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by John MacArthur
You're probably aware of the hit movie "Heaven Is for Real" and the popular book it's based on. Recently, various television news programs have invited John MacArthur to explain why he rejects the story of Colton Burpo's trip to heaven. But in those brief, edited interviews, much of John's biblical critique ended up on the cutting-room floor. We thought it would be appropriate to take a short break from our current blog series and explain in more detail why the truth about heaven isn't found in hallucinations and near-death experiences, but in the Word of God alone. –GTY Staff
Given the rising tides of militant atheism, postmodern skepticism, biblical illiteracy, self-love, and gross immorality, what are we to make of the current interest in heaven?
One thing is clear: It does not signal any significant upsurge of interest in what biblical revelation teaches about heaven. On the contrary, the data actually seem to indicate that lots of people are simply making up whatever concept of heaven pleases them. The ideas about heaven that get the most press are mostly figments of the human imagination that bear little (if any) resemblance to that glorious realm of Christ's kingdom as it is described in God's Word.
We would of course expect New Age practitioners, cranks, and cultists to abandon the Bible in favor of their own dreams and fantasies. But this trend of inventing one's own personal concept of heaven seems to be an even bigger problem in the evangelical community than it is in the world at large. Evidence of this can be seen in several recent evangelical mega–best sellers.
One of the most talked-about books of 2011 was Heaven Is for Real, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. The book recounts four-year-old Colton Burpo's vision of heaven (as told by his father to Ms. Vincent). Colton claims he visited heaven during surgery after a burst appendix nearly took his life. His stories of heaven are full of fanciful features and peculiar details that bear all the earmarks of a child's vivid imagination. There's nothing transcendent or even particularly enlightening about Colton's description of heaven. In fact, it is completely devoid of the breathtaking glory featured in every biblical description of the heavenly realm. That doesn't deter Todd Burpo from singling out selective phrases and proof texts from Scripture, citing them as if they authenticated his son's account.
It may be quite fascinating to read these intricately detailed accounts of people who claim to have come back from heaven, but that hobby is as dangerous as it is seductive. Readers not only get a twisted, unbiblical picture of heaven from these tall tales; they also imbibe a subjective, superstitious, shallow brand of spirituality. There is no reason to believe anyone who claims to have gone to heaven and returned (John 3:13; 1:18). Studying mystical accounts of supposed journeys into the afterlife yields nothing but confusion, contradiction, false hope, bad doctrine, and a host of similar evils.
Nevertheless, the current popularity of such books shows how hungry people are to hear about heaven. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, of course. In fact, it is a desire that can be harnessed for good, as long as we look to Scripture and let God's Word inform our knowledge and shape our hopes.
Indeed, it is right and beneficial for Christians to fix their hearts on heaven. Scripture repeatedly urges us to cultivate that perspective: "If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth" (Colossians 3:1–2 ESV). "We look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV). "Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ" (Philippians 3:20 ESV).
Such a perspective is the very essence of true faith, according to Hebrews 11. Those with authentic, biblical faith acknowledge that they are strangers and pilgrims on this earth (Hebrews 11:13). They are seeking a heavenly homeland (Hebrews 11:14). They "desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city" (Hebrews 11:16 ESV). The "city" that verse refers to is the heavenly Jerusalem, an unimaginable place—the very capital of heaven. It will be the eternal abode of the redeemed. No wonder Christians are intrigued with the subject.
You simply cannot gain a better understanding of heaven than we are given in Scripture—especially not from someone else's dreams and near-death experiences. In the words of Charles Spurgeon:
It's a little heaven below, to imagine sweet things. But never think that imagination can picture heaven. When it is most sublime, when it is freest from the dust of earth, when it is carried up by the greatest knowledge, and kept steady by the most extreme caution, imagination cannot picture heaven. "It hath not entered the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." Imagination is good, but not to picture to us heaven. Your imaginary heaven you will find by-and-by to be all a mistake; though you may have piled up fine castles, you will find them to be castles in the air, and they will vanish like thin clouds before the gale. For imagination cannot make a heaven. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered the heart of man to conceive" it. [1][Charles H. Spurgeon, The New Park Street Pulpit, 6 vols. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1856), 2:20-21.]
It's a little heaven below, to imagine sweet things. But never think that imagination can picture heaven. When it is most sublime, when it is freest from the dust of earth, when it is carried up by the greatest knowledge, and kept steady by the most extreme caution, imagination cannot picture heaven. "It hath not entered the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." Imagination is good, but not to picture to us heaven. Your imaginary heaven you will find by-and-by to be all a mistake; though you may have piled up fine castles, you will find them to be castles in the air, and they will vanish like thin clouds before the gale. For imagination cannot make a heaven. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered the heart of man to conceive" it. [1][Charles H. Spurgeon, The New Park Street Pulpit, 6 vols. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1856), 2:20-21.]
What God has revealed in Scripture is the only legitimate place to get a clear understanding of the heavenly kingdom. This is a point we will come back to repeatedly: The Bible is our only reliable source of information about heaven. I want to show you why it is misleading and dangerous to probe and dissect people's near-death experiences, as if they could give us some important truth about the afterlife that we are lacking from Scripture. We'll do that next time.
(Adapted from The Glory of Heaven.)
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My own pastor is touting this movie [Heaven is For Real] as a great, family movie to go see, without having seen it himself. *face palm* What is a person/congregant to do when that kind of stuff is coming from the pulpit.? No discernment, just take it for face value and pass it along.
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Thank you. I'll add this as another resource to the article I wrote last week. The Lord bless you Pastor MacArthur.
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Rose (#1), it may be helpful for you to listen to today's (4.28.14) radio broadcast.
Brad Kennedy ... thank you for the link suggestion. I did listen to it but I'm not sure what you wished me to glean from it as it pertains to my question. Today's radio broadcast was about bearing fruit vs barrenness. There was one part about 'giving him over to Satan' after going to them about their sin. Is that possibly what you meant for me to hear? Your clarification would be appreciate. :)
Rose (#4), I apologize for being vague. And I feel your pain. It hurts when our pastors say things that unveil sin, especially when a severe lack of reverence for that which is holy is revealed. Pastor MacArthur reminds us in today's broadcast that there are times when a believer is fleshly, barren, unproductive, and useless; as useless as an unbeliever-and it confuses us as Christians. When a person becomes focused on earthly things, he or she develops a 'spiritual myopia' or spiritual blindness. Recommending that you listen to today's broadcast was a way of leading you to better understand why your pastor may have made such a foolish statement more than what your reaction should be.
I will admit that if my pastor made a statement such as yours did, I might feel obligated to speak to him based on the principle given in Galatians 6:1-5 (and only if my own conscience allowed me). At the very least I would probably go to other brothers and sisters and ask if I actually heard what I thought I had heard. Truth is established by two or more witnesses and there is wisdom in seeking counsel from the faithful.
I don't know if it is true or not, but you have to remember it was an account by a four year old at the time. If Colton did see heaven, he probably describe it the best he could.. Even Godly men in the Bible had to described unfamiliar things the best they could about the future.
Melanie, I realize that you are not endorsing the Burpo testimony. But I would argue that your position of neutrality is also dangerous.
Your comment, "Godly men" did "the best they could" regarding what they prophetically wrote in the Bible is troubling. Peter gave this description concerning the precision of Scripture;
"[K]nowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:20-21).
I hope you will continue to read this series, because it will reveal the blatant contradictions between Colton Burpo's testimony and the Holy Spirit's written revelation.
Thank you John MacArthur for being stayed upon the Word of God. It surprises me how many christians
seem to think something is valid if it mentions Jesus. I do not think this movie is at all 'christian', and it is shameful to me that it is held in this high regard of importance... as 'proof'(? really?) that there is a heaven. How harmful a witness this is to the truth in God's Word.
I really liked your comment, that just becuz Jesus is mentioned ppl are so willing to believe with out checking it out! I have family n friends who constantly do this n then repeat it! Breaks my heart n I keep praying n begging them to read the Bible for themselves. Only thru knowing Christ, reading the Bible n praying for wisdom n knowledge, which He will give us if we ask will we know n be able to discern. Thank you n God bless.
I appreciate your ministry Pastor MacArthur.
Subjective experiences lack the "2 or 3 witnesses the Bible requires for validating matters. Thanks for speaking out against harmful errors that have arisen in the Church. God bless you and keep you in His Grace.
