Autor von "Den Himmel gibts echt" Übertr: Imperial (US Bundesstaat Nebraska) Der vierjährige Colton erzählt seinen Eltern nach einer Notoperation, dass er den Himmel erlebt hat. Er beschreibt, wie er unten den Arzt beobachtet, sein Mutter, die im Wartezimmer mit den Menschen betet, seinen Vater, der Gott anschreit, seinen Sohn nicht sterben zu lassen. Tod erzählt von seinem Urgroßvater, der starb, bevor er geboren wurde, von seiner Schwester, die bei einer Fehlgeburt starb und von der ihm nie jemand etwas gesagt hatte und schließlich von seiner Begegnung mit Jesus. Todd Burpo hat die Geschichte seines Sohnes aufgeschrieben und veröffentlicht, die Millionen von Menschen bewegt hat. Das Buch stand jahrelang auf der New-York-Times-Bestsellerliste! Wir sprechen mit Todd Burpo über seine Erfahrungen und Herausforderungen mit den Erlebnissen seines Sohnes Colton, der heute 21 Jahre alt ist. Den Himmel gibt's echt Hier kommen Sie zu allen Angeboten von SCM hänssler Verlag. i Den Himmel gibt's echt Die erstaunlichen Erlebnisse eines Jungen zwischen Leben und Tod von Todd Burpo und Lynn Vincent Den Himmel gibt's Den Himmel gibt's echt Das Buch zum Weiterdenken von Todd Burpo Den Himmel gibt's echt Im Gespärch mit dem Jungen der im Himmel war (DVD) Bestellung bei SCM Hänssler. Telefon: 07031 7414-0 E-Mail: info(at)scm-haenssler.de

Church pastor and best-selling author of Heaven Is For Real, Todd Burpo, comes onto the show to discuss his son's experiences with Heaven and the 2014 film adaptation of his story, Heaven Is For Real. Topics include how Greg Kinnear portrayed the role of Todd, how true the film is to Todd's real life story, and Luke's own faith and religious background. All this and more are afoot in Season 2 Episode 5 of Please Be Seated.    Tweet Us:    @llama_bottle0    @PleaseBeTweeted  @HIFR_Burpo

Near-death experiences often include a look at a person’s impact on the lives of others and a meeting with an otherworldly figure. Do religious texts like the Bible talk about near-death experiences? Robert J. Marks discusses near-death experiences with Dr. Walter Bradley. Show Notes 00:26 | Introducing Dr. Walter Bradley, Emeritus Distinguished Professor at Baylor University 00:37 | John Burke’s Read More › Source

Near-death experiences often include a look at a person’s impact on the lives of others and a meeting with an otherworldly figure. Do religious texts like the Bible talk about near-death experiences? Robert J. Marks discusses near-death experiences with Dr. Walter Bradley. Show Notes 00:26 | Introducing Dr. Walter Bradley, Emeritus Distinguished Professor at Baylor University 00:37 | John Burke’s… Source

Those who’ve survived near-death experiences often describe an otherworldly journey. Robert J. Marks discusses near-death experiences and the afterlife with Dr. Walter Bradley. Show Notes 00:38 | Introducing Dr. Walter Bradley, Emeritus Distinguished Professor at Baylor University 00:58 | A preponderance of stories about near-death experiences 03:25 | John Burke, Walter Bradley, and Imagine Heaven 08:51 | Why should we… Source

Those who’ve survived near-death experiences often describe an otherworldly journey. Robert J. Marks discusses near-death experiences and the afterlife with Dr. Walter Bradley. Show Notes 00:38 | Introducing Dr. Walter Bradley, Emeritus Distinguished Professor at Baylor University 00:58 | A preponderance of stories about near-death experiences 03:25 | John Burke, Walter Bradley, and Imagine Heaven 08:51 | Why should we Read More › Source

Todd Burpo, Autor von "Den Himmel gibt´s echt" aus Imperial in Nebraska (USA) Der vierjährige Colton erzählt seinen Eltern nach einer Notoperation, dass er den Himmel erlebt hat. Er beschreibt, wie er unten den Arzt beobachtet, sein Mutter, die im Wartezimmer mit den Menschen betet, seinen Vater, der Gott anschreit, seinen Sohn nicht sterben zu lassen. Tod erzählt von seinem Urgroßvater, der starb, bevor er geboren wurde, von seiner Schwester, die bei einer Fehlgeburt starb und von der ihm nie jemand etwas gesagt hatte und schließlich von seiner Begegnung mit Jesus. Todd Burpo hat die Geschichte seines Sohnes aufgeschrieben und veröffentlicht, die Millionen von Menschen bewegt hat. Das Buch stand jahrelang auf der New-York-Times-Bestsellerliste! Wir sprechen Todd Burpo über seine Erfahrungen und die Herausforderungen mit den Erlebnissen seines Sohnes Colton, der heute 20 Jahre alt ist.

Encore release October 22, 2018. Encore release July 15, 2017. We look at the recent rash of legislation (either proposed or actually passed) in several states that try to protect anti-gay discrimination under the banner of religious freedom. Briefly, these broadly-worded bills require the state to show that there is a compelling state interest and no practical alternative when infringing on the religious freedom of citizens. That's all fine and dandy, but what it's really sets out to do is allow discrimination against homosexuals, among other things. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer just vetoed one such bill, arguing (correctly, but much to her chagrin, we are sure) that she could not find "one example in Arizona where a business owner’s religious liberty has been violated." Plus: (Another) snake-handling preacher dies handling a snake. Herbert and Catherine Schiable have just been sentenced to no more than seven years in prison for allowing their infant son to die of pneumonia without medical attention because they believed in the power of prayer. Even more outrageous is the fact that another son--two years old--died a few years ago under similar circumstances. Americans are stunningly ignorant of basic science facts. 26% of those surveyed said the sun orbits the earth, while 48% did not know (although we suspect they "know" but simply "deny") that humans developed from earlier species. If it's any consolation, Europeans didn't do much better in the same survey. We're excited about the upcoming revival of COSMOS, a continuation of Carl Sagan's classic documentary miniseries. The new COSMOS, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, premieres on FOX TV, Sunday, March 9th, 9pm Eastern. We're less excited about the new feature films Son of God (February 28th, nothing more than an edited version of the Jesusy episodes from the recent television miniseries The Bible) and Heaven Is for Real (April 16th, based on the "non-fiction" baloney-fest book in which preacher Todd Burpo claims his son Colton had a near-death experience and saw Jesus riding a rainbow pony). All is not lost at the cinema, however: Darren Aronofsky's Noah comes out March 28th, and it's already pissing off religious types because it promises NOT to be a straight-up Old Testament documentary. Finally, the American Freethought podcast is now on Stitcher!

