A hospital social worker says a woman named Maria saw a shoe on the ledge of the hospital when she was flatlining. I examine the story.

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Bible references in this episode:

  • 2 Kings 2:11
  • Revelation 1
  • Genesis 2:7
  • 1 Corinthians 15
  • Lamentations 2:14
  • Matthew 24:24

There was a time when there was only good. Then evil entered the picture. But evil is a companion of good for a limited time only. One of these days, if we choose to trust God, our knowledge of evil will be only a memory.

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Bible references in this episode:

  • Genesis 1:4
  • Genesis 2:9
  • Genesis 2:15-17
  • Isaiah 14:12-14
  • John 3:16
  • Romans 6:23
  • Revelation 2:11
  • Ezekiel 28:18
  • Malachi 4:1-3
  • 2 Peter 2:6
  • Revelation 20:9,15

Many doctrines of the mainstream church come, not from the Bible, but from pagan philosophy or non-biblical, non-apostolic tradition. Do you know which ones? This episode isn’t really about the specific doctrine of purgatory. It’s more about ideas and where they come from. It’s about our reasons for believing. The doctrine of purgatory is just one example.

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Perhaps like me, you’ve struggled with forgiving people who wronged you. I had a breakthrough when I started thinking about the way Jesus told people who wronged Him that He forgave them. It dawned on me that He never did.

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Is faith the opposite of rationality? It depends on whose faith we’re talking about. Faith, by definition, is belief without proof, but it does not have to be — nor should it be — belief without evidence.

If you’d like to establish beliefs that are less likely to be shaken and more likely to be true, I invite you to get a copy of my book Building Evidence-based Beliefs. This is based on a workshop, with exercises you can do individually or with a group.

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I discuss the stories in the film After Death and NDEs in general, addressing these questions:

  • What are we actually talking about? NDEs or ADEs?
  • What does the Bible say about the state of being dead?
  • Are after-death experiences in the Bible?
  • Are literal NDEs possible?
  • What’s the source of literal NDEs?
  • What are your paradigms?
  • Is the Bible sufficient?

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