5/29/2023 0 Comments Burpo heaven![]() Their reactions are likely how most parents would react if their child told them of a vision of Heaven. Todd Burpo and his wife do not know what to do with the things Colton tells them about what he saw. They struggle with finances, with relationships, with behavioral issues in their children, with issues at the church, etc., etc. The Burpo family is "real" throughout the movie. I enjoyed how the movie portrayed Todd Burpo's spiritual struggles in the hospital chapel when it was unclear whether Colton would survive the emergency surgery. Heaven is for Real is a clean, family-friendly movie. I have not read the book, but the following is a review of the movie version. The movie version of the story was released on April 16, 2014, right in the middle of Passion Week. ![]() Some report that it has been the best-selling Christian book, other than the Bible, in the past decade. ![]() The book Heaven is for Real was released in 2010. So, I have found myself doing a few movie reviews lately. While movie reviews will never be a main focus of, we do receive a lot of questions about movies, especially ones that have any sort of a Christian theme or message. ![]() What could be better than getting into movies for free? But, as a friend of mine whose job was to review movies for a Christian ministry said to me, "For every good movie you see, you have to watch ten really bad ones." No thanks. At one point, I thought being a movie reviewer would be an enjoyable career. ![]()
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