4 Stars
Proof of Heaven is a remarkable story of a neurosugeon's near death experience (NDE). Dr. Alexander is a Harvard trained academic neurosurgeon who abruptly gets very sick and spends about a week in the ICU in a coma after contracting a crazy rare brain disease. The story of his medical miracle is interesting in and of itself, but the unexpected spiritual experience he has is even more fascinating. He was raised Christian but for many years had been very skeptical about religion. He describes a journey to a spiritual realm where he travels through different levels and eventually comes to be with God and although he doesn't see God he communicates with him and is taught many things.
Both Melissa and I read this book and have since had many interesting conversations about our perception of the afterlife and spirituality. There are several parts of this book that sound like they come right out of Gospel Essentials such as when he is describing God's purpose for putting us on earth or when he talks about coming to realize that God is a person like us with personality but a perfected body. But much of his book is a struggle to express things that he feels our words and minds could never really grasp.
I really liked the content. It will make you think and reexamine the lenses we view the afterlife through in our church. It also will be a source a great conversation. The writing itself was average but not bad. It is a quick and easy read. I would recommend it for everyone, especially those who are skeptical about NDEs.
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