Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is a book that is based on true events that involve a young boy and the near death experience that brought him closer to god.
Colton Burpo is the son of pastor in America who faces an emergency surgery one day. During the surgery, Colton nearly dies for a few seconds but is revived by the doctors and fortunately saved. After the surgery, however, Colton begins to tell his father about the time he visited heaven during the few short seconds when he was legally dead. His experience of an afterlife includes gaining information that had never been given to him before and it was furnished with details of an unborn sister and the life of his great grandfather. He also claims to have seen Jesus Christ and Mother Mary in this brief window. The book tries to recollect all of Colton's experiences and a lot more for those with faith regarding the existence of an afterlife.
Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is a touching tale of a young boy's brush with death and his experience with an afterlife thereafter. The book has been published by Thomas Nelson in 2014 and is available in paperback.
Key Features:
- This is a New York Times best-selling Christian novel.
- It has also been adapted into a movie.