I work with 4 year olds, I know 4 year olds and their word on most things is mostly fairy tales anyway.
Shocking how many take the word of a 4 year old over the Bible.
I heard it said by a wise man once; "if they died and went to Heaven they would still be there."-John Macarthur
After all of the careful study pertaining to the "afterlife" discussions which I also find all too contradictory within itself in comparison with scripture, I have but one question for any who would like to respond. Why have all of these accounts in whatever forms, books, movies, shirts, coffee cups, etc with its conflicting messages been allowed to be promoted for profit within the resource establishments as any well known, without naming of course, Christian book stores? Should not this "stuff" and all promoters with the applicable leadership be held accountable ? Have we forgotten why Christ overturned the tables of the money changers? Where is our integrity? Our hearts should ache at how we (church) are lacking in discernment! We are told to watch and pray lest we are deceived. Have we become?
Pretty scary how many people are going to see this and Noah.
Forgive me for what may be a lack of understanding, but I am not sure that I agree with the usage of John 3:13 and 1:18 as a definitive source that disproves the Burpo's testimony. I understand the importance of taking the Bible seriously, and therefore would like to pose a question derived from the Biblical text itself.
I am an early seminary student, and my understanding of the Greek language is shaky, at best. Please correct me if my understanding is wrong, but it seems that the passages in John are referring to events that have taken place in the past. According to my rough translation work, they use the perfect tense of the verbs, to a past event with current implications. Even if nobody had seen heaven and God at this point, does that really close the door for it happening in the future?
If so, then I have another question. Acts 7:55-56 (NASB) reads, "55 But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; 56 and he said, 'Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.'"
This passage comes from the stoning of Stephen, after he gives his testimony. In this passage, it seems clear that Stephen does not ascend to heaven and return, but the language used for the heavens is the same as the text in John, and it appears that he has some sort of vision of heaven, including some sense of seeing God, as he knows Christ is "standing at the right hand of God."
Obviously, this is not a direct parallel, but it seems like there is biblical precedent for someone to have a vision of heaven while still living on earth, and this doesn't even take into account the book of Revelation, where the author seems to have an extensive vision of heaven. If the argument is whether Colton "visited" heaven, I can understand the disagreement. Biblically, however, it seems like there may be room for God to provide a "vision" of heaven to people this side of death.
Thank you for making an effort to prioritize the Bible, and I look forward to any comments received!
I am at a point in my life where my faith has diminished. I am so open but can not find my way to a place of faith.
I accept that my mind is full of conflicting views (church members/leadership that have no clue, Media, my own bias).
I was hoping that this article was going to create more light then heat but basically said this movie is bad and the bible is good.
While I don't argue that the bible is good some of us out here need some help.
Where can I turn to find an understanding that the writer of this article shows very clearly? I want to believe again but I have become so synical.
Dear Darren,
In this world where we are all confronted with mixed and contradicting messages from every direction, you're not alone. There are many who are confused and don't know what to believe. The reason this article didn't explain more is because it is the first in a series, all of which are adapted from John MacArthur's book The Glory of Heaven.
I would encourage you to keep reading in this series, and also get a copy of the book. The only way to sort through the mixed messages we all receive is to focus our attention on the only message that matters—Scripture. God's Word alone is authoritative on all matters. And when it comes to heaven, it's amazing the clarity and simplicity with which Scripture speaks. It doesn't answer all of our questions, but it tells us enough to give steadfast hope in what the Lord has in store for those who love Him.
What sets The Glory of Heaven apart from all the heaven tourism books is that John MacArthur rejects experience-based information about heaven, and instead examines and instructs based on what the Holy Spirit has revealed about heaven. His is not the only book that does this, but it is among the better ones.
So I would encourage you and all others who are confused and cynical to be cynical about man-centered, unverifiable experiences, but be confident in God's inerrant and authoritative Word on the matter.
Grasping spiritual truths requires spiritual receptiveness. But no man has this by nature. It is a supernatural gift from God. I was exactly as you describe many years ago. The best advice I received then was "tune in Jesus". The content of our faith has to begin with the Person and Work of Jesus the Messiah. The Holy Spirit used a radio preacher to lead me to faith in Jesus by explaining the "Romans' Road" as I drove to work. This was what I thought was meant by "tune in Jesus."
Pastor MacArthur,
Thank you for giving us the truth of God's inerrant and infallible Word in such a deceptive world, where there is a famine in the land for the truth of God and a plethora of lies everywhere you turn.
Yes, Heaven is real, but what people really need to understand is, so is Hell.
When I was around 3 years old, I had surgery. I had my tonsils removed. It was pretty uneventful. I was anesthetized and slept through the whole ordeal.
While asleep, I saw myself along with my doctor and nurses in a row boat on a lake that was like glass. It was so peaceful. I wasn't scared at all that my mother wasn't there. Just a nice little row in that boat in a beautiful setting. Did my parents have a boat? No. Did we frequent lakes? Not that I can ever recall. We lived close to the beach but no lakes. Did anyone talk to me about lakes and rowboats before I went under? Nope. The only thing I knew about lakes and rowboats was the song. Row, Row, Row Your Boat. I can still see the picture in my head. A lot of details for a little kid.
Did I really leave that operating table with the medical personnel and take a boat ride? Well, if I did, shame on my parents and that doctor for not putting a life vest on me! The brain is such a mystery. It is collecting data when you aren't even realizing it, when your parents didn't even realize it. It is capable of pulling it out and creating a movie in your head that can last anywhere from minutes to hours. I had an imaginary row boat ride. That was it. Maybe not as imaginative or glamorous as a near death experience? But don't think just because that hasn't happened yet, that it can't happen too.....in Technicolor!
By the time we are 3, the brain, much like a computer but better, has stored all kinds of sights, smells, temperatures, textures, colors, sounds, faces, emotions, etc. In once traumatic event, or even in one exhilarating event, the brain can search and search to make sense of it all while looking for all the different files it has created in order to know where to file the latest experience or observation. This is why we dream weird dreams. They usually are a composite of many different, non related events that happened at different times and our brains just runs them all together like a bad movie plot that makes no sense at all.
So why do we accept the bizarre? Because we like the bizarre and are attracted to the unknown. I'd be willing to say that even unbelievers like these weird, hard to explain spiritual experiences. Mystery. Man has always liked a good mystery. Let's face it, it's entertaining.
Thanks Rebecca, your comment is so close to what I believe about the brain. Whatever our brain puts together in a dream consists of characters that we have seen at some time in our life, whether it be on TV, on the street or in a store. Our brain recalls much more than we focus on and think about.
I've taught preschool threes and fours. If you visited a preschool classroom you would see a wide range of maturity levels. Some of these kids talk and act like third graders and some remember everything. Kids can listen to something and repeat it back as if they were there, and they're great storytellers.
Darren, Romans 10:17 says, "Faith comes by hearing the word of God". Christian radio has brought me from being a casual Christian to being a born-again Christian.
Again thank you John
On this matter of people going to heaven is a very dangerous road, Satan the enemy of truth will do any thing for people to abandon the word of God. Let me put few points why these false claim is around, First is to make christians to focus on what they see and feel not on the promise of the Bible like we don't wait for the coming of Jesus christ we can go now and see him,you see that rather than waiting for the LORD ignoring all sorts of warning (Let no man deceive you by any means....2 Thessalonians 2:3,10-12) Second thing it vilolates God's order God has a time for every thing he does when he wills it mocks God and shows to the world that God is trying to convince people by showing them the flame of Hell and the goodness of heaven rathe than the revealed truth, Third one and I htink the big failure id totally abandon the ministry of the Holy Spirit what is the Spirit doing now convciting hearts and changing life it short circuit that.You see these people rather doing God's work with prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit preaching the cross they want miracles and going heaven all these fancy stuff no wonder world love his own make movie for it we know it is not from God. One more final point all these people claiming going to heaven are there for money they make money from their book and now yes why not from movies. Their end is not good but I choose to read God's gift his word and patiently wait for his Son arrival that time I don't need to prove heaven from a book or movie b/c Jesus glory will fill the whole world and it is coming soon that's what the Bible say.
#23, Mulugeta Degaga - Excellent, excellent points!
There is no question that sometimes people have very 'odd' experiences. They can't be sought out on purpose. They can't be interpreted by Bible teachings. They can't be duplicated. There is no way they can be accounted as anything except an unusual and rare experience. They simply cannot be trusted. Thank God for the Bible - His written word. It can be trusted.
