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susie larsen live always honored to get to spend this time with you in fact i look forward to

bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk that

deepen your understanding of god's word and that heightens your awareness of his very real

presence in your life.

Well, my guest today said this years ago, and I've never forgotten it.

He said many Christians have such a poor view of heaven that they're actually more excited

about retirement than they are about eternity.

Author Pastor John Burke joins me today to talk about his runaway bestselling book,

Imagine Heaven, Near Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the exhilarating future that awaits you. joins me today to talk about his runaway bestselling book imagine heaven near death experiences

god's promises and the exhilarating future that await you and i want to tell you this is not a

wacky pie in the sky book this is a well researched astute analysis of over a thousand people who've

claimed to have near death experiences john never set out to be the guy to explore this topic but god

used him greatly and

continues to encourage many. In fact, this book is endorsed by many reputable leaders like

Lee Strobel, J.P. Morland. So I want you to stay tuned because we have a powerful show ahead.

I think you're going to hear things you maybe have not heard before. Quick announcement before

we get him on. We're still doing our summer bundle reading giveaway, and that's really fun because it's an assortment of books, both fiction, nonfiction. Would love to get a bundle into your hands. I think we're giving away one or two bundles every week till the end of the month. So you can check our website, myfaithradi.com, register to win there. Let me tell you about my guest. We'll get him on the show. Before I do that, we have five copies of this stunning book. Did you know over a million copies have been sold of Imagine Heaven? Imagine Heaven near-death experiences, God's promises, and the exhilarating future that awaits you. If you want in on the drawing, text the word book to 877-933-24-84. If you've got a question or comment send that in a separate text now I'm going to tell you about my guest John Burke is a New York time best-selling author of several books he's the pastor of Gateway Church in Austin Texas he's an international speaker he's addressed hundreds of thousands of people in 20 countries on topics of leadership and spiritual growth. And back when I

hosted Live the Promise years ago, I think I had them on five times to talk about this book. So it's

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