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sermon transcript Introduction In 2010, Tyndale House published a book that took our nation by storm, called The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven: A True Story. It related the story of Alex Malarkey’s experience when he was six years old, after a terrible traffic accident in 2004. According to his own account, Alex and his father Kevin were involved in a terrible car crash on a rural highway in Pennsylvania. Alex said he saw his father fly out of the window of the car only to be caught by an angel and carried to safety. He then related his own experience after he had been life-flighted by a helicopter to a hospital. He states he was carried by an angel through the gates of Heaven, which he described as tall, to be met by Jesus, who appeared out of a hole in Heaven. After he regained consciousness, he told his family this account and his father helped him write down his near death experience. Tyndale House published it, promoting it as “a supernatural encounter that will give you new insights into heaven, angels and hearing the voice of God.” The book sold over a million copies, which shows the intense interest that people have about Heaven. Unfortunately, despite the title, A True Story, it was not true at all. In the year 2012, Alex described his own book as one of the most deceptive books ever published. Alex wrote in a confession of sorts, “I did not die. I did not go to heaven. I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention. When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible. People have profited from lies and they continue to profit from lies. They should read the Bible, which is enough. The Bible is the only source of truth. Anything written by man cannot be infallible.” The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven is one of many books in what has become known as the heavenly tourism genre — books by people who claim to have had visions of heaven and can give us information about what we will experience after we die. The 2004 book, 90 Minutes In Heaven by Don Piper spent over five years on the New York Times Best Seller List and sold over 6 million copies. Even more impressive is Todd Burpo’s account of his three-year-old son Colton’s experience. That book, called Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, sold over 10 million copies and was made into a movie that grossed over $101 million at the box office. That story is particularly engrossing because Colton somehow acquired information about an unborn sister that was miscarried by his mother in 1998 and a great-grandfather who had died 30 years before Colton was born. This seemingly supernatural information gave Colton’s account spiritual authority to many people, which explains the runaway sales of the book and the interest in the movie. Pastor John MacArthur in California is deeply concerned about all of these kinds of stories. He said, “It may be quite fascinating to read these intricately detailed accounts of people who claim to have come back from heaven, but that hobby is as dangerous as it is seductive. Readers not only get a twisted, unbiblical picture of heaven from these tall tales, they also imbibe a subjective, superstitious, shallow brand of spirituality. There is no reason to believe anyone who claims to have gone to heaven and returned. Studying mystical accounts of supposed journeys into the afterlife yields nothing but confusion, contradiction, false hope, bad doctrine, and a host of similar evils.” I take it John MacArthur like any book of that genre. The amazing popularity of these books shows the intense interest we all have in knowing more about Heaven. The controversy that has followed them, however, shows the danger inherent in these accounts and, as Alex said, seeking information about Heaven from any place other than the Bible. That is why the last two chapters of the Bible that we are studying are so powerful. In the book of Revelation, the Apostle John records spiritual visions that God gave him through the power of the Holy Spirit, in which he ascended in the Spirit into the heavenly realms and saw visions of heaven and predictions of the future. Revelation 1:1-2 says, “The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw — that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.” A few chapters later in Revelation 4:1-2, John writes, “After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice that I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, ‘Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.’ At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.” Both of these passages say that John was given a revelation from God of the future and of the heavenly realms. Revelation 21 and 22 contain the final visions that God gave to John on the island of Patmos (and the final visions of the Bible), visions of the heavenly world to which Christians are going. God commanded John to write down those visions for us to read. Verse 5 says, “He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’ Then he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’” The words committed to the apostle John are trustworthy; they are words on which we can build our lives, the hopes of our souls. They are trustworthy and true — not lies, not deceptions. John was commanded through the Holy Spirit to write them down for the generations, twenty centuries of Christians who would read these accounts. In giving him this responsibility, God dealt differently with John than he did with the Apostle Paul. In 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, Paul said, “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know — God knows. And I know that this man — whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows — was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.” Paul says that the things he saw when he was caught up to the third heaven were inexpressible — no words could express them accurately; and were not permitted to be revealed — he was not even allowed to try to put them into words. God had planned to entrust that responsibility to John decades later. Whatever you may think about the heavenly tourism books, whether you agree or disagree with John McArthur, you may enjoy reading them. But this book of Revelation, and specifically the last two chapters, are the only God-approved Spirit-inspired description of the magnificent future world to which we Christians are going, and they are worthy of our careful study because they are trustworthy and true. Verse 4, which I will focus on in depth next week, is magnificent, giving us a look into the world to which we are going, where there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain. We will swim in that concept next week to try to understand what that will mean for us. Review of Last Week God has commanded us to meditate on heaven, to fill our minds and our hearts with things above, things to come. “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you [Christians] died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” [Colossians 3:1-4] The greater our suffering, the sweeter will be our meditations about heaven. Jesus said in Matthew 5:11-12, “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Our brothers and sisters in restricted countries are suffering for the gospel, incarcerated for their faith. We are to remember them, according to Hebrews, as if we were in prison with them. We should especially pray for the persecuted church that God would give them robust meditations on their heavenly life, their heavenly rewards, that they would rejoice and be glad to suffer for his name. We noted that our present affluent comfortable life may make our meditations on heaven less sweet and not as urgent. We noted the many benefits of meditating on and yearning strongly for Heaven. It proves that where our treasure is, there our hearts will be also. It develops Christian character — perseverance, boldness, courage, an otherworldly aspect to our lives. It glorifies God — Psalm 73:25 says, “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire beside you.” It makes all of life God-centered because heaven is God-centered; the more we meditate on that place, the more God-centered we will become, and God will be our treasure and our pleasure. Meditating on and yearning strongly for Heaven helps us to realize how insignificant our life circumstances really are, whether good or bad. Accolades and rewards and treasures of this life or suffering that we endure shrink into insignificance, enabling us to conclude that our suffering is, as Paul said [Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 