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In the ten years since 90 Minutes in Heaven was published, millions of people worldwide have read the incredible true story of Don Piper's experience with death and life--and in reading they have found their own lives changed.After a semi-truck collided with Don Piper's car, he was pronounced dead at the scene. For the next ninety minutes, he experienced the glories of heaven. Back on earth, a passing minister felt led to stop and pray for the accident victim even though he was told Piper was dead. Miraculously, Piper came back to life, and the pleasure of heaven was replaced by a long and painful recovery.With a personal update from Don on the impact the book has had on him, his family, and the millions who have heard his story, even those who have read the original book will want to be part of the continuing story of 90 Minutes in Heaven with this new edition. Also includes a note from the publisher, stories from readers, favorite Scriptures and quotations on heaven from Don Piper, and a photo insert.

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Philosophie et théologie

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	24 juin 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441219763
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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© 2004, 2014 by Don Piper
Published by Revell
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www . revellbooks .com
Ebook edition created 2014
Ebook corrections 08.08.2017
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4412-1976-3
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture is taken from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
Scripture marked GW is taken from G OD ’ S W ORD ®. © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group.
Scripture marked NIV is taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Scripture marked KJV is taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
To the prayer warriors . . . You prayed; I’m here
Contents
Cover 1
Title Page 3
Copyright Page 4
Dedication 5
A Personal Update from Don Piper 13
Acknowledgments 27
Prologue 31
1. The Accident 33
2. My Time in Heaven 38
3. Heavenly Music 46
4. From Heaven to Earth 53
5. Earth to Hospital 59
6. The Recovery Begins 68
7. Decisions and Challenges 76
8. Pain and Adjustments 85
9. Endless Adjustments 100
10. More Miracles 109
11. Back to Church 117
12. Opening Up 130
13. The Clasping Hand 138
14. The New Normal 142
15. Touching Lives 160
16. Finding Purpose 181
17. Longing for Home 192
18. The Why Questions 197
19. Stories of Encouragement 204
My Favorite Bible Verses and Quotations 237
Photo Insert 244
Notes 245
About the Author 247
Back Ads 248
Back Cover 249
A Personal Update from Don Piper
T he years slip by so briskly. It’s been twenty-five years since my fatal accident on a lonely bridge on a cold, rainy, east Texas morning. Yet some days when the piercing pain revisits me, it seems as if that crash happened yesterday.
Fourteen years following those momentous events on the bridge, I released the chronicle of that ordeal in a book called 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life .
The first sentence in the “Acknowledgments” section of that book’s first edition is, “I wrote this book in self-defense.”
I must say today as I write this update for the 10th anniversary edition, I do so “in utter amazement!” rather than in self-defense. The enormous commercial and spiritual success of my book defies any sort of conventional wisdom. Many have said, and I agree, that the deeply emotional responses and subsequent phenomenal sales must be a “God thing.” What other explanation makes any sense?
Consider that the book in its various forms has now sold over six million copies in forty-six languages! Since its release in August 2004, it is one of the most successfully selling books in print in any language. And this from a book that initially had a first printing of 7500 copies! Prior to the 10th anniversary edition, the paperback edition of 90 Minutes in Heaven was in its eighty-second printing!
Indeed, what an awesome journey it has been since August 2004, when our church receptionist called my office and said, “Don, you have a package at the front desk.”
The furthest thing from my mind as I passed by her desk later was that the package could be my first copy of 90 Minutes in Heaven . Chills ran down my spine as I pulled my very own book out of its shipping envelope. Wow!
Since that auspicious day, I have . . .
Traveled just short of two million miles sharing the 90 Minutes in Heaven testimony with over three thousand live audiences. A conservative estimate of the number of souls who have heard me speak in person is over one and a half million, from all over the world. I have personally autographed over a quarter of a million copies of 90 Minutes .
