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The Unfolding

Page 236: Bruce Van Natta: Saved by Angels, From Skeptic to Believer

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9809 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Content Warning – not appropriate for children.  
 
Bruce Van Natta’s childhood was filled with abuse and trauma, but he had one encounter with Jesus that marked him.  He knew God was real.  What he didn’t understand is why God didn’t rescue him. As he got older, he clearly heard God call him into ministry, but he was angry, skeptical, and cynical. As a diesel mechanic, Bruce regularly worked on big rigs.  On a fateful day in 2006, he was lying under a logging truck that weighed 18,000 pounds. What happened on that day can only be described as other-worldly; an accident, a near-death experience, and an encounter with the supernatural. This is a graphic story that is not appropriate for younger listeners. Bruce Van Natta is the author of Saved by Angels and the founder of Sweet Bread Ministries. 
 
 

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Page 236 of the unfolding is the story of Bruce Vanetta.

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But on the last beat of my art, my spirit left my body and I had one of those out-of-body experiences

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that people talk about.

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The day you die is going to be the best day of your life.

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I don't care how great your life has been.

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The Bible says nothing is compared to how good that is.

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The Bible talks about peace that doesn't make sense, peace that surpasses mental understanding.

0:26.2

I felt peace that doesn't make sense. Peace that surpasses mental understanding. I felt peace that doesn't make sense. It was the best feeling ever. God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time. He invites you to be a part of it.

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Another page in the unfolding.

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Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

0:44.1

Bruce Vanetta had a very difficult childhood, one filled with abuse and trauma, but he had one encounter with Jesus that marked him.

0:52.8

He knew God was real. What he didn't understand is why God

0:56.0

didn't rescue him from his awful situation. As he got older, he clearly heard God call him into

1:01.9

ministry, but he was angry, skeptical, cynical? His wife kept asking, what was it going to take for Bruce

1:09.8

to surrender his life to God? As a diesel

1:12.7

mechanic, Bruce worked on big rigs all the time. On a fateful day in 2006, he was laying under a logging

1:19.4

truck that weighed about 18,000 pounds. What happened on that day can only be described as

1:25.5

otherworldly. An accident, a near-death experience, an encounter with a supernatural,

1:31.7

you have to hear this story to believe it. The description of Bruce's accident might be tough

1:37.2

for some to hear. It's pretty graphic. And the content of this story is not appropriate for kids.

1:43.2

This is one of the most miraculous stories I have ever

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heard. So hang on. Growing up in my house, my mom would have called herself a Catholic. My dad

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