4:17], “not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” and “light and momentary” compared to eternity. Meditating on Heaven results in holiness. Both Paul and John link meditating on Heaven to putting sin to death and purifying ourselves just as He is pure, resulting in yearning for holiness. Meditating on Heaven drives missions and evangelism, helping us to live otherworldly lives, not caring what we have in this life. It enables some to leave behind the comforts of a particular lifestyle to go to places where they will be less comfortable or even actively persecuted because they are living for Heaven. Our hope in heaven is very attractive to people who are without hope and without God in the world. It drives the external journey and enables us to vigorously serve God right to the end because we know that our labour in the Lord is not in vain, as Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:58. Then we started with Revelation 21:1: “Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth’, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away…” Here, the Bible comes full circle from Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” It ends with this incredibly hopeful statement that completes God’s intention in making a physical universe as a manifestation of his love and glory. He did not need a physical universe, he wanted it. So He created the first heaven and the first earth, which he will remove in the end. The first heaven and the first earth will pass away, and He will bring in a new heaven and a new earth. The use of the same words shows that there will be continuity in the form of a resurrected earth — there will be a link to this present world, but it will be far greater and more glorious. In that physical spiritual world, we will have the delight of exploring, like Lewis and Clark or the explorers who sailed to the new world. At that point, Habakkuk 2:14 says, “…the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” We will study, like scientists and explorers, what God has made in the new heaven and the new earth, to celebrate and delight in it. The first heaven and the first earth will have passed away — we will remember this present world and our personal and collective history, but without any accompanying mourning or pain or sorrow. The first heaven and earth will pass away to be replaced by a resurrected world, similar in concept to our resurrection bodies. In 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, Paul affirms the resurrection body which will require a physical resurrected world in which to live. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. We must have resurrection bodies to live in that perfect world. He described it in this way: “The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.” Imperishable, glorious, powerful, spiritual. That describes the resurrection body and the resurrected world. We will enjoy walking in our resurrection bodies on this resurrected earth, feeling the resurrected soil with our resurrected feet. Randy Alcorn, in his book Heaven, speculates, using his imagination based in Scripture, on what that new world will be like. It will be familiar, like home, like what we have known in this world, only different, better. He cites Revelation 21:10: “… he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.” John is taken to a lofty, glorious mountain and later is shown a river flowing through the center of the city, clear as crystal. Then, Alcorn’s imagination takes flight. It is amazing to imagine what God will do with mountains and rivers in the new earth. He uses the logic of progression — our resurrection bodies will be like our physical bodies, only better, with expanded capabilities: “Everything God tells us suggests we will look back at the present earth and conclude, creatively speaking, God was just warming up and getting started with this present earth.” Consider the natural wonders God has created in this universe. On Mars, the volcano Olympus Mons rises 79,000 feet from the surface of Mars, almost three times taller than Mount Everest, which is 29,000 feet. The base of Olympus Mons is 370 miles across and would cover the entire state of Nebraska. That is a big mountain. The Valles Marineris is a vast canyon on the surface of Mars, stretching one-sixth of the way around the planet, 2800 miles long — about the distance from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the United States — 370 miles wide, 4 1/2 miles deep. Hundreds of our Grand Canyons would fit inside that canyon. Alcorn is pointing to what God has done in this present universe and speculating that the new earth may have far more spectacular features than that. The new waterfalls may dwarf Niagara Falls. We may find rock formations more spectacular than those in Yosemite or the Alps or the Karakoram Mountains or the Himalayas; and forests deeper and richer than the Pacific Northwest or the Amazonian rainforest. There will be no bondage, suffering, or decay that the present nature has, so there will be no natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, mudslides, floods, droughts, or anything that would torment the earth and destroy the beauty, harmony, and peacefulness of the future world. Verse 1 concludes, “No longer will there be any sea.” Whether you are fine with that or not, what will be will be. But whatever God makes will be spectacular, majestic, beautiful and breathtaking. In Verse 2, the new Jerusalem descends from God. “I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” This is the capital city of God’s eternal empire. There will be both glorious heavenly countryside and a radiant glorious city — rural and urban — in the new heaven and new earth. The city, the new Jerusalem, is the very thing that is promised to Old Testament believers. Hebrews 11:13, 16 says, “All these people were still living by faith when they died… …they were longing for a better country — a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.” The country implies a vast, spacious world to explore, teeming with life, spectacular scenic vistas, lakes, rivers, hills, forests, fields, mountains, vast open spaces. The city, on the other hand, implies a concentration of population, shared experiences, relationship, society and culture, fellowship, creativity, the arts, architecture and music. All these are displays of being created in the image of God. The new Jerusalem will descend from heaven already constructed by God’s hand. He has prepared the bride but she has also prepared herself, so we can imagine that our labors in this world help to make the new Jerusalem glorious and beautiful. In the same way, in the next world our labors will be welcome; we will be working in the new heaven and the new earth. The name of the city, Jerusalem, implies continuity but difference. The word “Jerusalem” was evocative and powerful for the Jews. The old Jerusalem was the city of David, the center of Jewish life, culture, religion and hopes. But it was also corrupted by idolatry and wickedness, so it had to be redeemed by the blood of Christ. This new Jerusalem is perfectly pure, the fulfillment of the Old Testament purpose for God to dwell in glory in the midst of His people. The new Jerusalem is therefore both a city — a place — and the Church, the bride of Christ — a people. We, having resurrection bodies, will have to dwell somewhere. “In My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, I would I have told you I'm going there to prepare a place for you.” Christ is preparing a physical location for his physical people. The city is “a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” She is made radiantly beautiful for her wedding day, coming down out of Heaven, gloriously adorned and dressed and ready for her bridegroom. Christ has labored to make her ready for centuries of redemptive history through evangelism, discipleship, pastoral ministry, the ministry of spiritual gifts of teaching the Word of God, administration, prayer and faith. All of those spiritual gifts together make her radiant and beautiful and ready for her wedding day. Paul says to husbands in Ephesians 5:25-27, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word, in order that He might present her to Himself as a radiant church without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish.” Holy and blameless, without blemish, stain or wrinkle. In every respect, her adornment — kosmeo in the Greek, from which we get “cosmetic” — is magnificent, glorious and complete. The image of marriage is a powerful Old Testament image. God considered Israel his wife. Jeremiah 2:2-3 says, “I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown. Israel was holy to