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The “Burpo-Malarkey Doctrine”…and dilemma

January 22, 2015 By Nan Bush 40 Comments

I don’t believe it. I don’t believe that Alex Malarkey’s story was all made up. And yet, that’s the news this week. Here is the NPR lead:

“Nearly five years after it hit best-seller lists, a book that purported to be a 6-year-old boy’s story of visiting angels and heaven after being injured in a bad car crash is being pulled from shelves. The young man at the center of The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, Alex Malarkey, said this week that the story was all made up.” [Read more…] about The “Burpo-Malarkey Doctrine”…and dilemma

Tagged With: Alex Malarkey, Burpo-Malarkey Doctrine, children's NDEs, Colton Burpo, evangelical, Heaven is for Real, Kevin and Beth Malarkey, NPR, Phil Johnson, Progressive Christian, Rachel Wagner, The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, Todd Burpo

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