I hope that Christians are careful in their criticism of this movie. When we're criticizing and even ridiculing a movie and author whose main point is that heaven is real, I fear what message we could be sending to non-believers. I enjoyed the movie as Hollywood entertainment.....not as a Bible study. I fully understand MacArthur's point, but I pray that God can use the movie as an opportunity for me to share the Gospel and provide biblical truths about heaven. Heaven IS for real! :)
Belinda, sounds like you might be trying to say that we should abide by 2 Tim. 2.23-16 when dealing with this kind of thing!
Thanks for the comment! I understand where you're coming from. There is a sense in which there may be a redeeming aspect of all this, namely, an affirmation of the reality of heaven. Where I see that breaking down, however, is when the portrayal of heaven is not only false, but it actually prevents people from going there. What do I mean?
Enjoying this as Hollywood entertainment is not an option the creators want you to have. This is not a fictional movie. It is clearly promoted as a real-life portrayal of heaven. They don't want you to merely enjoy it, they want you to believe it.
To make matters worse, while trying to encourage belief about heaven, they completely leave out (in the book and movie) who gets to heaven or what one has to do to get there. The assumption is that everyone will go there, and therefore you don't have to do anything other than believe that "heaven is for real." One might say it is up to "us" to then have gospel conversations. And that is true. But the problem is out of the millions who view this movie, how many of them are surrounded by bold Christians who can articulate the gospel? Given the climate of the Church today, not many.
Those are two significant reasons why I think the book/movie must be criticized and repudiated by the Christian community. As John MacArthur has said, there is nothing "Christian" about it. Without changing a single detail t could just as easily be a Mormon movie, or Catholic movie, or Jehovah's Witness movie, or Unitarian Universalist, or...
Let me put some points here Belinda Satan has an agenda, he is not a fool he knows what weapon we have on our hand which isthe word of God.He can do any thing to make our bible useless. He tried in he past by burning the bible and also killing who read the bible but the output was the opposite BIble is every where. As the only source of absolute truth Satan changed his tactic look an attack on the bible is every where if people can trust there dream and going to heaven will literally put the authority of the BIble in question.After all the Gospel is about Jesus Chris Death and resurrection. What truth w eare looking out there that is not stated in the word of God. All this bring confusion,restless,wondering above all untahnkful heart for the Holy Spirit led his servants to write his word. For the world Belinda even if the dead came to life they won;t believe you remebe the hostory of lazarus what was the out put they want to kill the guy came from the dead darkness is darkness only God with hi sword through the Holy Spirit can convince people and open their heart not extra bibilical book or movie, afte all movie is for the entertainment that is why people are going.
Thank You & praise God for Men like John MacArthur with his response in Dead Men Tell No Tales, Heaven is Real, Hallucinations are Not, Phil Johnson for the Burpo-Malarkey Doctrine, Hank Hanegraaff (equip.org)The Boy Who came back from Heaven, The Story Behind the Story, Tim Challies for his Heaven is Real, book review (warning) of 3 years ago.....and there are many more. ALL of these critiques use Scripture as their defense, "give every man a reason".
Hanegraaff points to the logic that the myriad of NDE stories can all be false but they can't all be true as they are too contradictory, simply too divergent.
Satan always wants us to take the anything goes, whatever you believe route. God's Word is either your Authority or it's not. And when it's not, it can be trumped
by the tales and Discernment of a 4 year old boy?
Director/Screenwriter of the movie, Randal Wallace wants people to walk away uplifted. "I hope that people will find encouragement in knowing that doubt is not a sin, We're not wrong to question; we're made to question. And we're loved as we are."
Really? We can defy/question God, "and we're loved as we are."
Word of Faith, Prosperity Preacher, denier of the individual persons of the Trinity, Bishop T.D. Jakes, one of the firm's producers, told CBN News the film sends a hopeful message to viewers. "I think this is a film that's a great opportunity to bring in the margin of our community that doesn't talk about faith or the afterlife. You walk away to believe that all things are possible."
So.....We are to tell the lost, their hope is that......all things are possible....???? Hmmm! (On a side note: Will have to give it to T.D. on that Prosperity stuff this time around.....Can you say Box Office CHA CHING!!!!
The film's other producer is Joe Roth. Past big wig at 20th Century Fox, Disney movie group as well as some others. The same Joe Roth whose kindly folks Lawrence and Frances volunteered him to be one of the plaintiffs for the ACLU's case (Engel v. Vitale) that went before the Supreme court of the United States. That case "only" settled the matter where by mandatory prayer in schools was abolished.......prayer in school became unconstitutional.
As I haven't seen the movie, I wonder if God shared his opinion with Colton Burpo, while he was in heaven, about that prayer in school stuff??? Just curious if he had an opinion one way or the other.
Discernment? Church pastors wanting to have a parade for this movie? Implying that "the world".....the lost.....those we know and love that are going to be separated from God for eternity are going to be moved by a 4 year olds tale rather than the work of the Holy Spirit in and through his Glorious Gospel.......
Shame on us. My head is spinning.
Maranatha, Come Quickly Lord Jesus!
We live in a fast food culture where many "churches" replace the Bible with their feelings and they have a pastor who does the same and endorses it. This movie is simply another facet of marketing by an industry that has made billions over the years glamorizing lifestyles/habits/morals/family structures and their definitions/and it's getting worse... At it's simplest level, this is just another way to make money without monotonously recycling the same scripts with different endings and actors. The script now has become the bible, or more appropriately:The interpretation of God's word in a manner by mostly non believers and those who hold atheistic and agnostic viewpoints on everything written in it. With the glaring exception of when it comes to making it into a movie or series loaded with special effects, (and 3d of course) and a huge budget behind it. Put simply, these movies are directed to an untapped demographic that has been identified as a big money maker.
#21 Rebecca Schwem
Hi Rebecca, how wonderful to see you here again dear sister.
My wife works with children in that age as a profession, and have experienced how the questioning of small children by their parents, have led to severe accusations with no hold in reality. Sometimes it is the parents that are using leading questions that the child will give an affirming answer to, because it seems to make the parents happy.
In scripture there are several instances were people were risen from the dead like the rulers daughter in Matthew 9 , Lazarus in John 11 and Tabitha in Acts 9 if they could remember what that saw wouldn't you think the disciples would have interviewed them and recorded it in scripture? Also Paul or someone he knew in 2 Corinthians 12 describes being caught up in Paradise the third heaven but was unable to tell us anything about it because it was unlawful for him to utter. Personally I can't think of anything worse than dying going to be with Jesus in glory and then being told you have to come back to this mess and go through all the pains of life and the death process again. Other than Paul's experience, not being dogmatic about this I think the others that came back had their memories wiped clear of the whole event. I'll stick to God's word as my only source of insight into the next life.
[Rev 5:11-13} 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!" 13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: "Blessing and honor and glory and power [Be] to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!"
Here is my question- How did little Colton Burpo know things he should not have known? His little sister whom he never met due to a miscariage? The locations of his mom and dad were while in the hospital? How do you think this was possible?
With over a million copies in print and all the national media attention my personal opinion is they wrote the book for money. I know Colton wasn't present at those events but his dad was and he is the real author of the book. It is interesting to me that people even Christians flock to these kind of books to find comfort when we have all the proof in the world "Jesus rose from the dead" over 500 people saw him (1 Cor.15) most of whom were martyred for this confession. He is alive and He is coming again and this should bring the believer great comfort (1 Thes. 5:1-11) God's word is filled with all kinds of glimpses into the next life believers should find their comfort there. I will stick to what I know is reliable "God's word" everything else is questionable.
Ashley Churchill, you took the words right out of my mouth! This is exactly what I want to know. How did Colton know these things, how was it possible?????????????????????
It's hard to say what the motivation is behind something like this but if it doesn't line up with the truth from God's Word then it is not being used to glorify Him. From what I've heard (I will most likely never watch this movie or read this book), there's not a single presentation of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus (in the movie anyways). Wouldn't a true shepherd of God's people, not one, but two (Todd Burpo, T.D. Jakes), find a way to "squeeze" the Good News into a movie about the eternal home of all believers? Believing in heaven does not mean that is where you will be.
John 14:1-2, along with the rest of God's revelation to us in His Word, is enough for us. Jesus promised this and that is enough. I don't need the testimony of a four-year old through his parents that isn't biblically based and doesn't even communicate the way to get there to know that heaven is real.