the Lord.” Many of the prophetic images in the Old Testament are negative, as God speaks like a husband to His unfaithful wife. The prophet Hosea was commanded to marry an adulterous wife and have children of unfaithfulness as a picture to Israel, guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the Lord. We all are, like the hymn Come Thou Fount says, “prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love.” Our idolatrous, wandering, defective hearts will be cured and healed from that at last and purified from our wandering ways. That marriage image is perfected between Christ and his Church. The Central Joy of Heaven The Reward of Heaven: God Will Dwell in Glory with His People Revelation 21:3 says, “And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.’” This is the central joy of Heaven. The heavenly tourism books tend to miss this fact, which is one of their big problems. The central joy of Heaven is being present with the Triune God. God has been yearning for this throughout all the years of redemptive history. At last, the dwelling of God is with people. He has been waiting and yearning and working for this moment for thousands and thousands of years. All of His patience and compassion and suffering and labor comes to sweet consummation. It is difficult to number the times God says this in Israel directly or through the prophets: “I will be your God and you will be my people.” Leviticus 26:11-12 says, “I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you. I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.” At last we have the fulfillment of the dwelling glory of God. The Greek, skene, is derived from the Hebrew for the word “tabernacle,” Mishkan, so the Hebrew comes over to English in the expression “Shekinah glory,” literally meaning “dwelling glory.” This is the glory that God shows when He is settling in to dwell in the midst of His people. He would use a glory cloud to show that He was with the Israelites in the desert. When the tabernacle was set up, the glory cloud appeared and filled the tabernacle. God’s dwelling glory is the centerpiece of Heaven. Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon on 1 Corinthians 13, Heaven is a World of Love, detailed the future world. Despite the fact that God is omnipresent, He is revealed in Scripture, especially in certain places, relationally. He was more in Israel than in any other nation on Earth. He was more in Jerusalem than any other city in Israel. He was more in the temple than any other building in Jerusalem. He was more in the Holy of Holies than any other part of the temple. He was more in the mercy seat above the Ark of the Covenant than anywhere else in the Holy of Holies. There was a concentration of the revelation of God. That is what we will get in Heaven, where we will be swimming in a sea of God, and so deeply, richly satisfied with that. We will be filled with God — this is the reward of Heaven. He said to Abraham, in Genesis 15:1, “After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.’” Abraham would not take the loot, the gold and silver, from the battle with the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah, so God appeared to him in this vision, saying in effect, “Well done. Fear not. I am your very great reward.” Why Does God Want to be with US? The more I learn about God, the more I see how glorious it will be to fully understand why we want to be with God. But why does He want to be with us? We are sinful, weak, insignificant, corrupted. But God does not see it that way. He yearns to have fellowship with us. Jesus, on the night before he was crucified, said to His squabbling apostles who were arguing about which of them was the greatest, said to them in Luke 22:15, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” It is incomprehensible, but that is the way he is. He wants to be with us; we are his heritage and he is ours. Other Joys of Heaven: No More Death, Mourning, Crying, or Pain Intimate Comfort Other joys of heaven are lesser, but worth discussing. Revelation 21:4 says, “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” This is the intimacy and tenderness of Christ’s own hand wiping our final tears away. All of the grief and suffering and pain that we have gone through will be finished. There are various reasons for tears. Personally, what I most regret is my own sin. It often causes me tears of sorrow. To have Jesus wipe those tears away and say we will not weep or mourn over that anymore will be unimaginably sweet. It is helpful to link it together with an appropriate understanding of Judgment Day. Verse 4 and its beautiful promises do not seem to cover Judgment Day like a canopy. That day will be hard. It will be a day of darkness and sorrow. It will be difficult to give Christ an account for everything done in the body, whether good or bad, and for every careless word ever spoken. Some believe we will not need to face Judgment Day in this way, citing Romans 8:1: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” But giving Jesus an account is not the same as condemnation. Condemnation is the Lake of Fire. He will not command us who are Christians on the basis of any of our sins “Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” We will not be condemned, but we will give him an account. 2 Corinthians 5:10 says plainly, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” God will test the body of our works to see if they are worthy of reward. 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 says, “If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.” We will suffer loss from whatever of our works are burned up; that will be difficult. We will have an emotional reaction to giving account on Judgment Day, but not beyond. All of our faithless works and sins of omission and commission — the wood, hay and straw — will be tested and burned, and then the gold, silver, and costly stones — actions done for the glory of God, from a heart of love, by faith, though imperfect — will be purified by fire and we will be rewarded for those. We will cry tears of regret on that day: I did not live like I should have. I wasted opportunities to tell people about Jesus. There were poor people around me, and I lived selfishly. I did not do for them like I should have. I did some things, but not enough. What is so amazing is that Jesus, with his holy and nail-scarred hand, will wipe those tears away and comfort us, and then will bring us into a world where those tears will be shed no more. That is incredible; that is his grace. No More Death, Mourning, Crying or Pain Death is the final enemy. 1 Corinthians 15:26 says, “The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” All the destruction and sorrow and fear and anxiety and intense loss and pain caused by death will end, and we will live forever. We will not die. Our relationships will be eternal. We will never say goodbye again. We will not age. We will not reach our prime after 10,000 years, followed by a long, slow, eternal decline. The body will be raised in power and in glory — no decline, no death, no funerals. No more mourning — psychological, emotional, mental anguish — or crying, the physical action that flows from pain. God’s Present Invitation to an Eternal Home God’s Direct Activity in Creating this Coming World Revelation 21:5 says, “And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’” God speaks from His throne with the voice of kingly, powerful authority. He says, “Behold [Look at this!] I am making all things new.” This gives a sense of God’s energetic activity, not a deistic world which God sets it up and then removes Himself from it. He is actively, energetically involved in making all things new. There will be a comprehensive new creation. In this present world, there is no new creation thing except our redeemed souls. The moment we come to Christ, we are made new creations in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” Everything else continues in the old order. But then, He will make everything new. The Command to WRITE John is commanded to write down what he hears. Our Christian faith is a literary, written faith. We have a book, and this book sets Christianity apart from every other religion in the world. Other religions have holy books — the Quran, the Bhagavad Gita, and other writings. But this book is unique. God originally wrote the Ten Commandments with His finger, but then commanded Moses in the wilderness to write down all of His commands that God gave to him. After that, all of the prophets were commanded in a similar way to write down the Word of God. In this final testimony, these words have been written down, and they are trustworthy and true. They are a part of that poor reflection. We see indistinctly, dimly. How do you put Heaven into words? How can you possibly describe in nouns and verbs and adjectives and paragraphs a vision like this? But he said, “Write down what I tell you. The words will be exactly what I want you to say to correspond to this vision.” The words are enough to get us to Heaven, but not as good as being in Heaven. Amen. We will see him face-to-face, and that will be so much better, but in the mean time, we have these words. Psalm 12:6 says, “And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.” God’s Invitation Verse 6 is God’s powerful invitation to this eternal home based on all His words. Revelation 21:6 says, “He said to me: ‘It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.’” It is done, or literally, has become. God has brought this magnificent new world into reality; He has made it become real. He points again to that linear history that spread out over a redemptive history. Christ is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. The first world, this present world that will pass away was brought in through Christ. