90 Minutes in Heaven

For part 2 of my sermon series on heaven, I'm speaking on the book 90 Minutes in Heaven by Pastor Don Piper.  While this book is very, very different from last week's, Heaven Is For Real, it delivers some interesting ideas about the afterlife and the life we live here.  This book follows the story of a man who was apparently declared dead for a period of about ninety minutes, during which he got his first taste of heaven.  His experiences there were much different from little Colton Burpo in last week's book, but similar in some important ways too.

I recommend this book to our church folks, too, but doubt it will take off in the same way Heaven Is For Real did amongst our flock.  That little yellow book is still making the rounds through Drennon, being passed from parishioner to parishioner, far into extended families.  

I'm not getting ready to read our third and final book for this series, The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven. This one comes once again from a child's perspective, so I'm hoping it will speak to me kind of like the first one did.  Regardless, it's been a joy to see the members of our little church share a common enthusiasm about Christian books.

Heaven Is For Real

This new book is such a blessing.  I heard about it from a parishioner, who referred it to me on a Sunday and then spoke about it to the whole group at our Wednesday night Bible study.  The word spread like wildfire, and now a pretty good sized bunch of Drennonites has read it.

The book concerns a preschooler who apparently has a heavenly experience while on the operating table.  The descriptions of heaven that the little boy shares are spot-on when compared to Scripture.  It's amazing that this little boy had this experience, a little boy who couldn't read and had no reason to share these experiences.

I recommend this book to anyone and everyone, and hope that the discussions in our church grow more and more, and that this thirst for reading Christian literature spreads through the congregation.