For me, the title of this book is also the main point of the book. But Christian radio talk show host Hank Hanegraaff, (The Bible Answer Man) still rips into this book now written 3 years ago as if it were a dire threat to sound doctrine.
http://youtu.be/hhT36Dizo2s
For those of you unfamiliar with this book, it was written by Pastor Todd Burpo based on the his 4 year old son's near death experience. Colton talks about being taken up to heaven, seeing many relatives, seeing Jesus and some of the angels and saints, and then being told he needed to come back to earth. The book is certainly a target rich environment for those who want to seize upon contradictions between Colton's account and what the Bible has to say about heaven and Mr. Hanegraaff is certainly wasting no opportunity.
I have to reflect that Colton was only 4 years old. When John the Revelator was taken into heaven, he was an aged and learned man and he was confused by what he saw and had to have much of it explained to him. I doubt any of us on such a beatific journey could make heads or tails of what we saw.
But the point of the book isn't to give the reader an accurate, detailed description of heaven, it's to assure the reader that "Heaven is for real" based on the witness of someone who was there and came back.
Is that really such a terrible thing for Christians to hear?
http://youtu.be/hhT36Dizo2s
For those of you unfamiliar with this book, it was written by Pastor Todd Burpo based on the his 4 year old son's near death experience. Colton talks about being taken up to heaven, seeing many relatives, seeing Jesus and some of the angels and saints, and then being told he needed to come back to earth. The book is certainly a target rich environment for those who want to seize upon contradictions between Colton's account and what the Bible has to say about heaven and Mr. Hanegraaff is certainly wasting no opportunity.
I have to reflect that Colton was only 4 years old. When John the Revelator was taken into heaven, he was an aged and learned man and he was confused by what he saw and had to have much of it explained to him. I doubt any of us on such a beatific journey could make heads or tails of what we saw.
But the point of the book isn't to give the reader an accurate, detailed description of heaven, it's to assure the reader that "Heaven is for real" based on the witness of someone who was there and came back.
Is that really such a terrible thing for Christians to hear?