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” [John 1:1-3] And “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” [John 1:14] The Word is Jesus Christ, and through him, the first world came into being. So also through Christ, the eternal world will come into being through the work of the Father. Isaiah 9:7, speaking of Jesus, says, “Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.” His kingdom will continue increasing, and we will see it. The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Christ’s kingdom, as the waters cover the sea. It will be eternally becoming more radiant and glorious and majestic and beautiful. God wants us there; He is inviting us to enter the Kingdom of God now by faith, and then later, when the time comes, we will enter it with our brothers and sisters. Are You Thirsty? Verse 6 concludes, “To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.” Think about the thirstiest you have ever been in your life — a hazy, hot, humid day, working outside, you have not had enough to drink and you are parched; or someone crawling through a desert, desperate to find an oasis. Water is life in those cases. Are you thirsty to be in a perfect world like that? I am so thirsty to never sin again and to be around others who never sin again. I hunger and thirst for righteousness. I want to see God — as the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul thirsts for you. Jesus said in John 6, “Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” You will come to a place of perfect satisfaction and be so refreshed in Jesus in Heaven. Are you thirsty for the forgiveness of your sins? Do you yearn to have God say to you, “All of your sins are forgiven through faith in Christ”? Are you thirsty to be reconciled to God and be in a right relationship with Him? Are you thirsty to be in the new heaven and new earth, where there will be no more death, mourning, crying or pain? Then come and drink. It is offered freely without cost, as it says in Isaiah 55:1: “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.” The Gift is Given Freely to Those Who Overcome This gift is given to those who overcome. Revelation 21:7 says, “He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.” We must conquer to get there. We must overcome something. First and foremost, 1 John 5:4 says, “…everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.” Faith in Jesus is the victory that overcomes the world. We must overcome all that the world, the flesh and the devil want to do to our souls just for believing in Jesus, to have a saving faith in him. Then, having come to saving faith in Christ, we then must fight the good fight of faith. We must fight indwelling sin by the power of the Holy Spirit. Heaven is given to those who fight that fight. Those who do not are not children of God. Romans 8:13-14 says, “…if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” You are led by the Spirit into a battle against sin, against the world, the flesh and the devil. That is the road that leads to Heaven. He who overcomes will inherit all this. We are more than conquerors, and those who are born again will overcome. Someday we will see Satan dead at our feet. We will put a foot on his neck. We will see the world system destroyed, and our own lust and sin nature will be purified out of us, and we will be heirs to the Kingdom of God. God’s Terrifying Warning of Who Will Be Excluded Who are These People and What are These Sins? He gives a terrifying warning of those who will be excluded in Revelation 21:8: “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars-- their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” The cowardly are those who care more what people think than what God thinks, who know what to do, but do not do it. The cost is too high. The unbelieving are those who will not believe in Jesus. Whether they have heard the Gospel or not, they will not combine what they know with faith, as the author to Hebrews says. The vile are morally repugnant, morally ugly, excluded because in that world, there will be no blemish, no stain, nothing but purity and holiness. In Christ, we are transformed from being vile to being radiantly beautiful, but those who have not received that transformation are vile. Murderers. The sexually immoral — we are in a sexually free, permissive age but God has never changed His standard. The magic arts, the sorcerers — pharmakos — those who use drugs in witchcraft. Idolaters — anyone who places ultimate value on created things rather than the Creator. Liars — Psalm 116:11 says, “Everyone is a liar.” Seeing that on the list, we should realize that we are redeemed by grace, though we deserve to be condemned too. We are all the same, but we are redeemed from lying and all these other sins by the blood of Christ. The end of it for those people is the fiery lake of burning sulfur, the second death; a place of active conscious torment and sorrow, not merely the absence of God. Applications Top Priority: The top priority for any who are outside of Christ is that you come to faith in Christ. That is what this invitation is all about. Believe in Jesus, trust in him. God sent Jesus his only begotten Son into the world to be a human. He is fully God and fully man. He died on the cross in our place as an atoning sacrifice. Put your trust in Him, not in your own works. Trust in Jesus and you will be forgiven of all your sins. Christians If you are already a Christian, meditate on heaven more than you do; fill your soul with meditations of the world to come. Read Revelation 21 and 22, and feed on it. Let it flow out into good works that God has prepared in advance for you to walk in. Ask the Lord how He wants you to serve Him each day. Find someone who is lost and share the Gospel. Find someone in a place of sorrow or misery, and talk about sadness and sorrow in light of what we have learned today, that we are coming to a place where there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain. Ask if they would like to hear more about that. Closing Prayer Close with me in prayer. Father, we thank you for the beauty of the world to which we are going, We know we do not deserve it, and can scarcely imagine it. But I pray, O Lord, that You would fill our minds and our hearts with the truth. Help us to understand that beautiful world. Help us to yearn for it and to be hungry and thirsty for it, and to desire it with all of our hearts. Fill us with your Holy Spirit. Enable us, O Lord, to glorify you by putting sin to death and by witnessing by sharing the gospel. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Todd Burpo is for real. He is the real deal. We have an amazingly deep conversation about his journey through the book and movie "Heaven is for Real". And, in his new book "God is for Real", Burpo answers some of life's most difficult questions. Why are there are so many hypocritical church people? Why do Christians make such a big deal about the cross? Why doesn't God seem to answer our biggest prayers? People are tired of pat answers offered up in churchy language explaining away their questions; we want the down-and-dirty truth. What bothers us about life and faith is real and gritty. We need a plain-spoken voice to offer God's answers to difficult struggles and painful doubts. Todd charges into these subjects with a fireman's courage, a small-town friend's vulnerability, and a local pastor's compassion. He helps articulate the questions people have, then gives them relevant biblical wisdom for taking their next steps in faith.