#34 and #36
Remember how Apostle Paul warns believers not to be deceived time and time again. We must be discerning! Discernment is not an option...it is a mandate. Sometimes people see or experience things that are so unexplainable that they automatically attribute it to God. People around the world report of visions of Mary and even Joseph Smith claims to have seen an angel...look what happened there. I actually believe he might have seen what he thought was an angel but was it from God? God might have allowed it but Joseph Smith is going to be accountable. We must remember how deceptive Satan is and how he disguises himself as an angel of light. I'm not sure how Colton Burpo knew those things but let me tell you that even fortune tellers can be very accurate about knowing a person's past. Fortune tellers and shamans are very sought after because they are so frighteningly accurate. Ask anyone who has been involved with these kinds of practices. It might be foreign in the states but very prevalent in other cultures. I myself have experienced strange things in the past but so what. It has only made me realize that I CANNOT rely on my experiences but that I must test these thing by the WORD of God...searching scripture by being a Berean. I am so very thankful that what I experienced only strengthened my understanding of how deceptive Satan is and why there are so many warnings about being deceived in the New Testament. I do not want to be held accountable for being deceived because I went with my experience.
Ashley (and Linda),
My answer would be this: before we accept that claim (which is unverifiable), we must first look at the claims that can be tested. In this case, the book makes numerous claims about heaven which are incompatible with Scripture (e.g. God has wings and is most comparable to the angel Gabriel). Therefore on the basis of the numerous questionable claims, I do not accept the unverifiable claims.
Just because someone says something (even if they claim to be a Christian), doesn't make it true.
Remember how Apostle Paul warns believers not to be deceived time and time again. We must be discerning! Discernment is not an option...it is a mandate. Sometimes people see or experience things that are so unexplainable that they automatically attribute it to God. People around the world report of visions of Mary and even Joseph Smith claims to have seen an angel...look what happened there. I actually believe he might have seen what he thought was an angel but was it from God? God might have allowed it but Joseph Smith is going to be accountable for how he respondid. We must remember how deceptive Satan is and how he disguises himself as an angel of light. I'm not sure how Colton Burpo knew those things but let me tell you that even fortune tellers can be very accurate about knowing a person's past. Fortune tellers and shamans are very sought after because they are so frighteningly accurate. Ask anyone who has been involved with these kinds of practices. It might be foreign in the states but very prevalent in other cultures. I myself have experienced strange things in the past but SO WHAT. It has only made me realize that I CANNOT rely on my experiences but that I must test these thing by the WORD of God...searching scripture by being a Berean. I am so very thankful that what I experienced only strengthened my understanding of how deceptive Satan is and why there are so many warnings about being deceived in the New Testament. I do not want to be accountable for being deceived because I went with my experience.
It is so disheartening to see brothers and sisters turn to arrogance, sarcasm, and ridicule towards their fellow Christians based in their misunderstanding and intent behind the writing of this book. There is a significant problem in the reformed wing of Christianity of questioning the authenticity of someone's faith, not in a productive way, but in an insulting and critical way. This affliction seems to be present primarily in those who are dangerously close to idolizing John Macarthur, John Piper, and David Platt. It is no coincidence that they are excessively critical, sarcastic, and arrogant in their writings and messages. Very embarrassing for this Christian.
"It is so disheartening to see brothers and sisters turn to arrogance, sarcasm, and ridicule towards their fellow Christians based in their misunderstanding and intent behind the writing of this book."
What exactly is the purpose of this book/movie? To confirm what God's Word has already revealed? Well, that can't be the purpose because there are contradictions to His Word all throughout Colton's testimony. Christ confirms the true intent of works such as this in one verse:
"An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed." Matt. 16:4
What type of sign were the Jews looking for out of Jesus? Back up to Matt. 16:1 and we find out:
"And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven."
A sign from heaven? Sound familiar?
"This affliction seems to be present primarily in those who are dangerously close to idolizing John Macarthur, John Piper, and David Platt."
I would fully expect this line of thinking to eventually end up labeling Christians who love and seek truth to be labeled as "idolaters of truth".
I am so surprised at how many are so excited about this book/movie and just take it for truth. If they were half as excited about what God has to say to us through His Word they would be able to discern for themselves the Truth.
Not only is it presumptive to claim that they attribute more authority to this book than Scripture, it's also, in all likelihood a wrong conclusion.
Then where is the GOSPEL MESSAGE??? How do you get there???
Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.
Heaven is real and so is Hell...the Bible tells me so.
#32- Hi there, Rudi. Good to see you again too, brother.
We know what God's Word says. While we cannot explain every phenomenon, that does not mean it has no explanation. We just don't know what it is for certain. Take for example, this little boy knowing facts, details that the parents claim he was never ever told. Now I can't prove he did hear something or certain things at some time and place and filed it away. It is odd to me that this Dad had not brought out a picture of his dad in years. It's odd to me that this mother never brought up the baby she lost in conversation with the dad or anyone else in years if ever. I can't prove any of my theories. And they can't prove theirs. I believe this. We could fill pages with all the different theories and it won't matter to certain people. We live in an age where people love the supernatural and want that experience or want to know someone who has had that experience. It's a kind of lusting we do. We lust after unique experiences.
What we do know for certain is God's Word and we are certain about all His Word has revealed to us and all His Word has not revealed to us. Because we cannot explain with certainty strange occurrences does not mean God wants us to fill in the blanks. We must stand on the authority of scripture. The Bible reveals to us exactly what God wants it to reveal. Sola Scriptura! Our faith and confidence is in Scripture alone, not a child's experience no matter how difficult it is to explain. I don't need to prove my position because my position in on the authority of scripture. When a Christian stands on the authority of God, all these strange occurrences do not matter. They are simply occurrences we cannot explain like so many other things in life. If we do not allow ourselves to be distracted by such matters and rely solely on God's Word, we will have on the full armor of God. However, if we allow ourselves to try to attach God to every mysterious event, we are putting ourselves at risk for spiritual warfare.
I am not doubting what strange dreams this child had while sick. But to believe the dreams are real life experiences and qualify as truth is not biblical at all and dangerous. We must not get swept away by these strange and even bizarre events because there are likely to be many in the days to come. There is no value, no benefit believing these stories are true. There is only value in God's Word. We must not compromise God's Word because we strongly desire something to be true.
Todd, Who asked for it? It was given without request. Who said to God "prove it" for him to give thus vision? Why are you making false accusations based on misuse of scripture?
The book/movie is titled "Heaven is for real". Why? As if, before this supposed trip to heaven, the Burpos and those who put some type of faith or trust in this testimony didn't believe that heaven actually existed? They are seeking a sign from heaven through this supposed trip to heaven as well as all the other supposed trips to heaven. I don't understand how I have made false accusations or misused scripture. People who are looking for truth about heaven outside of God's written revelation on the subject of heaven are seeking signs in the same way that the religious leaders were questioning Christ. Putting any type of trust or faith in these NDE accounts shows a lack of trust and faith in the sufficiency and authority of the Bible.
Seriously consider this point. What reason does anyone who does not question the Bible have to read a book or see a movie titled, "Heaven is for real", besides to critique it? I'd hope you'd answer that a born-again believer wouldn't have a reason to read or see this. So, who then, is this book/movie made for? People who don't believe the Word of God.
Thank you Pastor John, Great explanation. I used to get links from family at times, but I delete them. I always think that if they go to Heaven, their experiences would be similar, but not difference in view. Jesus is the only one who ascended to Heaven, and we will see Him face to face when we die. I am really waiting for that opportunity. But one time in my vision, (may be) I saw Jesus, (it is true, I even wrote on my Bible, I think it was about 8 or 9 years ago.) That time I was going through abuse in my relationship, and I always cry out to my Lord. So He came stretched His arms, and I ran towards Him. He hugged me and told me not to worry, and He is with me. It is fresh in my mind still. But I did not see His face, only the white robe and brightness around. (I actually thought I was dead :)
#49 Posted by Asha Jeyathas
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown in thinking and poor emotional responses. Common symptoms include delusions, such as paranoia. Hearing voices or noises that are not there.
What distinguishes these claimed experiences from this description?
Todd, that's absurd. You made the assumption thy didn't believe before even though there is evidence and testimony to the contrary. Are you really making the claim that this pastor didn't believe in heaven before his son's vision?
