Nah, "Roberts Liardon". That book came out in 1991, and he was just a kid (about 8? not sure) when he was taken to heaven for a grand tour. Now he's all grown up, has a ministry and a web site and scandals and everything!
Oh, and Jesus himself anointed him, while he was in heaven. How many preachers these days can say that?
(Edit: italicized another key ingredient to a super duper anointing. )
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Probably quite a few would say it.... Maybe not IN heaven which is probably the point your making.
Yes, that's the key to a super duper anointing, I bet. But yeah, I've heard of Jesus appearing in person to deliver a calling/anointing, too, which ain't bad.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Yes, that's the key to a super duper anointing, I bet. But yeah, I've heard of Jesus appearing in person to deliver a calling/anointing, too, which ain't bad.
The way I always heard it was either it happening in a dream or hearing that "still small voice" (coincidentally soon after eating).
Nah, "Roberts Liardon". That book came out in 1991, and he was just a kid (about 8? not sure) when he was taken to heaven for a grand tour. Now he's all grown up, has a ministry and a web site and scandals and everything!
Just checked it out. He was in a homosexual relationship... and back in ministry within a few weeks.
OK. Well, to me, the story is dripping with fishiness. Doesn't mean it isn't true, and I believe the events described were, by and large, almost certainly accurate (the disease, surgery, etc.). But a child that young could so easily have been coached -- maybe even accidentally -- that I have a hard time with taking it all at face value. The child may not think he is lying, per se, and in fact may actually believe everything. But the dad, who wrote the book, could, for all we know, be twisting things a little or a lot.
My best guess? The child had a near death experience, and his recollections of it were both driven by what he heard at church and at home, and "helped along" by others around him, afterward. Dad (author) said he took pains not to ask leading questions or cue him in any way (with an exception or two, that he admitted). But he may have done that without even knowing. Or he might just be lying.
2 Corinthians 12:2-4
King James Version (KJV)
2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth such an one caught up to the third heaven.
3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth
4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
If Paul couldn't speak about his encounter in heaven, why should anyone else? If you look at all the big wigs on "Christian" television, they've all been to heaven. It's a way to elevate themselves. I think the boy had a dream. I've dreamt about hell, and in no way believe it is anywhere close to hell. I just had a bad dream.
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