The Burpo family captivated the world when father Todd Burpo published "Heaven Is For Real" back in 2010, a book that details his son Colton's near-death experience that included a purported visit to heaven and a conversation with Jesus.

Michael Brown, David Teems, Victoria Jackson, Todd Burpo, Johnnie Moore, Michael Heiser

Michael Brown, David Teems, Victoria Jackson, Todd Burpo, Johnnie Moore, Michael Heiser

Near death experiences have reentered pop culture in recent years with best-sellers like “Proof of Heaven” and “Heaven is for Real.” But are near death experiences legit? Are NDE’ers actually having out of body experiences and travelling towards a light at the end of the tunnel? Or are they merely illusions of the mind? Today we tell the harrowing, sometimes tragic, and extraordinary stories of three individuals who might just possibly have travelled to the other side. SOURCES Books for general reading: Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of Near Death Experience, Pim van Lommel (2011) God and the Afterlife: The Groundbreaking New Evidence for God and Near-Death Experience, Jeffrey Long & Paul Perry (2016) Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, Todd Burpo (2010) Near-Death Experiences, The Rest of the Story: What They Teach Us About Living and Dying and Our True Purpose, P.M.H. Atwater (2011) Near-Death Experiences: Understanding Visions of the Afterlife, John Martin Fischer & Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin (2016) Passage, Connie Willis (2002) Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, Eben Alexander (2012) What Happens When We Die?: A Groundbreaking Study into the Nature of Life and Death, Sam Parnia (2007) Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences: How Understanding NDE’s Can Help Us Live More Fully, Penny Sartori (2014)  Vicki Noratuk’s story: NDE Stories: http://ndestories.org/vicki-noratuk/   Near-death and out-of-body experiences in the blind: a study of apparent eyeless vision., Ring K, Cooper S., J Near-Death Studies. 1997;16:101–147. http://www.newdualism.org/nde-papers/Ring/Ring-Journal%20of%20Near-Death%20Studies_1997-16-101-147.pdf People Born Blind Can See During a Near-Death Experience, http://www.near-death.com/science/evidence/people-born-blind-can-see-during-nde.html Mr. A’s story: AWARE Study Initial Results are Published, IANDS https://iands.org/news/news/front-page-news/1060-aware-study-initial-results-are-published.html AWARE Study Results Finally Published: Does Not Prove Life After Death, http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/10/aware-study-results-finally-published-does-not-prove-life-after-death/ AWAREness Beyond Death?, http://www.dailygrail.com/Essays/2014/10/Awareness-Beyond-Death The Seven Ways to have a Near Death Experience, BBC http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150303-what-its-really-like-to-die Jeff Olsen’s story: I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story of a Journey Beyond the Veil to Learn the Silent Language of the Heart, Jeff Olsen (2012) Near death experiences at heart of Jeff Olsen's memoir, lecture in Colorado Springs, The Gazette http://gazette.com/near-death-experiences-at-heart-of-jeff-olsens-memoir-lecture-in-colorado-springs/article/1558025 Additional resources: IANDS, or the International Association for Near Death Studies, is an incredible resource for those who are just starting to learn about NDE’s or who are looking for a community of NDE’ers. http://iands.org Alex Tsakiris has a podcast called Skeptiko: Science at the Tipping Point where in episode 326 he critically interviews Professor Mitchell-Yellin about his co-authored book and findings. It’s worth listening too! http://skeptiko.com/latest-near-death-experience-research-hit-job-326/ Journalist Gideon Lichfield published an in-depth and interesting article about NDE’s for April 2015 issue of The Atlantic. The article is called “The Science of Near-Death Experiences: Empirically investigating brushes with the afterlife.” http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-science-of-near-death-experiences/386231/ Dr. Sam Parnia is one of several scientists (including Dr. Penny Sartori and Dr. Jeffrey Long, among others) who have been on the cutting edge of scientific research into NDE’s. Here is a blog post he wrote on HuffPo called “Erasing Death.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-parnia-md-phd/resuscitation-science_b_2767935.html Links to further reading: http://discovermagazine.com/2016/may/9-a-brush-with-death http://iands.org/ndes/nde-stories/iands-nde-accounts/1164-euphoria-way-beyond-crack-cocaine.html http://www.ifac.univ-nantes.fr/IMG/pdf/Textes-C-3.pdf http://infidels.org/library/modern/keith_augustine/HNDEs.html#maria http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55188 http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171779 http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/06/this-is-what-it-is-like-to-die-and-its-pretty-scary-5091269/ http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/who-will-watch-the-watchers.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790400/#B19 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16606911 http://www.nderf.org/NDERF/NDE_Experiences/tricia_b_nde.htm http://www.npr.org/2013/02/21/172495667/resuscitation-experiences-and-erasing-death https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/happiness-in-world/201105/the-neurology-near-death-experiences http://www.salon.com/2011/01/13/near_death_experience_interview/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/titanic-and-the-science-of-near-death-experiences/ http://skeptiko.com/eeg-expert-on-near-death-experience/ http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2128726-in-near-death-experiences-blind-people-see-for-first-time/ http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/937605-the-neuroscience-of-near-death-experiences/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/11/near_death_explained/ http://records.viu.ca/www/ipp/pdf/NDE.pdf SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW What Just Happened? on iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and Google Play. 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Near death experiences have reentered pop culture in recent years with best-sellers like “Proof of Heaven” and “Heaven is for Real.” But are near death experiences legit? Are NDE’ers actually having out of body experiences and travelling towards a light at the end of the tunnel? Or are they merely illusions of the mind? Today we tell the harrowing, sometimes tragic, and extraordinary stories of three individuals who might just possibly have travelled to the other side. SOURCES Books for general reading: Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of Near Death Experience, Pim van Lommel (2011) God and the Afterlife: The Groundbreaking New Evidence for God and Near-Death Experience, Jeffrey Long & Paul Perry (2016) Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, Todd Burpo (2010) Near-Death Experiences, The Rest of the Story: What They Teach Us About Living and Dying and Our True Purpose, P.M.H. Atwater (2011) Near-Death Experiences: Understanding Visions of the Afterlife, John Martin Fischer & Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin (2016) Passage, Connie Willis (2002) Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, Eben Alexander (2012) What Happens When We Die?: A Groundbreaking Study into the Nature of Life and Death, Sam Parnia (2007) Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences: How Understanding NDE’s Can Help Us Live More Fully, Penny Sartori (2014)  Vicki Noratuk’s story: NDE Stories: http://ndestories.org/vicki-noratuk/   Near-death and out-of-body experiences in the blind: a study of apparent eyeless vision., Ring K, Cooper S., J Near-Death Studies. 1997;16:101–147. http://www.newdualism.org/nde-papers/Ring/Ring-Journal%20of%20Near-Death%20Studies_1997-16-101-147.pdf People Born Blind Can See During a Near-Death Experience, http://www.near-death.com/science/evidence/people-born-blind-can-see-during-nde.html Mr. A’s story: AWARE Study Initial Results are Published, IANDS https://iands.org/news/news/front-page-news/1060-aware-study-initial-results-are-published.html AWARE Study Results Finally Published: Does Not Prove Life After Death, http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/10/aware-study-results-finally-published-does-not-prove-life-after-death/ AWAREness Beyond Death?, http://www.dailygrail.com/Essays/2014/10/Awareness-Beyond-Death The Seven Ways to have a Near Death Experience, BBC http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150303-what-its-really-like-to-die Jeff Olsen’s story: I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story of a Journey Beyond the Veil to Learn the Silent Language of the Heart, Jeff Olsen (2012) Near death experiences at heart of Jeff Olsen's memoir, lecture in Colorado Springs, The Gazette http://gazette.com/near-death-experiences-at-heart-of-jeff-olsens-memoir-lecture-in-colorado-springs/article/1558025 Additional resources: IANDS, or the International Association for Near Death Studies, is an incredible resource for those who are just starting to learn about NDE’s or who are looking for a community of NDE’ers. http://iands.org Alex Tsakiris has a podcast called Skeptiko: Science at the Tipping Point where in episode 326 he critically interviews Professor Mitchell-Yellin about his co-authored book and findings. It’s worth listening too! http://skeptiko.com/latest-near-death-experience-research-hit-job-326/ Journalist Gideon Lichfield published an in-depth and interesting article about NDE’s for April 2015 issue of The Atlantic. The article is called “The Science of Near-Death Experiences: Empirically investigating brushes with the afterlife.” http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-science-of-near-death-experiences/386231/ Dr. Sam Parnia is one of several scientists (including Dr. Penny Sartori and Dr. Jeffrey Long, among others) who have been on the cutting edge of scientific research into NDE’s. Here is a blog post he wrote on HuffPo called “Erasing Death.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-parnia-md-phd/resuscitation-science_b_2767935.html Links to further reading: http://discovermagazine.com/2016/may/9-a-brush-with-death http://iands.org/ndes/nde-stories/iands-nde-accounts/1164-euphoria-way-beyond-crack-cocaine.html http://www.ifac.univ-nantes.fr/IMG/pdf/Textes-C-3.pdf http://infidels.org/library/modern/keith_augustine/HNDEs.html#maria http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55188 http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171779 http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/06/this-is-what-it-is-like-to-die-and-its-pretty-scary-5091269/ http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/who-will-watch-the-watchers.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790400/#B19 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16606911 http://www.nderf.org/NDERF/NDE_Experiences/tricia_b_nde.htm http://www.npr.org/2013/02/21/172495667/resuscitation-experiences-and-erasing-death https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/happiness-in-world/201105/the-neurology-near-death-experiences http://www.salon.com/2011/01/13/near_death_experience_interview/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/titanic-and-the-science-of-near-death-experiences/ http://skeptiko.com/eeg-expert-on-near-death-experience/ http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2128726-in-near-death-experiences-blind-people-see-for-first-time/ http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/937605-the-neuroscience-of-near-death-experiences/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/11/near_death_explained/ http://records.viu.ca/www/ipp/pdf/NDE.pdf SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW What Just Happened? on iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and Google Play. 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Remember hearing about that kid who has been claiming he went to heaven all over the news lately? Andy (employee at Trinity College and Seminary & Christian apologetics junkee) joins Braxton and Nathan to discuss the book "Is Heaven For Real" by Todd Burpo about his son Colton who claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience.

