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| Original Title: | Heaven is for Real |
| ISBN: | 0849946158 (ISBN13: 9780849946158) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Todd Burpo
Paperback | Pages: 162 pages Rating: 4.02 | 266584 Users | 14931 Reviews
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| Title | : | Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back |
| Author | : | Todd Burpo |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 162 pages |
| Published | : | 2010 by Thomas Nelson |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Christian. Religion. Inspirational. Spirituality. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography |
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When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren't expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed--a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy's trip to heaven and back. Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery--and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read. With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how "really, really big" God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Colton's uniquely simple words, "Heaven is for Real" offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, "Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses." "Heaven is for Real" will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering you the chance to see, and believe, like a child.Rating Appertaining To Books Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Ratings: 4.02 From 266584 Users | 14931 ReviewsJudgment Appertaining To Books Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
First of all, this is a book I would never in a million years pick up on my own. I read it b/c one of my students brought it to me and told me how much he loved it, and that he wanted to lend it to me so I could read it. So, yeah: I read this b/c I care about my students and the things that are important to them. But I am also an atheist, and so of course I couldn't read the book through any other lens than that.I honestly tried to balance being skeptical with having an open mind, but, as soSo I'll preface this by saying the following:1.) I would have never read this of my own accord. I read it only for book club.2.) I was skeptical going in.3.) Though I'm a born-and-raised Catholic, I would classify myself as an agnostic, at best.4.) I'll also admit I skimmed huge chunks of this book. It was the only way I was going to get through it at all. It was worse than I expected. Things that Bothered Me (in no particular order):1.) The first half of the book is the father rambling about
A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. I read this book last 2014, and I forgot to include it in my read list. As I deleting files in my phone, I saw the screenshots of pages that I love and pictures of the real face of Jesus in my phone. And then I realized, it was the best and inspirational book I had read, yet I forgot to include this. Ugh!Colton Burpo was nearly died because of some sickness, his parents was nearly hopeless if he would be survived. But, as
I'm not sure how I feel about this book. When I lost my son last year, I got a lot of the "he's in heaven now, and you'll be with him again some day" comments. And I wanted to believe, I really did.. But I've always had a problem with faith. It would be so much easier for me to accept losing him, if I could truly have faith in him being safe and happy in a better place. But it's a hard thing to believe... Try though I might.Several people in a Compassionate Friends support meeting recommended
This book made you think. I feel like it is a feel-good story, and most everything this boy saw went along with what i believe heaven will be. I thought the writing in the beginning was well crafted and the ending wavered a bit, but overall it is a fast, captivating read. It is worth your time. I think it is possible he saw heaven, but I also am not sure all the things his 4 year old said necessarily were accurate, as is the case with all 4 year olds. This book had a way of pulling you in and
For a while now people have been asking me to read and comment on the book Heaven is for Real written by Todd Burpo. Todd Burpo writes the book as an account of the experiences of his four-year-old son, Colten. For some reason, because I am a pastor, people think I am going to love this book about a little boy who went to heaven, met Jesus, and then Jesus sent him back (like you put your unfinished cookies back in the oven).Well, here goesand don't hate me for being honest. I did not like this
Update 4/14/2014 (initial review remains unchanged)Now seems like as good a time as any for an update on this relevance-clutching intelligence insulter, seeing as how the cinematic adaptation (with all the cliches and sentimentality of a Lifetime movie and all the subtlety and critical rigor of Ken Ham) is hitting theaters on that pagan holiday on which Christians celebrate a brutal execution and subsequent messianic zombification. The film--starring Greg Kinnear and (disappointingly) Thomas
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