Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You

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The love of Jesus, heaven being a very REAL place, and God preparing an unspeakably beautiful home for His children are the main things I got from this book. We have two great booklets key to your running of the mission, available in Resources once you Log In. The feeling of being loved, the ‘life review’, the description of colours and being able to instantly visit anywhere at anytime. I would definitely encourage anyone with questions about what happens after we die to read this book.

I can't express or urge enough how important it is for anyone, regardless of your beliefs, nationality or origin to read this book. He cofounded the Austin, Texas-based Gateway Church with his wife and has written several Christian living books, including No Perfect People Allowed and Unshockable Love. Burke compares gripping stories of NDEs to what Scripture says about our biggest questions of heaven: Will I be myself? There is great variety and if you have not read about NDE's, this would be a great book to get a comprehensive view of them. I really like most how the author states that these sightings of life after death should not by any means take the place of priority over scriptures while using the descriptions of the after life as more of like adding color or highlights to an existing painting provided by God in the Holy Bible.Out of these thousands of stories, there are some curious similarities: an overwhelming sense of love and peace, a celestial welcoming committee, a being of bright light.

van Pommel’s study, he notes that individuals of different backgrounds and ages claim to have had very comparable NDEs. read with a Bible beside you, discern well, and remember the Socratic condemnation of exclusively using one's experience and then compounding it with other's experiences to prove a claim. I am going to read it at least once more immediately and I will definitely read it repeatedly in the future. Readers not only get a twisted, unbiblical picture of heaven; they also imbibe a subjective, superstitious, shallow brand of spirituality. When one man's life was reviewed by God, he was surprised that none of his professional successes and awards were mentioned.

The better you picture heaven and all the splendor it offers, the more you’ll be motivated to work toward it.

One of my pastors, Steve Harper, gave this book to me to give to my sister when he heard she was in hospice care.

Some NDErs I will quote because their reported experience correlates with other experiences and Scripture, yet I do not agree with their interpretations or conclusions. As a Worship Leader, Imagine Heaven has given deeper meaning to the lyrics in my favorite worship songs and I find this book to be a wonderful resource in helping God’s people to seek after the heart of God in worship. Then if/when they have a NDE, these vivid religious images implanted since youth will come to the forefront. Although they may have used the name of their god (probably because that was the only name they knew for God), their descriptions describe Jesus as He is described in the Bible. I’ve always held God’s truth in my heart that He prepared a place for us to live with Him after we pass away from earth.