A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear.Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how "reaaally big" God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit "shoots down power" from heaven to help us.Told by the father, but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.Part 2 Mike Paris Tent Coordinator discus the event.Gospel Tent Revival Meetings Every Night - Wells, Maine August 23rd-30th.Sunday August 23rd Through Tuesday Evening the 25th 7:00 PM: Evangelist Mark Dunfee of New Jersey will be preaching, prophesying and praying for people. Many healings and miracles happen under this ministry.Wednesday Aug. 26th -7:00 PM Big Night of Music: Russ Markgren's evening of Christian Music - The Greatest Gift (www.wearethegreatestgift.com) along with well-known organist Mark Thailander, Steve Savage, and others.Thursday-Sunday Aug. 27th through the 30th@ 7:00 PM: Evangelist Denis Dunne from Ireland will be preaching and ministering to those in need of prayer. He is always loved by all who see and hear him.Soul Feast Music Fest and more begins Aug. 28 – 30th at 9:00 AM till 7:00 PM. Evening Tent Revival Meetings begin at 7:00 PM each night. Enjoy various music artists, food, arts, crafts, vendors, bounce house, face painting and more! Friday Aug. 28th Heaven Is For Real with Colton Burpo.. his music team and family will visitunder the Gospel Tent during the day and share about his journey and hope of Heaven during the evening service that begins at 7:00 PM. All are welcome!!Directions: Traveling I- 95 North or South: Take Wells Exit 19 – Turn right onto Rte 109 – Turn left on Route 9 - Drive a mile till you see Welcome Banners and the Jesus Trailer on the right at 10 Mount Zion Way. For more information Call – Pastor Terry Courtney 207-475-6316.Part 3 Ed & Vic discuss their Daniel Fast http://daniel-fast.com/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement

