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This book doubles as a "do you have a lick of discernment?" test...
So the story is that Pastor Burpo's son, Colton, got horribly sick and had an out of body experience where he went to heaven. While in "heaven", Colton saw Jesus and a whole whack of things that sound amazing... Sadly, the Bible gives me significant reason to question the validity of Colton's vision, since Colton says a bunch of things that sound 'biblical' to an undiscerning reader, but cannot be the case. Colton went to a place where he saw Jesus' horse. Well the Bible speaks of Jesus having a horse in Revelation 19, but it's his war horse. It's not currently grazing in heaven and you DEFINITELY don't get to ride that one (unless Colton did a little pre-emptive judgment of his preschool or something). Colton went to the stereotypical "gold streets and whatnot" heaven, but the Bible's clear that this is the New Jerusalem (Rev.21 & 22). Wherever Colton went, Colton DEFINITELY didn't go to the New Jerusalem. Colton apparently had wings and a halo in heaven. The Bible is clear that human beings DO NOT turn into angels in heaven, and the whole "wings and a halo" thing is nowhere in the scriptures. It's from popular and secular media and 'Far Side' cartoons. Colton apparently saw that the angels in heaven had swords, and this is apparently so that they can "keep the Devil out". So the angels need to wage physical battle against Satan because he's trying to constantly get into Heaven? What about places like Job 1:6-12 & 2:1-7 where Satan is found standing before God? ...and Colton asked for a sword but Jesus said he couldn't because it was "too dangerous". Dangerous for who? Was Colton in actual danger of killing someone or damaging something in Heaven? Was Jesus worried that Colton would cut himself? I could go on and on but there's no need. This book was a complete insult to my intelligence by assuming that I'm so idiotic that I wouldn't check the claims of a 4-year-old prophet against scripture. What's even more unbelievable is that Pastor Ron Burpo apparently has a B.A. in Theology. *facepalm* Pastor Burpo's son definitely saw something, but I have heavy reasons to question whether or not Colton had a heavenly encouter or something far more deceptive. Seeing how many people are buying this book (I saw it here in Canada on a top 10 best sellers rack at a huge national bookstore), I'm guessing that it's a distraction and deception from the spirits who typically do such things while manifesting themselves as angels of light. Be warned. *False teaching alert* Read at tremendous spiritual risk.
June 2011 · Books
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Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
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