Capt. Dale Black

When I picked up this book I could not put it down until I had finished it all. At age 19 he was in a plane flight in which he survived only by the grace of God. Others in the same plane did not survive. It was indeed a miracle that he survived. For days after the wreck it did not look like he would pull through. For days he hovered between life and death. He experienced an after death experience but did not tell his story for some 40 years after the incident. He wanted his story to be focused on God and not him. He managed to focus on God entirely in the telling of his story. I highly recommend this book.… (mais)

I came to this book deeply skeptical. All too many people and books these days claim to have visited Heaven and yet their experiences do not match up to the revealed Word of God (e.g. entirely too many near-death-experiences taking place in Heaven instead of Hell).

This book, however, I felt was different. Although it too could potentially be a hoax, it was written very differently. Heaven actually was only described for a couple chapters and was not a key plot point. (This could be because for a good chunk of the time, amnesia was preventing him from remembering what had happened.) The real book was about Captain Black's accident, recovery, and the ramifications in his life. And there did seem to be effects, a closer relationship to God, much more concern about others and their salvation, etc. I found myself thinking multiple times that if he were really to have gone to Heaven, these are exactly the types of responses you would expect. I'll give him the benefit of a doubt and allow God to work outside the box occasionally.

(On the bad side, the book needs some editing work before general release, hence the 4.5 rating.)… (mais)