Emails Suggest Lifeway President Knew of Heaven Scam, Chose Not to Act<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nLifeway has been selling The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven<\/i> for many years now. It is part of the trifecta of books on \u201cheavenly tourism\u201d that Lifeway has sold and has promoted, along with 90 Minutes in Heaven <\/i>and Heaven is for Real<\/i>. The co-author of The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven<\/i> \u2013 the boy himself \u2013 has written an open letter to Lifeway and admonished them for not holding to the sufficiency of Scripture, and has recanted his tale. For those who may not be familiar with of The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, <\/i>the publisher\u2019s description is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn 2004, Kevin Malarkey and his six-year-old son, Alex, suffered an horrific car accident. The impact from the crash paralyzed Alex\u2013and medically speaking, it was unlikely that he could survive. \u2018I think Alex has gone to be with Jesus,\u2019 a friend told the stricken dad. But two months later, Alex awoke from a coma with an incredible story to share. Of events at the accident scene and in the hospital while he was unconscious. Of the angels that took him through the gates of heaven itself. Of the unearthly music that sounded just \u2018terrible\u2019 to a six-year-old. And, most amazing of all . . . Of meeting and talking to Jesus. \u2018The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven\u2019 is the true story of an ordinary boy\u2019s most extraordinary journey. As you see heaven and earth through Alex\u2019s eyes, you\u2019ll come away with new insights on miracles, life beyond this world, and the power of a father\u2019s love.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt\u2019s in this context- the context of Lifeway selling this book and making money off of it for years- that Alex Malarkey, the co-author of the book,<\/b> has reached out to us. [Update<\/i>: Many people have asked if this is the first time Alex has spoken out directly. Although Alex\u2019s mother has tried to speak out and contacted book-sellers and has been flatly ignored, going back to at least December 2012, on her blog and in other places, I believe this is the first time Alex has himself spoken out in such a direct way in his own\u2026except for posting a comment relaying this information on the Alex Malarkey fan page on Facebook, after which the comment was deleted by moderators and he was blocked from the group. It doesn\u2019t matter that we are or are not the first. That point is utterly irrelevant. What is relevant is that God willing we will be the last, and that we\u2019re able to provide Alex with a wider audience that he had received the first few go-arounds to get people\u2019s attention.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSeriously. I’m beginning to think that Tartuffe<\/i> should be required for every school kid in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m not particularly concerned with the afterlife. It’s never been a big part of Jewish theology. I remember having a talk with a born-again Pentecostal, and my complete ambivalence toward the nature of the afterlife baffled her. There is a consensus on the afterlife in Judiasm, but it is simply, “Yes”. Some Jewish theologians have …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[970,1051,1175,1193,1021],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption","category-hypocrisy","category-literature","category-publishing","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}