Why would someone read this book? Perhaps for edification of their faith. Oh but why would they need that, we have the Bible? No you're right, Paul didn't instruct us to use our words to encourage, rebuke, or instruct each other. But of course why would someone read John MacArthur's books but to critique them.
I have a question. How do you explain how some of us have very realistic experiences, very detailed, experiences that appear to be supernatural and yet we accept the complexities of the mind, emotions and circumstances as compared to those that have the same type of experiences I just described but accept it as reality and therefore, reject the complexities of the mind, emotions and circumstances? How do you explain that? How do you explain those that have their own unique experiences and see them as none other than dreams or overactive or over-reactive brain stimulation due to either illness or some sort of trauma? Do those that believe a child could have actually seen Jesus, been to heaven and back think the rest of us who don't believe are rejecting God? Do you see us as wrong for only standing on the authority of God's Word? Do think we don't have the Holy Spirit or enough of the Holy Spirit? Surely you don't think we never had any of these experiences, do you? Many have wanted to know how we explain such strange and vivid experiences. Now I want you who believe and trust such experiences to explain to the rest of us, how it is we are able to process our own experiences so differently? Do you think we are non emotional people, like dead wood? Do you think we are people that don't have a range of emotions? Do you think we are people that void of surprise, shock and awe? How do you explain like experiences and yet, drastically different understanding of it all? Anybody?
"So, who then, is this book/movie made for?" Todd may have answered his own question. We can only pray that "people who don't believe the Word of God" would be the VERY people who see/read it. Then, as this movie is talked about at the workplace or on the baseball bleachers, Christians will realize that God might have used the movie to open the door for us to share biblical truths with that person who may never have walked into our church building. I don't want to put ANY limits on what God can do!
I didn't catch that the little boy went to heaven and returned to tell us all about it. I interpreted it to be a "glimpse" of heaven. I think that God has given MANY glimpses of heaven as He wraps His loving arms around us and comforts us in our times of grief or fear. Why do we have to question how He comforted this young boy? When the disciples criticized Jesus for wasting time with little children, He rebuked them in Matthew 10. Perhaps God gave a DREAM to a 4-year-old boy and perhaps the Holy Spirit convicted his father to share it. I don't know! But I do know that we can critique and discourage the movie or we can use it to share the Gospel.
I understand the theological debate, but there may be better ways to communicate that every detail in the movie is not biblical. It's a Hollywood movie based on a true story.......not a Bible study!
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The United States is one of the most open markets in the world, and its consumers have a wide variety of products from across the world to choose from. Last year the United States imported nearly $2 trillion of goods through more than 825,000 importers -- and the vast majority of these imports are safe. Yet recently, and in the midst of the holiday shopping season, imports from toys to toothpaste to pet food have been recalled because of safety concerns.
Is the United States doing enough to protect its consumers from potentially harmful imported products?
Joe in Tennessee writes:
America's true strength fiscally came from being self sufficient, not importing.
No more need be said. Consumerism will fail because there will simply be a depletion of decent employment and the Federal Govt. will have to provide for its citizens, thus making us more socialistic and dependent on the Federal Govt. for health care and educational funding. What is the average American debut factor now? Three plants shut down here in the Nashville area alone recently.
If the war ended, what would our economy be like? OOO
A better fix would be to make manufacturing more viable within our borders providing employment, less Federal dependency, have better control our monetary system and our safety.
Why even permit China to import without a great tariff, there is no equity in trade with them? Because of Greed which is the byproduct of Capitalism gone too far in one direction and a Congress who fell asleep at the wheel. How much of our National Debut do they own now? How many billions of dollars have they not re circulated? Now we tread on eggs with them? Not only did we put ourselves in a fiscal political leverage disadvantage, we funded the building of weapons which might one day be used against us for the same purpose. Poisoning our children is not disconcerting to them as long as the money rolls in. What have we taught them in actuality with Global Fair Trade?
A better fix would be to make manufacturing more viable within our borders providing employment, less Federal dependency, maintain better control of our monetary system and responsibility for our children's safety.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
I'm afraid that yesterdays end to the talks shows the actual concern of a communist/Marxist ideology regarding economics which deliberately damage a free Democracy: BBC reports...Quote:
"China and the U.S. have ended two days of trade negotiations with very little apparent progress on their key issues of dispute. ... As a result, Chinese exports to the U.S. have soared in recent years, and China's trade surplus with America is on track to hit a record $233bn (£114bn) this year."
In fairness the China one truth statement prevails: Quote...
....Ms Wu said the China could not be blamed for U.S. consumer demand for inexpensive Chinese products. End quote.
Capitalist do hold responsibilities to their stockholders; however, everyone holds their first responsibility to the free country and ALL ITS PEOPLE and the Govt. which
offered it the opportunity for growth
Again, the fix is in making American Investors and Corporations responsible to the Democracy which gave it the ability to profit and in the Congress to make it viable for them to re-invest in the American worker industrially.
Paulson is fighting a losing battle with the notion that in his words: We must fight economic nationalism.
The Chinese are not ignorant; they know what they are doing to us.
America for Americans should always come first in every decision. From our National Security to Safety to Education to Health Care to Economics to Opportunity, what is in the pocket of every American Citizen needs to prevail again, not how much they owe nor the United States of America having to plead with a foreign govt. that we put in the position to endanger us to begin due to greed and our good nature of open arms -- after all, it was General Electric who gave the Chinese the gyro mechanism for a third stage missile with our mutual space program of good faith. China sold that technology to N. Korea.
How many times do you have to get bit by the same dog before you realize they don't like you?
S writes:
I think the U.S. needs to start worry more about itself and the jobs lost to the same people we are talking about.
Conrad in Florida writes:
I feel at this time, the United States is doing enough. However, they are doing it enough just barely.
In the future, marketing new imports with different problems will occur. We have to let these importing countries know all the time.
Most important and good, is that we are letting the American people know what is happening all the time in the market and what to do if a catastrophic problem arises onto the consumer.
James in Virginia writes:
I think the focus should be on food imports. We've gotten hooked on "any food during any season," and there's no alternative.
For consumer goods, no, with limited resources focused on food imports, we need to let the market force the standards higher.
As far as jobs, I don't see this as a responsibility of the federal government. I also don't think there's a huge desire among Americans to work in these industries either.
Money is going to go where it's well treated and stay there. That's up to us.
Sandy in California writes:
In a perfect world, anyone who would like to have trade with other countries, whether import or export, would be legally bound to meet or exceed required standards that American manufacturers have to meet to sell to Americans. I am not up to date as to what the International Trade Standards are, so I have to try to catch up. I feel this is a wide spread common ground situation with most Americans. Another aspect is where would the average American go to get this information? Without enough information, we rely on Government to take care of these issues. If we have not gotten involved and researched information, we have ourselves to blame, as much as the Government Employees we 'elect' to trust.
Didn't realize you all had a blog- this is cool! Thank-you!
Joe in Tennessee writes:
The problem is larger than simply legal liabilities.
China has openly announced it has no obligation to either re circulate our money, float their currency or be on any level of obligation to the International monetary standards.
This is an immense problem for our Country and our citizens. Bush seems to be the only one who takes it seriously and understands the implications.
When people in America were paid well for their work, the money was re circulated in the country. Why does that make a difference? It is spent on goods and services, pays taxes and lifts a burden off the federal government, not enhances it. Global trade with China is not working as it should because they follow no Fair Trade arrangements with us.
You have to realize that where legal liability of products are concerned that companies have in China may have varied namesakes, they are owned by the Communist Government of China directly. Many are owned via proxy of Generals and Committee personal. So, who are they going to mandate change to or fine?
China's obligation to ITSELF and they have said so on numerous occasions and in many ways. Their nature of intent was shown when they openly hacked our Defense Computers as registered by the DOD in open text. If they don't care about that, why care about product liability?
China does have a point in American's being greedy and wanting more for less regardless of how it affects our job market. Our Federal government DOES HAVE a responsibility in the employment levels of our Nation. It is a direct obligation to protect and SERVE its citizens best interest. If too much work is being lost and the trade deficit is non-compliant with what is best for American Citizens, it is their responsibility to pass laws to govern a correction.
The saddest part of the imbalance of Trade is that Americans have paid for China's new military and technology. What we didn't give them, we paid for.
