ENID, Okla. — It’s been almost 20 years since Colton Burpo, then 4, said he went to heaven. Critically ill and requiring surgery, Burpo said he looked down upon the doctors performing his surgery and ...

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The movie Heaven Is for Real—based on the book by the same name—tells the story of minister Todd Burpo and his four-year-old son Colton. The main plot revolves around Colton’s near-death experience ...

Are streaming-watchers experiencing Colton Burpo nostalgia? The 2014 film Heaven Is for Real, chronicling the real-life story of young Burpo’s near-death experience, recently cycled back to Netflix ...

Sonja Burpo: Half the church wants to stop feeling and start thinking. And the other half, they want the exact opposite. Todd Burpo: [picks up the ringing cell phone; Colton sets off a fire truck horn ...

"Heaven Is for Real" is a moderately welcome upgrade for the Christian film norm. That's not to say it doesn't have many of the same problems that plague its faith-based brethren like a pestilence, ...