Heaven is for Real
Todd Burpo
About the book
"When four-year-old 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 following months—a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy’s trip to heaven and back" (Burpo 1).
Akiane Kramarik and Colton Burpo
This is a picture of Akiane and Colton. Akiane said she started having visions of heaven at the age of four. Her descriptions and painting of heavens sounded very similar to Colton's.
Akiane Kramarik's painting of heaven
Akiane and Colton both have seen similar things in heaven. "All of the colors were out of this world. There are hundreds of millions of colors that we don’t know yet. The flowers there were crystal clear …” Akiane told CNN in an interview a few years ago. Todd Burpo said that Colton became obsessed with the rainbow. He kept talking about all the vibrant colors there were in heaven.
Akiane Kramarik's painting of Jesus
Colton's parents tried to find pictures of Jesus to find the perfect one of how Colton described it. They could never find one until Akiane painted one and Colton said it was exactly how he saw him. Akiane described Jesus as, "He's pure. He's very masculine, really strong and big. And his eyes are just beautiful" (Burpo 143). Colton described him as, "And his eyes ... oh, Dad, his eyes are so pretty!" (Burpo 65).
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Dr Eben Alexander
A similar story to Colton Burpo's would be Dr. Eben Alexander. "As a practicing neurosurgeon, Dr. Eben Alexander knew everything there was to know about the human brain. With an extensive background in neuroscience, he would use his scientific knowledge to refute claims by those who said they visited heaven during a near death experience" (Fox News).
#1 seller turning into a movie
Recently the book Heaven is for Real has been turned into a hit film. It is a family movie and reaches out to everybody not just Christians.