Touching Heaven

Dr. Crandall,We’re very sorry to read of the loss of your son, Chad.Reading your account of the way Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit has comforted you, Deborah and Christian on your journey has helped us cope. We recently lost our son Jake due to Injuries from 2 combat tours with US Army in Iraq. Jake was an outstanding soldier that loved his brothers in arms and Jesus Christ from childhood. My son gave his life to protect his family and country after 9/11. After reading “Touching Heaven” we feel greater peace and are inspired to love more souls into the Kingdom of Heaven. Like you, we look forward to reuniting with our son and with all our loved ones.Thank you for sharing your story with us.God’s Richest Blessings,Ralph & Debbie Altomare Family -Jacob, Jessica, John Taylor and David.

I will start off by saying that I am a Christian 100% and I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Now, with that being said, He warned us about false prophets and that’s all I could think about reading this book. One thing that caught my attention was his emphasis on status and wealth. In one story he starts off by saying that they were visiting wealthy friends, so naturally I thought that the fact that they were wealthy had something to do with the story....it did not. So why say that? He also talked about a rich patient, and again his wealth had no point to the story. Also with false prophets you have an ounce of truth which was also in the book. Very convincing. I just don’t know how he has the time to actually practice with all of the exorcisms he was doing. People doing backflips and hissing at him. I gave it three stars because I am a believer and I believe God can do anything and work miracles through people, so all of these stories were possible but I’m skeptical.

This book was not at all what I thought it would be about based on the book overview that I read. This book is mainly about scriptures, which is fine, but I was expecting more NDE documentary - there are only a few in the beginning. Too many scripture quotes, demons standing in the room and the Holy Spirit literally knocking people off their feet during Sunday sermon. This book was just not for me and definitely not what I was expecting. I did not even finish it. I wish I could get my money back. What a waste. This book is about a doctor preaching a sermon, not NDE documentaries.

I started reading this book thinking it was something much different - a discussion only on near death experiences. In reality, it is an inspirational book that deals with life after death and the journey we are all on in one way or another. I have been yearning for more Jesus in my life and had a number of questions about my personal journey. I was amazed to find many answers and a book so rich in God's wisdom - when I was expecting something so different. Heaven unleashed! Appropriate for those who have no knowledge of the ways of God as well as those of us who have seen His wonders and want more of Him.

It takes the Catholic church years and years to credit a saint with two miracles. I frankly think this guy is just trying to cash in. I would hope i never wound up in his care. The number of "supernatural" instances he writes about is just plain unbelievable. One Miracle from God I can understand, but he just let his imaginaton run away with him

I thought it was a book about his patient’s actual near death experiences. It was more about the doctor’s religion/faith. Never finished it. Very disappointed.

Dr. Crandall tells of his intersection of science and faith. He has seen a lot of miracles all over the world including third world countries. He tells of his first hand dealings with near death and those who had died and came back to tell their stories. This is a book about Dr. Crandall's journey and personal glimpses of eternity as well as his journey of going from what he could see to the faith it took to see beyond the natural. The doctor was not always a believer in these deep amazing miracles. You will also follow his journey to the believer he is today and how he arrived. It is a wonderful book and a real eye opener.

This book is wonderful. To see the power of God in action. Hubby and I listened to the audio version on our last road trip. It moved us and blessed us. God still moves!

The whole emphasis is simply to accept Christ and be saved in eternity. I was looking for intellectual rigor from a cardiologist not a 200 odd page sermon. All I got was zealous proselytizing at the expense of level headed analysis of the evidence. Even to a non Christian the concept of a Creator is very powerful. However, this particular medic got carried away with a single interpretation of his miraculous cases and lost the reader in the process.

I cried when you cried because I too lost my beautiful loving son 11 years ago and your right it never goes away he is with me until I return to our father who has blessed me beyond believe and he is in my heart and soul and yes, it does not change when time passes and no matter what happiness I am blessed with through a God who knows that Andrew is missing in this life I continue to live. But I know that Judy's our saviour suffered too and its the knowledge of our Lord that keeps me to continue. I lost my husband through multiple brain tumours only 18 months prior to our son. Hard to know Andrew grieved terrible for his dad before his own sudden death from sepsis. I felt your pain and suffering and felt with your wife and other son as I have my other son too. but God has blessed me in the same Way I was in nursing myself and I have been reading in your wonderful book the journey of everlasting faith and love in a real God in heaven that is with us on this earth today Thank you .Your book is beautiful for the soul .

Still reading this so can't really make any judgements as yet.

Excitingly meaningful

Full of compassion for God and people that was developed in the furnace of adversity, A living example if what God can do through us when we submit wholly to Him.