Visits to Heaven and Back: Are They Real?($15.99Value)

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What will heaven really be like? Today’s bestseller lists are filled with stories of those who have claimed to experienced heaven firsthand. Curiosity about what will happen after we die is as strong as ever in the twenty-first century. Yet, each book contains a different story about what we will experience in heaven. What are we to believe? What is true? In Visits to Heaven and Back: Are They Real? Mark Hitchcock, a respected Bible teacher, sorts out the facts. He chronicles the recent phenomenon of “heaven” books, comparing and contrasting the ideas presented in these books and revealing the discrepancies and contradictions. Then, Mark turns to the Bible, laying out clearly the teachings about heaven and experiences in this life of another world. The Bible does reveal that there is a world beyond this one, but it also contains clear warnings and amazing promises. Discover today God’s clear and certain promises concerning heaven. What will Heaven really be like? Curiosity about what will happen after we die is as strong as ever in the twenty-first century. Today’s bestseller lists are filled with stories of those who claim to have experienced heaven firsthand. Yet each book contains a different story about what we will experience in heaven. What can we believe? What is true? In Visits to Heaven and Back―Are They Real? Mark Hitchcock, a respected Bible teacher, sorts out the facts. He chronicles the recent phenomenon of “heaven” books, comparing and contrasting the ideas presented in these books and revealing the discrepancies and contradictions. Then Mark turns to the Bible, clearly laying out the teachings about heaven and the heavenly experiences found in God’s Word. The Bible does reveal that there is a world beyond this one, giving us both amazing promises about what heaven will be like and clear warnings about hell. Discover today God’s clear and certain promises concerning heaven. “[God] will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” ―Revelation 21:4 Mark Hitchcock is the author of nearly 20 books related to end-time Bible prophecy, including Middle East Burning and 101 Answers to Questions About the Book of Revelation. He earned a ThM and PhD from Dallas Theological Seminary and is the senior pastor of Faith Bible Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. He has worked as an adjunct professor at DTS, and he and his wife, Cheryl, have two sons. Visits to Heaven and Back Are They Real? By MARK HITCHCOCK Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Copyright © 2015 Mark Hitchcock All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4964-0482-4 Contents CHAPTER 1 Heaven Can't Wait, 1, CHAPTER 2 The ABCs of NDEs, 15, CHAPTER 3 "I Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven", 29, CHAPTER 4 Your Best Afterlife Now, 51, CHAPTER 5 Dead Wrong, 69, CHAPTER 6 Heaven Is for Real—Is It for Real?, 91, CHAPTER 7 Trouble in Paradise, 117, CHAPTER 8 To Hell and Back, 133, CHAPTER 9 What Is Heaven Like?, 149, CHAPTER 10 How to Be Dead Right, 165, APPENDIX 1 Answers to Common Questions about Death and Heaven, 171, APPENDIX 2 Recommended Books on Heaven and the Afterlife, 199, APPENDIX 3 Scripture Passages about Heaven 201, Notes, 213, CHAPTER 1 HEAVEN CAN'T WAIT Dear God, What is it like when a person dies? Nobody will tell me. I just want to know, I don't want to do it. Your friend, Mike A CHILD'S LETTER TO GOD Visits to heaven and back are where it's at today. Some of the runaway bestsellers in the last few years are tales of heavenly tourism. Interest in near-death experiences (NDEs) has exploded. The fascination over what happens after death has reached critical mass. Heaven is hot. In just the last decade, dozens of heavenly memoirs have piled into bookstores and online retailers. They fill and even top the bestseller lists. Book sales for this new genre are stratospheric. The stories of heaven come from people of every age and all walks of life: young children, teenagers, mothers, fathers, grandmothers, pastors, orthopedists, neurosurgeons—the list goes on and on. Most of these stories are born out of terrible tragedies—horrific car accidents, drowning, electrocution, grave illness, or serious surgery. The stories of life-and-death struggles in these books are captivating by themselves. Each story is unique and filled with page-turning details. They pack a powerful emotional punch. They tug strongly on the heartstrings. But adding the dimension of traveling to heaven and back puts them over the top—literally. The craving for these books is insatiable. The world in general, and Christians in particular, seem to be obsessed with travels to heaven and back. Why the soaring success? Clearly these books have tapped into the universal human longing to peer behind the veil of death to get a sneak preview of the afterlife. As Douglas Jacoby says, "The afterlife is a subject that interests everyone, because it is about the o