Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

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Here is what we are told — and this is just a taste. The Bible tells us that in heaven and in the age to come there is going to be no disease, no calamities, no depression, no guilt, no shame, no misery, no pain, no sinning, no being sinned against, perfect joy, perfect peace, perfect righteousness, fellowship, intimate fellowship with Jesus. Over the years, the artist traveled to 30 countries, lived in eight states, seven countries, and on three continents.

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The angels sang to Colton". The North Platte Telegraph. January 13, 2011 . Retrieved January 14, 2011.Here is what it is: “When they say to you, ‘Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers’” —the communicators with the dead — “‘who chirp and mutter’” — when they say that — “‘should not a people inquire of their God?’” (Isaiah 8:19) That is the argument: Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living? In other words, God’s beef with necromancy is that it belittles the sufficiency of his communication. Why would you inquire of the dead to find out what you want to know instead of inquiring of me? If our first book was all about the "then" and "there" of Heaven, God is for Real is all about the "here" and "now" of earth. People are tired of pat answers offered up in "churchy" language explaining away their biggest questions. What bothers us most about our faith is often quite real and gritty, and yet we often do not approach these concerns with these types of answers.

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Incident #2: Shortly after the tithes incident, Colton got into trouble at a playdate because he refused to share toys with his friend. When Todd sat Colton down to discuss what had happened, he found that Colton already knew that what he’d done was wrong. Colton stated that Jesus himself had instructed him to be kind to people. Considers herself as a timeless explorer and a steadfast interpreter ofdiverse epochs, cultures, faiths, and worlds. a b "Greg Kinnear in Talks to Star in Sony's 'Heaven Is for Real' ". hollywoodreporter.com. March 19, 2013 . Retrieved August 2, 2013.

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Pop with Colton's dad Todd as a boy in the movie (left). Right: A photo of the real Pop shortly before his death, and the photo of Pop at age 29, the one that Colton recognized him in.Following two surgeries to clean the poison out of his son's abdomen, Todd Burpo says that the doctors and nurses at Great Plains Regional Medical Center seemed amazed that shortly after they felt that they could do no more and recommended that Todd and Sonja take Colton to a children's hospital, either in Omaha or Denver, Colton's bowels suddenly started to work again and his worsening condition improved dramatically. Yes. "We can talk about how well Greg Kinnear played me, but how they captured my family, they were spot on," says the real Todd Burpo. "The very first discussions we had were [about me saying] 'you have to protect this story' because at the end of the day my son is 'going to see what you put on a movie screen' and one day he is going to hold me accountable for it. I'm not going to risk that and they said, 'We understand.'" No. Actress Margo Martindale's character, Nancy Rawling, is fictitious and does not appear in the book. In the movie, the character finds hope through a Colton-inspired vision of her son in Heaven. Pastor Todd Burpo (Greg Kinnear) provides her comfort by explaining to her that if his son was welcomed into Heaven, then her son had to be in Heaven as well since God loves him just as much. In the book, Todd instead offers this explanation to a woman whose daughter had been stillborn.

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Almost as soon as the Burpos returned home from the hospital, Todd and Sonja noticed that their son seemed to have a new-found preoccupation with Jesus. Three notable incidents attracted their attention: It was at that point that Colton Burpo's father became aware of what his son was trying to tell them all along. "I remember my son in that room then, looking up at me and he goes, 'Dad, do you know I almost died?' And my first thought was, maybe you overheard the nurse say that, or maybe they thought he was under anesthesia, you know, and he wasn't..." -CBN.com No. As he states in the book, his pastor's salary was small. The family's main source of income was an overhead garage door business that Todd operated. He also served as a volunteer fireman and high school wrestling coach.March 14th to 16th: In the wake of Colton’s second surgery, his bowels stop functioning: He can’t pass any gas or feces. July 3rd: The Burpos are on a road trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when they drive past the turn to Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Sonja asks Colton if he remembers the hospital. Colton replies that he does: It’s the place where the angels sang to him. As we tour around the world bringing the hope of Heaven everywhere we go, we remember that it is only by the grace of Jesus that we are able to do what we do. We live in light of His sacrifice, and we walk in light of his call on our lives.