President Nixon's Open Door Policy with China was only to circumvent the Russian Sino accord which is now in place. It was to help with National Security, not impede it. Since this door is swinging only one way, something needs to be done.
NO we are not doing enough.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
In President Bush's most recent speech he mentioned the non compliance of fair trade with China, but made a comment as to protectionism of the American worker by the government as not it's responsibility.
I would like to support a different view...
1. If Consumerism is a driving force of the economy, especially with the down trend in housing, we must have a sound foundation of consumers to spend. That is only common sense.
2. Under present legislation, companies as IBM, Nortel, GE etc, are afforded tax incentives and lower over head by hiring what are primarily full time personal as part time or temporary. A local company here has temporary workers in a Union environment that have been employed as full time workers for up to three years. How does this benefit America as a whole when the Temporary company who receives over a half of the earnings and produces nothing, as shown recently in the Electrolux case in Tennessee?
How can anyone support the fact that a producer of nothing receives over half the earnings paid by an employer to begin with? What kind of representation is that? Is that what China did to us?
3. Laws to govern this and eliminate this problem, yet make it feasible for the Employer to keep work for the American Worker is needed. It is the obligation of the federal government, which represents the people first to put the people first and protect the citizen economically by protecting their jobs, not selling them away. There is no reason for many countries to be self sufficient by now. We have been constantly stabbed in the back by countries over their dependency on American trade when politics change.
What has been created is a worst situation than putting all Americans on open welfare programs as no benefits go into any Health Care or Workman's compensation programs to elevate the burden of the States, who now have less since Federal funding has been cut on many programs.
While I fully understand the economics of Fair Trade, it has only taken one country, China, to show how devastating it can be when used against us. South Korea, Japan, and Malaysia were hurt to the point of creating diplomatic round table talks for how many years now. We lost the Philippines to a great extent over this rift with giving more work to China.
I believe there are times and situations when We The People come before anything else and when we have more homeless families, foreclosures, less medical care, higher un employment rolls, and less economic equity over all in this Great Society, adjustments are the direct responsibility of the Leaders who represent us.
The problem with China isn't China; it is in us not preserving our citizens right to a secure future and job markets which pay decent wages. Who ever thought that companies as IBM, Nortel, GE, etc would not be able to pay and keep employees then provide retirement for all the effort and sacrafice, yet show constant stock valuation increases. When did Corp earning rights exceed the Citizens rights in America?
Quote: I give you a democracy if you can keep it.
The middle class is not supposed to be a serfdom in America. Without it, there is no America, only money.
Joanne in Pittsburgh writes:
I believe that, as much as we would like to prevent such events such as those with Matel, our government cannot be all places at once. While we can regulate what goes on in our country, it is difficult to set standards for those companies outside our border. If we set such standards, we would also have to enforce them, which would be a challenge. If it is part of our culture to have an open invitation for trade, then these issues will come up. We must have some minimal form of legal protection available to consumers upon purchase of these products. Perhaps a surcharge or tax could be applied to foreign items for insurance. If there is no protection, then American consumers will be the ones who pay in the end.
Ronald in New York writes:
Is the United States doing enough........?
Absolutely not. Really; if the U.S. was, the State Department wouldn't even have to ask the question! The United States has been pounding the table for free-open-trade markets since cheap bananas in the 20's. The U.S. has even threatened other countries with extinction for failure to shift to free-trade and open markets. The multi-nationals have bought their way into Congress and the White House for cheap goods with U.S. Brandings. Now we have poison foods, cancerous toys, dangerous cars, and a future which blurs the lines between licit and illicit trade. With over $2 trillion in goods from over 825,000 importers, it is time to spend some political capital and will to protect the American future.
Maximilian in Europe writes:
Can we see the Euro currency as mere promissory note after the Lisbon Treaty signed on December 14th, 2007 because of lacking in legal tender for all debts, private or public reference on it? Enjoy Santa and a Happy New Year to all.
Joel in North Carolina writes:
The United States is doing just fine at keeping harmful imported products out of America. It seems like everything I buy is made in China and so far none of it has harmed me in any way. Thanks State Department. What everyone else is concerned about is balancing the trade deficit with China and that has nothing to do with the question posted above. If you want to balance the deficit, then stop buying their products. When our government found lead in Chinese toys, kudos to you government, and we stopped buying them the Chinese Government started executing people. If that's not a responsive market then I don't know what is. Criticism for China's protectionist policies and their refusal to move to a floating exchange rate is the pot calling the kettle black. Our monetary policies are designed to promote our currency and our subsidies/tariffs protect our producers/markets. In the end, we all ignore free market principles in favor of pandering to non-competitive constituents. If anything we should lead by example and drop our protectionist barrier to free trade.
Preston in Texas writes:
American's need to get back to the grass roots of the country. The middle class is quickly evaporating into debt. The problem we have with china is not because of our buying their products. There isn't anything wrong with buying foreign country's labor in moderation. It is because we as a country have become dependent on their and other foreign country's labor force to build and supply a majority of our goods AND services. In order to break the addiction from foreign influence. America will need to start manufacturing more things domestically rather then importing them. Until someone like me finds a solution to the rampant outsourcing of our jobs the situation will never improve.
Eva in Florida writes:
Although testing everything that comes into the country would be impossible, since we know that all of these products stem from the same country I do believe that something should be done to insure that products from that country are safe. If they are not, then trade with that country should be curtailed until safety can be assured.
It might help to start with companies that are owned by U.S. citizens no matter what country they are manufacturing in. They should have to comply with the same manufacturing laws that they would if they were in the U.S. to import their finished goods into the U.S.
I think our people are starting to see that cheaper is not always better.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
As I stated: there does come a time when, even in a capitalist democratic union, that the capitalist put the countries' people -- who provided the state which provides them the ability to profit -- FIRST, not profits!
Without this democracy, they will not exist and their ties in Russia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Europe and china will be cut little by little. Simply use Putin as an example of what will be without a free democratic base to work from.
We the people need leadership, which will pass legislation that does regulate this situation productively for its citizens. We the people do come first, not china, not Korea, not Mexico? It is our country established by freemen.
Look, the act of counterfeiting is considered an ACT OF WAR when it is intentionally done by another country. What China has exhibited economically parallels this action, not including the poor manufacturing Quality Control actions, which have prevailed for decades, not recently.
@ Joel in North Carolina -- Even the supplement tryptophan was discontinued as a sale item solely because of Chinese production imports which lead to the death of American citizens: BEFORE IT WAS CAUGHT JOEL! The lowest quality standard of, creatine monohydrate, a relatively easy production, is tainted with metal and toxins which comes from China, yet it is still imported. WHY? Because the pharmaceutical industry is hoping it will kill Americans so they can control supplements and kill free enterprise of smaller high quality companies. This example alone shows why we need legislation to keep America a free enterprise country, not a corporate legislated country.
It is not just about China.
Joel in North Carolina writes:
@ Joe in Tennessee -- Wow, I had no idea that the pharmaceutical industry was out to kill me on purpose with poisoned supplements. I guess I'll scrap the new year's resolution and stay out of the gym. Here I thought all the football players dying from Ephedra and Creatine were just overloading and overworking themselves. Your anecdotes suggest that someone dropped the ball and perhaps we need to hold importers on our side more accountable for the products they buy from China and sell to us. However, regulation is one thing; tariffs and protectionist policies, while useful foreign policy tools, are inconsistent with our nation's values. If a product meets a specified standard of quality, then I should be able to buy it from anywhere I want. I understand that the focus of the U.S. Government should be Americans, but let's not forget that most Americans like the cheap crap from China sold at Wal-Mart.


