John,
Thanks for this message.  It seems to me that this is a sign of the
times,  but it's been going on for a long time.
I do know, however, that there are miracles, and there have been
people who have seen Heaven.
Thanks.
Donna

On 1/16/15, john s <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>From: Hand In Hand <[log in to unmask]>
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>>January 15, 201510:20 PM ET
>><http://www.npr.org/people/14562108/bill-chappell>Bill Chappell
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>>Nearly five years after it hit best-seller lists, a book that
>>purported to be a 6-year-old boy's story of visiting angels and
>>heaven after being injured in a bad car crash is being pulled from
>>shelves. The young man at the center of The Boy Who Came Back from
>>Heaven, Alex Malarkey, said this week that the story was all made up.
>>
>>The book's publisher, Tyndale House, had promoted it as "a
>>supernatural encounter that will give you new insights on Heaven,
>>angels, and hearing the voice of God."
>>
>>But Thursday, Tyndale House confirmed to NPR that it is taking "the
>>book and all ancillary products out of print."
>>
>>The decision to pull the book comes after Alex Malarkey wrote an
>>open letter to retailer LifeWay and others who sell Christian books
>>and religious materials. It was published this week on the
>><http://pulpitandpen.org/2015/01/13/the-boy-who-came-back-from-heaven-recants-story-rebukes-christian-retailers/>Pulpit
>>
>>and Pen website.
>>
>>"I did not die. I did not go to Heaven," Alex wrote. He continued,
>>"I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me
>>attention. When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the
>>Bible. People have profited from lies, and continue to. They should
>>read the Bible, which is enough. The Bible is the only source of
>>truth. Anything written by man cannot be infallible."
>>
>>He concluded, "Those who market these materials must be called to
>>repent and hold the Bible as enough."
>>
>>Here are a few key background details of the story: Alex Malarkey
>>was paralyzed at the age of 6 when he was in a car wreck. He then
>>spent two months in a coma. He's now a teenager. The book lists him
>>as a co-author along with his father, Kevin Malarkey.
>>
>>Calling the book a "spiritual memoir,"
>><http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/01/15/boy-who-came-back-from-heaven-going-back-to-publisher/>The
>>
>>Washington Post notes that it "became part of a popular genre of
>>'heavenly tourism,' which has been controversial among orthodox
>> Christians."
>>
>>Alex's parents are now divorced; he and his siblings live with his
>>mother, Beth Malarkey, who has previously spoken out against the
>>book featuring her son. She has also said that profits from the book
>>haven't been going to Alex. Another book about a boy who said he had
>>gone to heaven, Heaven Is For Real, has been turned into a movie.
>>
>>Last spring, Beth Malarkey
>><http://amomonamission.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-boy-who-came-back-from-heavennot.html>wrote
>>
>>a blog post stating, "Alex's name and identity are being used
>>against his wishes (I have spoken before and posted about it that
>>Alex has tried to publicly speak out against the book), on something
>>that he is opposed to and knows to be in error according to the Bible."
>>
>>She added, "I am fully aware of what it feels like to be pulled in.
>>There are many who are scamming and using the Word of God to do it.
>>They are good, especially if you are not digging into your Bible and
>>truly studying it. They study their audience and even read 'success'
>>books to try to build better and bigger ... 'ministries/businesses.' "
>>SOURCE:
>>http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/15/377589757/boy-says-he-didn-t-go-to-heaven-publisher-says-it-will-pull-book
>>
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> John
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