Heaven is for Real : Book Review

Heaven is for Real
By: Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent

About the Book :

Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear.
Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how "reaaally big" God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit "shoots down power" from heaven to help us.
Told by the father, but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.

About the Author:
Todd Burpo is pastor of Crossroads Wesleyan, a wrestling coach, a volunteer fireman, and he operates a garage door company with his wife, Sonja, who is also a children’s minister, busy pastor’s wife, and mom. Colton, now an active 11-year-old, has an older sister Cassie and a younger brother Colby. The family lives in Imperial, Nebraska.

Lynn Vincent is the New York Times best-selling writer of Same Kind of Different as Me and Going Rogue: An American Life. The author or co-author of nine books, Vincent is a senior writer for WORLD magazine and a lecturer in writing at the King’s College in New York City. She lives in San Diego, California. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

My Review:

I was excited to review this book. Since it was first published I have heard of many people reading and enjoying it. I must say I really liked the fact that it was a short easy read. Having a six month old at home leaves me with little time to sit down and read. I did find that the story seemed to drag out a bit. It may have just been that I was eager to hear what the main character Colton had to say about heaven.

As many people are I am very interested in Heaven. I always have been, but even more so since the sudden passing of my child sister. I really enjoyed hearing what this small child had to share about his experience. I appreciated that Colton's father Todd Burpo, the author used many passages of scripture to support. I feel this book will brings hope, joy and peace to many. I also believe that it will really make sceptics think about eternity. Overall I enjoyed the story. I really wanted it to keep going!

Deluxe Edition: The copy I recieved was the Deluxe Edition. I enjoyed the added perks which included: Hard Cover, A special To & From page inside, as well as additional pages of pictures all in color.

I recommend this book!

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***I received a complimentary copy of this book, courtesy of Booksneeze.com, for the purpose of review on this blog. All opinions expressed are my own, and I have not been compensated in any other manner***