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Birth Year: 1976
Position: Setter
Height: 6-5 (196cm)
Weight: 216 lbs (98kg)
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MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2012 – Olympic Games... FIVB World League (Silver Medal)... NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament (gold medal). 2011 – FIVB World League. 2010 – FIVB World League. 2009 – 2010 FIVB World Championship Qualifier for NORCECA Group F (Gold Medal)... FIVB World League. 2006 – FIVB World Championships... FIVB World League... Pan American Cup (Gold Medal)... Argentina Tour. 2005 – Pacific Northwest Tour vs. Netherlands... USOC International Sports Invitational (Silver Medal)...Argentina Tour... Americas' Cup (Gold Medal)... FIVB World Championship Qualifying Tournament (Gold Medal)... NORCECA Continental Championships (Gold Medal)... World Grand Champions Cup (Silver Medal). 2004 – NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Gold Medal)... Japan Tour... Houston Series... USA Global Challenge (First Place)... Serbia and Montenegro Tour (Second Place)... Olympic Games (Fourth Place). 2003 – Colorado/Nebraska Tour... Canada Tour... Pan American Games (Fourth Place)... NORCECA Zone Championships (Gold Medal)... World Cup (Fourth Place). 2001 – World League... NORCECA Zone Championships.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 – Named USA Volleyball Men's Indoor Most Improved Player... Was the team's starting setter in 2012, playing in 92 out of 115 sets. Finished season with 46 points on 18 kills, 24 blocks and four aces. Also had 128 digs (1.39 per set). Was credited with 705 running sets (7.67 per set)… Started 20 out of 21 sets at the Olympic Games, finishing with 10 points on three kills, six blocks and one ace. Match high was three points against Brazil on two kills and one block. Finished second among Olympic setters with 213 running sets (10.65 per set). Credited with 31 digs (1.55 per set)… Played in 57 out of 60 World League sets, scoring 29 points on 14 kills and 15 blocks, including highs of five points against France in France (4 kills, 1 block) and against France in Dallas (1 kill, 4 blocks). Finished first among all setters in pool play with 331 running sets (5.81 per set). Finished second among all setters in the World League Final Round with 74 running sets (5.29 per set)... Started 15 out of 16 sets at the NORCECA Olympic Qualifier. Finished with seven points on one kills, three blocks and three aces. Credited with 87 running sets (5.44 per set). Finished second on the team with 22 digs (1.47 digs per set)… During the winter of 2011-12, played for Sisley Belluno in Italy's Serie A League 2011 – Played in 10 World League sets and started eight before Brian Thornton took over as the starter... Credited with 67 assists (6.7 assists per set). 2010 –Donald did not play for the U.S. in 2010 after suffering an injury to his leg in an FIVB World League match against Egypt on June 18 in North Carolina... He played in 13 World League sets and placed 24th among the League's best setters, and second on the U.S. team, wth 71 running sets, 181 still sets. A running set is defined as a set from a player that puts their hitter against one blocker or none. Still sets happen when a player sets an attacker and there are two blockers or more. He averaged 1.45 assists per set. He also tied for third among the team with 21 digs (0.43 per set)… Played for Italy's Prisma Taranto during the winter of 2009-10. 2009 – After taking a season off from the U.S. team and playing professionally in the Middle East, Suxho returned under new head coach Alan Knipe and shared starting setter duties with Kevin Hansen. He finished the season credited with 174 running sets (assists) and six faults on 780 attempts. He averaged 4.14 running sets per set. He also scored 21 points on seven kills, nine blocks and five aces in 42 sets... Suxho was named Best Setter at the FIVB World Championship Qualifier, where he finished with 18 running sets and no faults on 80 attempts, averaging 2.0 running sets per set... Suxho helped the U.S. Men win their pool at World League. They went on to finish sixth overall. Suxho was credited with 150 running sets and three faults on 644 attempts in pool play. That is an average of 3.33 running sets per set. 2007 –In March, Donald partially ruptured his left Achilles tendon while playing for Acqua Paradiso in Italy. He had surgery in Italy and then returned to the United States for rehab with the U.S. Men's National Team's athletic trainer Aaron Brock. 2006 – Started every match at the World Championships...Was the starting U.S. setter in every match of the FIVB World League... Started as setter for the inaugural Pan American Cup, but did not play the entire tournament due to a sprained ankle... Helped the team finish 4-1 in the Argentina series... Finished the season with 42 kills and 15 aces. 2005 – Nominated by USA Volleyball for the 2005 United States Olympic Committee (USOC) SportsMan of the Year honor... In his first year as the full-time starter, Donald quarterbacked Team USA to one of its most successful seasons in years...The Americans posted a record of 27-6 and earned five podium placements during the year, including a silver medal at the USOC International Sports Invitational (San Diego, Calif.); a gold medal at the America's Cup (Brazil); a gold medal at the FIVB World Championship Qualifying Tournament (Puerto Rico); a gold medal at the NORCECA Championships (Canada); and a silver medal at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup (Japan)... Suxho led the team in service aces with 25 and helped the Americans post a stellar hitting percentage of .376 on the season... He also finished third on the team in blocks with 48... He capped his first season as a starter for the USA squad that captured the silver medal at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup in November in Japan... The Americans, who lost to defending Olympic gold medalist Brazil in the first match of the tournament, lost just one set the rest of the way as they defeated Japan (3-1), 2004 Olympic silver medalist Italy (3-0), Egypt (3-0) and China (3-0) en route to their fifth medal in five events this season... Started at setter as the USA Men stunned the world's best team when it defeated 2004 Olympic gold medalist Brazil in five sets to win the America's Cup tournament in Brazil on Aug. 7... Earned "Best Server" honors as Team USA won its second-straight NORCECA Continental Championship with a four-set victory over Cuba on Sept. 15... The USA Men qualified for the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup with the gold-medal win... Also earned a gold medal in August at the FIVB World Championship Qualifying Tournament as the USA Men qualified for the 2006 World Championships. 2004 – Made his first Olympic appearance in Athens, Greece as the USA Men finished fourth overall. The U.S. Men were trailing Greece 2 sets to 1 and losing 5-0 in the fourth set when Head Coach Doug Beal brought Suxho in to replace starter Lloy Ball. Suxho helped the U.S. Men come back from a 20-12 deficit to win the fourth set 25-23 and the U.S. went on to win the fifth set 17-15... Served as the backup setter to starter Lloy Ball. 2003 – Started at setter until the NORCECA Zone Championships in Mexico as Team USA captured the gold medal and a berth in the 2003 World Cup, the first Olympic qualifier... Served as the backup setter to starter Lloy Ball at the NORCECA championships and World Cup.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2000 – American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Player of the Year... AVCA First-Team All-American... First-Team All Mountain Pacific Sports Federation... Asics/Volleyball First-Team All-American...Led the team in assists (2,025) and aces (57) and ranked second in digs (169) and third in blocks (94). 1999 – AVCA First-Team All-American... Asics/Volleyball Second-Team All-American... Second-Team All-MPSF... Set a USC single-season record with 63 aces...Ranked second in the country with a .594 aces-per-game average and No. 7 with 17.6 assists per game. 1998 – Third-team All-MPSF... Played in each of the team's 99 games...Recorded 1,518 assists, 214 digs, 103 blocks and 95 kills. 1997 – Starting setter as a freshman... Set an NCAA single-match record with 129 assists against Ohio State... Posted 1,585 assists, 220 digs, 93 kills and 63 blocks.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Was the starting setter for the Albanian National Team (1995-96) and junior national team (1991-96)... Played for the Skenderbeu club team from 1991 to 1996 that was coached by his father, Petraq (who was an assistant for the Albanian national team and the head coach of the country's junior national team), and the Studenti club team that won the 1996 Albanian national championship... Donald prepped at
Koci Bako High in Korce, Albania.
PERSONAL: Born Donald Suxho in 1976 in Albania... Has a son named Shane born in 2001... Married volleyball player Eleni Gkortsaniouk in August, 2011 in Ukraine... Donald's brother, Rando, also played volleyball in Albania. Donald also played soccer and was a swimmer... Donald came to America in 1996 and lived in Massachusetts while searching for a college... Communications major at USC... Enjoys skiing, hiking, swimming, movies and traveling... Says one of the most defining moments in his life is choosing to play volleyball at USC because "I am who I am because of that"... His goals off the court are to "be the best person I can be and give my son a better life than mine"... Most prized possessions are "my son and my family"... One of his fondest childhood memories is traveling to Bulgaria for the first time... Wants to vacation in Tahiti... If he won the lottery, he would buy his "parents all they want, open a savings account for my son" and party around the world with his friends... Says most people would be surprised that he has a big heart... Describes himself as "fun, outgoing and not picky."
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Some of us have been discussing setting up a second plantation of the forest in Edinburgh devoted to open-access workshops. I mean real workshops: not flip-charts and powerpoint, but places where you hammer stuff, build stuff, weld stuff, etc. At Bristo we had the cave and the darkroom. At the new place we would have that and much more: workshops for wood and metal, engineering, textiles, ceramics, printing, bookbinding, whatever. There are already many such places in Germany. You pay a small fee by the hour and you can use the workspace and tools to do whatever you like. There are people around who know what they are doing and can help you. There are courses to teach you the basics and more advanced techniques. Who would be interested in such a thing? We're not sure, but we may be able to do this at Argyle. Let's get some discussion going here and fix a meeting at Tollcross Forest.
