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.

There was a time not too long ago when my wife and I dreamed of spending our lives traveling the world and seeing all the wonderful and amazing things that can be found all over the world. We had already begun to fulfill our dream as we had seen interesting places in the United States, Mexico, Europe, China, and South Korea.

We loved learning about the various cultures around the world. We thought enjoying all the sights and sensations of the world would be the most fulfilling way to spend our lives. But all that began to change when one of our friends gave us a a copy of a book called “Heaven is So Real.”

The book recounts the experiences of a Korean American woman named Choo Nam Thomas who is given the privilege of seeing heaven with Jesus as her tour guide. The overriding theme of the book is that heaven is an incredibly beautiful and fun place to be and that it is better to be in heaven for eternity than any other place. But heaven is a place for people who have hearts set on higher spiritual things not on the pleasures and preoccupations of the material world.

As my wife and I read that book, we began to see clearly that we had our hearts focused on worldly pleasures and worldly experiences. If our hearts were so focused on the things of the world, how could we be sure that our hearts would be ready to enjoy the things of heaven at the end of our earthly lives? If our hearts were not focused on heaven during our lifetime on earth, how could we expect our hearts to rise up to heaven at the time of our death?

From then on, we have been focusing on heavenly things. Now we can really appreciate the meaning of the chorus line from that old hymn that says:

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.

We will only be on earth for a  short time. We want to use this time on earth to focus our hearts, minds and lives on the spiritual things of heaven as we bless others. We want to focus on our eternal destination and eternal condition rather than focus on temporal things that are here today and gone tomorrow.

Choo Thomas’ book is so life changing that many readers feel compelled to share the book with their friends. You should get a copy of the book from the ‘Heaven’ category of the book store and, after it changes your life, give it away.

Choo Thomas has also made her book available for free download in numerous languages.

English (Available to read online, or download as a Word Document, or to listen to as audio)

American Sign Langauge (ASL)

French 

Arabic 

Russian 

Chinese Traditional 

Chinese Simplified 

Dutch 

Italian 

Malaysia 

Portuguese 

Tamil 

Thai 

Turkish 

You can also see her share a few of her experiences on a video posted to YouTube. The background music is Choo Thomas singing in the Spirit. You will get to hear her share a few of her experiences in heaven and her visit to the edge of a fiery pit.

Choo Thomas taken to Heaven & Hell Part 1

Choo Thomas taken to Heaven & Hell Part 2

Choo Thomas taken to Heaven & Hell Part 3

Choo Thomas taken to Heaven & Hell Part 4

To get a better idea of how her story has changed people’s lives, read these testimonies.

If you would like to get the book in hardcover or kindle format, then you might want to check out our store.

We would be happy to hear how the book blessed you. Just leave us a comment.