Posted on 05/07/2014 7:22:13 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
There’s a rich history of movies — think The Song of Bernadette, The Bishop’s Wife or It’s a Wonderful Life — that attempt to provide a glimpse of the supernatural through ordinary people’s encounters with the Divine. In an age where many seem to believe that neither heaven nor hell actually exist, Heaven Is for Real is a most welcome entry into that category of films. We brought our entire family to see it on opening weekend.
Based on the bestselling book of the same title, Heaven Is for Real tells the true life story of the Nebraskan Burpo family, led by Crossroads Wesleyan Church Pastor Todd Burpo (Greg Kinnear). The Burpos resemble middle America. They live in a small town. In addition to his job as a pastor, Todd is a volunteer firefighter, he runs a garage-door installation business and plays baseball. His wife, Sonja (Kelly Reilly), heads up the church choir. The couple has one daughter and one son.
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Because they were shown heaven or hell by God the Father or Jesus.
Thank-you for both postings!
[Ecumenical] Lent through Eastertide - Divine Mercy Diary Exerpts: Hell
[Ecumenical] Lent through Eastertide - Divine Mercy Diary Exerpts: Heaven
I will not buy any book that is written for the purpose of selling some one belief in the here after, I do not know what heaven is like and may never find out, I can only talk to God about that.
But any one who can swallow all of these so called death or near death experiences should have no problem with so called prophets like joseph Smith or any one else.
“But any one who can swallow all of these so called death or near death experiences should have no problem with so called prophets like joseph Smith or any one else”
Glenn Beck comes to mind.
Also, I also advise that if one’s parish community has what is called a bereavement ministry, make good use of that ministry. My parish has one and it was very helpful.
Heaven is best left to Scripture. Anything we concoct will fall far short and may very well lead us to the wrong motivations.
You said it, so I don't have to.
Add in a healthy awareness of the limits of what God has told us.
No need to speak ill of the dead.
I have always felt that if we could imagine Heaven it wouldn’t be Heaven.
Nor to lie
You can express sympathy without spreading false hope.
Even the ones that have been canonized in the last 50 years?
The saint I mentioned here was canonized in the last 50 years.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3153184/posts?page=24#24
If this is what you believe, good for you.
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