In 2006, Bruce Van Natta was crushed and nearly cut in half under the cab of a logging truck. Even though five of his arteries were severed (besides other damage to his body) he did not bleed out. Bruce knows why because his spirit was floating over the scene of the accident and he saw not only what was happening in the physical world but also what was happening in the spiritual realm.

Watch the video to find out exactly what Bruce saw and what other amazing miracles tipped the scales back from death to life for this man.

Saved by Angels – 7 min clip

Saved by Angels by Bruce Van Natta

Bruce has shared all the details of his amazing story in his faith inspiring book Saved by Angels, which is available in The Rising Light Book Store.

You can also watch Bruce’s full 30-minute testimony and see many other video clips  and interviews featuring his story including a show on It’s Supernatural with Sid Roth.

On August 3, 1979, Rev. Howard Pittman, realizing that he was about to die, prayed that he would be permitted the privilege of going before the throne of God to ask for an extension on his life.

He was granted this privilege and much about the nature of demons, God, as well as the condition and future of humanity was revealed to him during his journey through the spirit realm.

Text of Howard Pittman’s NDE Testimony as Recorded in Placebo

Reading of Howard Pittman’s NDE Testimony as Recorded in Placebo (YouTube)

Radio Interview with Rev. Howard Pittman -
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At first his parents weren’t sure what to make of their young son’s claim that he had seen heaven while on the operating table. But then the boy began telling them things that he couldn’t have known such as details about his sister that they had never even told him about and his great grandfather whom he had never met. He says he knows these things about these people because he met them while in heaven. He also met Jesus and angels and learned many extraordinary things while in heaven.

His experiences and discoveries in heaven are all in the book Heaven is for Real.

Here is a clip from a TV interview with the boy and his father:

Here is a 20 minute radio interview with Colton Burpo’s father:

On October 20, 2006 Jeff Markin collapsed from a massive heart attack after driving himself to the Palm Beach Gardens Hospital emergency room.

The emergency medical workers and supervising cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandall followed standard procedure using defibrillator pads more than a dozen times trying to shock Jeff’s heart back to working order. With each passing minute their chances of successfully resuscitating the heart attack victim plumeted dramatically. After they had worked feverishly for 40 minutes trying to bring Jeff’s heart out of a flatline they had to finally call the time of death and walk away from the corpse.

That would have been the end of a disappointing but not terribly unusual heart attack case. But as Dr. Chauncey Crandall was walking away after filling out some paperwork he sensed the Holy Spirit’s voice saying that he should pray for the now officially dead heart attack victim.

By this time Jeff Markin’s body was being prepared for the morgue. Dr. Crandall walked in there and began praying for Jeff Markin. Another doctor walked in and Dr. Crandall persuaded him to once again apply the defibrillators and see if the body could be shocked back to life. Despite the utter hopelessness of the situation the protesting doctor did as he was asked out of respect to his colleague. Miraculously, Jeff’s heart responded beautifully with a perfect heartbeat and Jeff began breathing again.

He was brought back to life by faith, prayer, and one more try using conventional medicine. Thus he would live to tell about his experience while physically dead. Miraculously Jeff not only came back to life but also did not sustain any brain damage.

In his book, Raising the Dead, Dr. Crandall tells all about this and other cases of raising the dead and healings and what brought him to the place where he has joined his medical expertise with prayer for each of his patients.

I have also found a number of reports and interviews that will fill in more details about this case. I hope you find all these resources and this amazing story to be a great inspiration as you remember the declaration of Jesus Christ: I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. ~ Revelation 1:18

News Report Summarizing how Jeff Markin was Raised from the Dead

Jeff Markin’s Story

CBN 700 Club Report and Interview with Dr. Chauncey Crandall

Another CBN 700 Club Interview with Dr. Chauncey Crandall - Part 1

Another CBN 700 Club Interview with Dr. Chauncey Crandall - Part 2

Free Raising the Dead CD

Includes the following:

Dead Man Raising – Special Report

Man Raised from the Dead – Part 1 and 2

Dr. Chauncey Crandall’s Testimony

Miracles Abound

Healing Isaiah 53 Compilation

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On June 19, 2004, a South African family had a serious car accident. The accident left their 12 year old son, Aldo McPherson, in a coma and on life support.

God did a number of miracles for Aldo and his family. God allowed Aldo to experience heaven and then asked Aldo to share a message with the world. God also taught Aldo and his family — especially his mother Retha McPherson — how to speak life and restoration over Aldo’s physical condition. In response to their obedience God began healing Aldo.

Before sharing some of the messages Aldo brought back with him from heaven and some of the lessons Retha McPherson learned, I would like to share this video documenting Aldo’s recovery process after the accident.

Aldo McPherson’s Recovery

You can read or listen to Retha McPherson as she shares her family’s experience.

You can also watch Retha McPherson tell her family’s story as she is interviewed on It’s Supernatural with Sid Roth (below).

Retha McPherson on It’s Supernatural

Aldo was unable to speak after his coma so he had to write when he wanted to communicate. He began writing to tell his family and the world what he had experienced in heaven and what God had been revealing to him.

His original letters were written in Afrikaans. You can see some of them and read the English translation provided under each one. Here is The Collection of Aldo McPherson’s hand-written letters from 2005 to the present.

It looks like the letters included in this collection supplement the ones already published in Aldo and Retha McPherson’s books. You can see some of these very interesting letters and read more of the story in the book A Message from God co-authored by Aldo McPherson and his mother Retha McPherson, which is available as a   new or used physical copy or as a digital eBook in our Spiritual Lifestyle Resources Book Store. You can also take a look at their second book From God: A Message of Faith.