A small-town father must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. DirectorRandall Wallace WritersRandall Wallace(screenplay) Chris Parker(screenplay) Todd Burpo(book) StarsGreg Kinnear Kelly Reilly Thomas Haden Church --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gruesome-hertzogg/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gruesome-hertzogg/support

1. Click this text to go to iTunes, then   2.  Click view in iTunes blue button 3. Subscribe and give us a rating! Thanks! RAY PEZONELLA, is a professional engineer and owner of  Pezonella and Associates,a geotechnical engineering agency,     in Reno, Nevada and he is one of two candidates for Mayor of Reno. As the son of an immigrant, Ray's Timeline is as All American as it gets.  Bottom Line Up Front: Remember to be true to your self. BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT QUESTIONS:  Are you a MAC or PC and what brand of phone do you use? Ray's engineering firm use PCs but he has an iPad and an uses  iPhone (as a Boomer,  we recommend the iPhone as a first tool). What is your favorite technology, hardware or software?  The modern calculator. What is your favorite quote?  "When the going get tough, the tough get going" The origin of the phrase has been attributed Knute Rockne What are your favorite books? Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent (Nov 2, 2010), but Ray spends most of his time keeping up by ready his professional engineering books and periodicals. LEISURE:  Ray is a pilot and he enjoys flying. It is his escape, where he has to compartmentalize and focus on just flying.  CONTACT INFORMATION: http://pezformayor.com/  ray@pezonella.com Cell: 775-742-4196 Office: 775- 856-5566 FAVORIT FOOD: Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread and a glass of red wine.

In honor of Autism awareness month, Camille Sanzone’s guests are 12-year old Kaleb Brown & his mother Kristen; both have Asperger’s Syndrome, which is high on the autism scale. Kaleb writes & illustrates his own books (THE BIG M series: http://ow.ly/xrF0w); has a show on AutismChannel.com & gives talks in schools on bullying & about his books. In the second half, a discussion of the movie “Heaven is for Real,” from the book of the same title by Todd Burpo. Do you believe in Heaven? Isn’t it curious – “Everybody wants to get to Heaven, but nobody wants to die!” Well, for a little slice of Heaven, listen every Wednesday at 1:00 pm ET on w4wn. Camille will make you laugh & just might make you think a little differently about life. A tall order for a 5’2″ gal, but she’s up to the challenge.This show is broadcast live on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Frederica recommends the book Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo.

Welcome everybody, it is Sunday the 13th day of April, 2014. I'm Chris Leavitt and you're listening to Entertainment Weekly. If you're looking to catch up on what's new in showbiz with a weekly digest of only the biggest stories from the world of entertainment, then this is the show to listen to, every Sunday, where I'll be breaking it all down for you. On this episode of Entertainment Weekly From film, 'Heaven is For Real' is the latest religious movie that is set for release later this month, And the police Thriller "That Demon Within" has premiered in Hong Kong; And Daniel Craig abandoned courtroom drama days before filming From Music. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has been awarded the million dollar (US) the Birgit Nilsson Foundation prize. And From the world of celebrities Unfortunately, there have been some very untimely deaths this week of which ill fill you in on later on. There's all that and much more coming up on today's show. So stick around. You're Listening to Entertainment Weekly on CRI's News Plus Radio. First up, 2014 has turned into the year of resurgence for religious movies and here's another: A film inspired by true events entitled: "Heaven is for Real". The film is based on the New York Times best-seller by Todd Burpo. The author wrote of how his four-year-old son came out of emergency surgery and afterwards could describe events that it was impossible for him to know. For example he said he remembers floating above himself during the operation and seeing his father praying in the other room and also meeting long lost relatives and describing them accurately. The release of "Heaven is for Real" comes on the heels of the release of the movie "Noah" starring Russell Crow and also "God's Not Dead" which surprised the industry by taking in $8.6 million (USD) from just 780 theaters and there are a few others out later this year. Greg Kinnear, who plays the role of the father Todd Burpo, said he was totally unaware that this religious film would have so much company: "Certainly there was no pre-meditation that our movie would open in the wake of this, you know, Christian Bale being Moses and Russell Crow being Noah and all these other films that are out there. I thought we were the only ones in the neighborhood that would (laughs.) I thought it would be a fairly lonely journey here but you know suddenly we find ourselves in that mix. I don't quite know why that is, but I didn't give it a lot of thought. I really didn't. I felt like and I think maybe it was my lack of awareness of the book and my lack of just not having been tracking it as a piece of just Christian literature I read it as a screenplay and responded to the story." Continuing the theme of religion in Hollywood, Christian Bale will play Moses in the upcoming Ridley Scott film "Exodus: God and Kings" due out in December 2014. But these films are not having it all their own way, Captain America: The Winter Soldier hugely outsold Noah this weekend in North America.. Showing perhaps, twist a phrase by John Lennon, that Marvel is now more popular than Jesus. "Heaven is for Real" opens April 16 in the U.S. Like many of the other religious-themed films, I'm sure it will be very popular over there in America.

Frederica recommends the book Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo.

In this interview, Leigh Hatcher speaks with Nebraska pastor Todd Burpo, author of the book Heaven is for Real. When Todd’s son Colton was 4, he suffered from an undiagnosed ruptured appendix. The book, Heaven is for Real, details Burpo's claims that during the months after emergency surgery, Colton began describing events and people it was impossible for him to have seen or met, such as his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born. Within three weeks of its November 2010 release, the book debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list. By January 2011, there were 200,000 copies in print, and the book hit #1 on the New York Times list.