Last week the Christian themed movie Heaven Is For Real was released, However, the inspirational movie has the divided believers. Recently Creation Museum founder Ken Ham’s website, Answers in Genesis attacked the movie for being not being biblical. Ham is best known for his recent debate against Bill Nye.
The new movie Heaven Is for Real based on the 2010 novel of the same name, by Pastor Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent is making waves in the Christian community. Not all believers are moved by the feel good film.
Recently, Answers in Genesis writer, John MacArthur, spoke out against the movie, writing:
“Stories like Colton’s are as dangerous as they are seductive. Readers not only get a twisted, unbiblical picture of heaven; they also imbibe a subjective, superstitious, shallow brand of spirituality. Studying mystical accounts of supposed journeys into the afterlife yields nothing but confusion, contradiction, false hope, bad doctrine, and a host of similar evils.”
The site went on to further blast the book/film, adding:
We live in a narcissistic culture, and it shows in these accounts of people who claim they’ve been to heaven. They sound as if they viewed paradise in a mirror, keeping themselves in the foreground. They say comparatively little about God or His glory. But the glory of God is what the Bible says fills, illuminates, and defines heaven. Instead, the authors of these stories seem obsessed with details like how good they felt--how peaceful, how happy, how comforted they were; how they received privileges and accolades; how fun and enlightening their experience was; and how many things they think they now understand perfectly that could never be gleaned from Scripture alone. In short, they glorify self while barely noticing God’s glory. They highlight everything but what’s truly important about heaven.”
Have you seen the movie? What did you think of it? Let us know if Heaven Is for Real in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
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