Here are some links to similar spaces:
BERLIN: http://opendesigncity.de/
CALIFORNIA: http://www.techshop.ws/index.html
MUNICH: http://www.hei-muenchen.de/
BERLIN: http://www.kunst-stoffe-berlin.de/index ... =6&lang=en
Mittelhäusern, SWITZERLAND: http://www.lesbricoleurs.ch/
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hi kathy - are you available to play on the weekdays after 6pm ?
Hey Katherine,
I hope everything is going well. :)
Hello Katherine,
are you still looking for Tennis partners
I usually play in UBC indoor courts
My level of play is 2.5 - 3.0
Hope I ll hear from u soon
Thanks for the 'befriending' ! It's great that you are right down the street. We should definitely play soon.
I am between contracts right now, so my time is pretty free. The courts are quiet during the day if you have time then!
When do you like to play?
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About the Author: Robert D. Hormats serves as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs.
October 3rd marked the 20th anniversary of German unification, when East and West Germany merged into a united federal state. I was fortunate enough to spend the day in Bremen, Germany, as a member of the U.S. delegation to the official celebrations. The day featured a lovely church service and speeches by the German President, and several themes resonated throughout the ceremonies about today's challenges in the international economy.
In 1990, German unity was not inevitable. Some people questioned whether Germany should be one country. Some people argued that unification would be a drag on West German growth and was too expensive. Abroad, there were those who raised fears of excessive German economic and political power within Europe.
But the determination of the German people, under the leadership of Chancellor Helmut Kohl -- with strong support from President George H.W. Bush and the cooperation of Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev -- made unification possible within one year of the fall of the Wall.
Americans should be proud of the support this country provided to the unification effort, and equally proud of our country's support for West German freedom during the period when Germany and Berlin were divided after World War II. In Berlin, the Allies' airlift of 1948-49, carried out under the leadership of American General Lucius Clay, kept morale high in West Germany and freedom alive in West Berlin during the Soviet blockade, thwarting Soviet hopes that the blockade would cause the Allies to abandon the city.
There was, of course, further American support to Germany and Western Europe during this period. The Marshall Plan played a critical role in rebuilding Germany and bringing Western European countries together after the War. Will Clayton (the first person, in the mid-1940's, to hold the job I do now) was one of the architects of the Plan. And the vision of General George C. Marshall himself and the courageous leadership of President Harry S. Truman promoted America's partnership with Europe during those years. These leaders were also instrumental in creating the major international economic institutions of the postwar era, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT, the predecessor to the World Trade Organization), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Now the United States and European Union must build on the successes of the past and work together to help advance a 21st-century agenda: restoring growth, encouraging emerging countries to take up their responsibilities in the new global economy, and advancing the agenda of the G-20. We have excellent opportunities to do so next month in the NATO Summit, the U.S.-EU Summit, and the G-20 Summit. Following these, we have another opportunity in the Transatlantic Economic Cooperation (TEC) meeting to strengthen economic cooperation and reduce commercial barriers between the EU and United States. Because we are each other's biggest trading and investment partners -- by far -- success in these goals will boost jobs and growth on both sides of the Atlantic.
One of the founders of what became the European Union, Jean Monnet, once said: "Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions." And that is what our cooperation has built over several decades. Our challenge now is to demonstrate that U.S. and European cooperation can continue to provide a model for the global economy, and to build on the foundations that we have established over the last 65 years.
Germany's celebration of its unity led me to one other observation -- one highly relevant to our own circumstances in the United States. Walking through the streets of Berlin before heading to Bremen, I came across a sign celebrating German unity that read "Wir sind ein Volk" ("We are one people"). There is a strong message in this eloquent phrase. Despite the divisions and acrimony in the United States today, this fundamental truth -- that we Americans are one people -- remains our basic strength. And we should look for as many occasions as we can to recognize and celebrate it.
Sarwat in New York writes:
I can personally attest to that amazing day 20 years ago as one of the most historic moment in my life and the life of my family. We have 'pieces' of Berlin wall as souvenirs, which my historian husband collected by the 'tons', as Check Point Charlie' was lifted and THE Wall chipped away.
Carlos T. in Brazil writes:
Certainly the German unification was a important historic event, but who is paying for?
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@Carlos in Brazil,
Another way to think about it would be to ask who would be paying if the cold war was still ongoing?
The answer to that would simply be;
Merete H. writes:
SIMAS in Norway..
It's been revealed that the US EMBASSAY in Norway, for a period of 10 years, has been spying and "watching†on Norwegian citizens, at present, nobody knows whether it's in cooperation with the Norwegian secret police, the PST.
Though it seems that it's former Norwegian police employee's et al. that has been on the payroll of the US EMBASSAY in Oslo. They have apparently been working according to a US STATE DEPARTMENT program named, Security Incident Management Analysis System, i.e. "SIMASâ€.
Could State Department in Washington be so kind to inform
1) is SIMAS a part of the so-called "Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE)â€
2) are there SIMAS organisations (like that in Norway) in the other Scandinavian countries (Sweden Denmark, Finland)?


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Performance Comparison
As usual, we are going to compare the mainboards speeds in two different modes: in nominal mode and during CPU and memory overclocking. The first mode is interesting because it shows how well the mainboards work with their default settings. It is a known fact that most users do not fine-tune their systems, they simply choose the optimal BIOS settings and do nothing else. That is why we run a round of tests almost without interfering in any way with the default mainboard settings. For comparison purposes we also included the results of the previously reviewed mainboards:
- ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional
- ASRock Z77 Extreme4 and ASRock Z77 Extreme6
- ASRock Z77 Extreme9
- ASRock Z77 OC Formula
- Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
- Asus P8Z77-V LX
- Asus Sabertooth Z77
- Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3
- Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H and GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB WIFI
- Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH and Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH
- Intel DZ77BH-55K
- Intel DZ77GA-70K and Intel DZ77RE-75K
The results on the diagrams are sorted out in descending order. The results of Asus Maximus V Formula mainboard are highlighted with a darker color for your convenience.
Nominal Mode
We used Cinebench 11.5. All tests were run five times and the average result of the five runs was taken for the performance charts.
We have been using Fritz Chess Benchmark utility for a long time already and it proved very illustrative. It generated repeated results, the performance in it is scales perfectly depending on the number of involved computational threads.
A small video in x264 HD Benchmark 4.0 is encoded in two passes and then the entire process is repeated four times. The average results of the second pass are displayed on the following diagram:
We measured the performance in Adobe Photoshop using our own benchmark made from Retouch Artists Photoshop Speed Test that has been creatively modified. It includes typical editing of four 10-megapixel images from a digital photo camera.
In the archiving test a 1 GB file is compressed using LZMA2 algorithms, while other compression settings remain at defaults.
Like in the data compression test, the faster 16 million of Pi digits are calculated, the better. This is the only benchmark where the number of processor cores doesn't really matter, because it creates single-threaded load.
Since we do not overclock graphics in our mainboard reviews, the next diagram shows only CPU tests from the 3DMark11 – Physics Score. This score is obtained in a special physics test that emulates the behavior of a complex gaming system working with numerous objects:
We use FC2 Benchmark Tool to go over Ranch Small map ten times in 1920x1080 resolution with high image quality settings in DirectX 10.
Resident Evil 5 game also has a built-in performance test. Its peculiarity is that it can really take advantage of multi-core processor architecture. The tests were run in DirectX 10 in 1920x1080 resolution with high image quality settings. The average of five test runs was taken for further analysis:
Batman: Arkham City game also reacts eagerly to any changes in the CPU clock frequency, but it uses DirectX 11. We ran game's integrated benchmark five times with high image quality settings and then take the average of the five runs for the diagrams.
When the default settings are significantly different from the official nominal values, for example, the base clock is notably higher, or, like in case of Asus Maximus V Formula, the CPU clock frequency multiplier is increased more than usual, it may give food for some suspicions. For instance, could the manufacturer be trying to hide some issues and mask the not very high performance of their product? However, our tests showed, that the board didn't have any problems with performance, even if we changed all default settings to heir official nominal values. It produces pretty average results, which do not stand out much among other mainboards.


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