Book Review: Near-Death Experiences as Evidence for the Existence of God and Heaven by J. Steve Miller

Last year a relative encouraged me to read a book entitled Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. The book tells the account of 4 year old Colton’s experience after a medical crisis. Upon his resuscitation, little Colton was able to tell his family amazing things that they claimed he could not have known. For example, Colton claimed to have met a sister that was miscarried that he didn’t know about. After reading the book, I remember thinking that Colton’s alleged experience, while fascinating, wasn’t concrete enough for me to say, “Okay, I believe it.” I simply needed more evidence and background knowledge about Colton and his family. I had heard scholars such as Gary Habermas [1] and J.P. Moreland discuss near-death experiences and while I always found these accounts intriguing, I never imagined I would reach a concrete conclusion on how reliable they were. For me, near-death experiences [NDEs] were possible evidence for the existence of God and the afterlife, but how could one really know for sure? Therefore, I never imagined them finding a home in my personal apologetic.

Well, as often happens when one reads a solid work on a given topic, my pre-suppositions have been challenged by author J. Steve Miller (interview here) in his book Near-Death Experiencesas Evidence for the Existence of God and Heaven.

Interview: J. Steve Miller on Near-Death Experiences

Today's interview is with J. Steve Miller, author of Near-Death Experiences as Evidence for the Existence of God and Heaven: A Brief Introduction in Plain Language. He talks about his background and research in near-death experiences (NDEs), defining near-death experiences, common experiences in NDEs, the evidential value of NDEs, various examples of NDEs, how worldviews come into play when evaluating evidence, common naturalistic explanations and their shortcomings, evidence for Christianity from NDEs, the existential impact of NDEs, and more.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here (56 min)

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Near-Death Experiences: Evidence for an Afterlife? - Gary Habermas MP3 Audio

Dr. Gary Habermas gives a talk about data reported in peer-reviewed medical journals involving near-death experiences.

Full MP3 Audio here. Found at Veritas.org and at GaryHabermas.com

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Gary Habermas on Infidel Guy Radio Show MP3 Audio

Gary Habermas speaks to Reginald Finley on his Infidel Guy radio show. The discussion covered topics such as the resurrection, miracles, and near death experiences (NDE's). It was an interesting listen, as Habermas reasons with the Infidel Guy and his apparent stance of global skepticism.

Full MP3 audio here.
Original audio at www.garyhabermas.com

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