A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
By Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)
Not yet four years old, Colton Burpo’s life was slipping away. His burst appendix was misdiagnosed and left untreated for days. Now it was likely too late to save him.
His parents’ prayers became more desperate as Colton’s time on earth wound down; it was the darkest of times. Others were praying, too, many others.
Then overnight, Colton made a dramatic and unexpected turnaround. “A miracle,” said medical personnel.
This was dramatic enough, but what he naively revealed in the weeks and months that followed were even more so. As his life ebbed away, little Colton left his body and visited heaven.
There Jesus held him and comforted him, eventually telling him it was time to return. His daddy needed him.
While there, Colton also spent time with his great grandfather who died a quarter of a century prior and a sister his mother miscarried.
He learned of things no one had ever told him and corroborated obscure biblical details that were otherwise beyond his comprehension.
As the story develops, many more extraordinary revelations unfold as Colton shares his supernatural experience with childlike simplicity and unwavering conviction.
His story is eventually recorded in this credible chronicle so people would know “heaven is for real.”
Heaven is for Real is a quick read and an engaging narrative, offering hope and confirmation of the afterlife revealed in the Bible.
Read it for its story; read it to be inspired; read it so you will know heaven is for real.
[Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. Published by Thomas Nelson, 2010; ISBN: 978-0-8499-4615-8; 163 pages.]
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