Imagine the God of Heaven Quotes

“I could see millions of people left behind. Frantic, I turned back to God for an answer. “It’s free will, Erica.” “Free will?” I asked. “With the gift of life, I give you free will.” “But why can’t You save them? Don’t You love them too?” “I love all of My children,” God said. “But I can’t make them love Me back.”[8]”
― John Burke, Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted

“My wayward children,” says the LORD, “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.” JEREMIAH 3:12-14, 20-22”
― John Burke, Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted

“The inspiration of Scripture by God does not mean God said, “Isaiah, take a note,” and dictated the text word for word. The inspiration of Scripture claims God used the uniqueness of each human author—personality, writing style, and genre—to convey his message to a particular culture. Interpretation of Scripture requires exegeting (or drawing out) the timeless message from the particular genre of writing or cultural situation to which the author was writing. However, God’s inspiration implies that, just as humans can create different colored pencils with which to write or draw, God can create different individuals through whom to faithfully record God’s message for all generations.”
― John Burke, Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted

“In his mercy, God limited the life span of the human experience so we would not experience evil forever.”
― John Burke, Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted

“Just as GPS can reroute you to your destination when you make a wrong turn on a road trip, God’s Holy Spirit has an infinite number of ways to reroute you when you get lost or hit a dead end in life. In both cases, as long as you don’t throw out the “GPS” but keep following where it leads, you’ll get there.”
― John Burke, Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted

“Around the throne, the worship of God the Father is not a “should” or an “ought,” but something that erupts out of a joy and ecstasy that NDErs say they just can’t contain. They never want to stop—that’s how wonderful it is to be with God.”
― John Burke, Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted