What They Saw Beyond Death

What happens when people come close to death and come back with memories they cannot explain?

Across different times and circumstances, people have reported experiences that changed the way they understood life, death, God and eternity.

Some describe leaving their bodies and seeing what was happening around them. Others speak of a brilliant light, a profound sense of love, encounters with people who had already died, or a presence they understood as Jesus.

This book brings together seven extraordinary near-death accounts, including the experiences associated with George Ritchie, Howard Storm, Betty Eadie, Colton Burpo, Dannion Brinkley, Angie Fenimore and Christine Monsen.

But this isn't simply a collection of dramatic stories.

The book also asks difficult questions.

What can we actually establish about these experiences? Could they be explained by the brain? Why do some people report seeing Jesus? Why do some describe darkness while others describe overwhelming peace? Can some near-death experiences really contain glimpses of the future? And what should we make of predictions that did not come true?

The book examines these questions carefully, bringing together personal testimony, research, neuroscience, psychology and Christian perspectives.

You won't be asked simply to believe.

You'll be invited to listen, examine the evidence and decide what these extraordinary accounts might mean.

What happens beyond death?

Perhaps the most important question is what these people bring back with them.

Their stories often point to the same things: love, forgiveness, purpose, compassion and a life that matters.

And perhaps that message is worth hearing, even before we know what lies beyond the last breath.