Heaven is For Real is a compelling film that chronicles the experiences of Colton Burpo, a young boy who claims to have seen heaven after a near-death encounter. After a life-threatening surgery, he ...

It was the biggest-grossing of a faith-based boomlet: a series of unconnected but spiritually similar movies from the ...

In “Heaven Is For Real,” Colton Burpo, the angelic 4-year-old son of a Nebraska pastor, undergoes emergency surgery and while under anesthesia experiences a series of visions, including watching his ...

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 ...

It started with a bestselling book: "Heaven Is for Real" (2010), the account of Colton Burpo's near-death experience, during which the four-year-old allegedly briefly visited heaven before being ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Omaha.com By Bob Fischbach / World-Herald staff writer It’s like a miracle, what’s happened in the life of the Rev. Todd Burpo of Imperial, Neb., ...

Sonja Burpo, mother of Colton Burpo and co-author of “Heaven is For Real” and “Heaven is For Real for Kids,” will sign copies of her books at 11 a.m, Jan 30 at Mardel Christian & Education, 4848 N.W.

"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, ...

"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, ...