The 90 Minutes in Heaven story was shared in a tent in Husbondliden, Sweden; near the Artic Circle in Lapland, Finland; in the War Memorial Convention Hall in Lihue, Kauai; in Talkeetna, Alaska, in the shadow of Mt. Denali; on a ship off the coast of Malta; at Capital Baptist Church in Mexico City; in Moncton, New Brunswick; at a church in Paris, France; in San Juan, Puerto Rico; from the pulpit of First Baptist in Maryville, Illinois, where the pastor was murdered while preaching three weeks before; with the “Yoopers” in Marquette, Michigan; at a supper club in Leicester, England; in Bumpass, Virginia; on a fjord in Norway; in an Amish barn; in Bavaria; and in a town that actually bills itself as the “middle of nowhere,” Ainsworth, Nebraska.
The great commission stipulates that we should take the gospel to the ends of the earth. While I haven’t quite accomplished that daunting task, I have made a dent in it. Having preached in many countries and all fifty US states, I am very aware of how different we are and yet how much we are alike.
All this traveling has led me to stay in an incredible variety of accommodations: Over a thousand hotels (from five stars to minus-five stars), sleeping under everything from silk sheets to sheets with holes in them. Hyatts, Hiltons, Hamptons, Holiday Inns, La Quintas, Marriotts, Days Inns, Comfort Inns, and dozens of bed and breakfasts. I’ve also stayed in lodges, camps, dormitories, a hut called an ubetjent in Norway, an abandoned college, rental houses, and cars (yes, we’ve slept in cars). I have been honored to spend nights in private homes. My son Chris and I even spent the night at the guest quarters of a nunnery across from Mount St. Mary’s University where I was a guest speaker. Yes, we ate breakfast with dozens of sisters in habits. For a few moments I actually felt like I was in an old Bing Crosby movie.
Therefore, you won’t be surprised to know that I am a member of virtually every frequent flier, guest rewards, and rental car frequent rewards program in existence. All that really means is that I travel constantly. Besides flying every week, I have a Chevy Tahoe with 150,000 miles of speaking engagement trips on it—and it’s my second car since I started sharing the 90 Minutes story!
I’ve been in Opels, Mercedes, Isuzus, SEATs (a Spanish vehicle), Citroens, Fiats, Volvos—all of them rental cars. There have been minivans, SUVs, tiny sedans, trucks, taxis, and vehicles driven by volunteers sent to pick us up. Several times we’ve driven all night in order to be at a venue for a breakfast speaking engagement the next morning.
In the course of all these miles (and this is an astounding fact), I have never missed a scheduled ministry event, though we did have a couple of postponements due to inclement weather.
In the course of ministering in Jesus’ name I have spoken in ancient cathedrals, church auditoriums, fellowship halls, historical churches, hysterical churches, civic centers, school auditoriums, shopping malls, banquet halls, a cornfield in South Dakota, campgrounds, open-air pavilions, an Amish barn, a bathroom (actually an underground dorm/shower/bathroom complex into which we were herded along with faculty and students during a tornado warning at Cedarville University in Ohio), assisted living centers, and tents both large and small.
There will be no denominations in heaven. I often say, “In heaven, nothing divides us.” On earth I have spoken to congregations of Methodists, Episcopalians, Assemblies of God, Lutherans, Catholics, Baptists, Mennonites, Amish groups, Presbyterians, Wesleyans, Anglicans, African Methodist Episcopals, Reformed groups, Congregationalists, Brethren, Pentecostals, Nazarenes, Missionary Alliance groups, Church of God groups, Bible churches, Independents, charismatics, non-denominational groups, Messianic groups, and Evangelical Free groups.
It has been my honor to share with students at middle schools, high schools, and dozens of colleges and universities, both private and public.
I have been the keynote speaker at pastors’ retreats, women’s retreats, youth camps, and Christian conferences from Honolulu to Mackinac Island.
We’ve flown to the top of Alaska’s twenty-thousand-foot Mt. Denali and spoken at fifty feet below sea level in El Centro, California.
Remarkably, we’ve heard our hosts excitedly say, “We’ve never had this many people come to our church (or event) before.” Indeed, there have been incredible numbers of record crowds. There have been several occasions when more people were seated outside the main auditorium than inside, simply because they couldn’t get in!
I told a couple of pastors over these years, “Don’t look up at the ceiling. They may be lowering folks through the roof at any minute.”
Hosts have distracted many fire marshals in order to complete an event. A pastor in Sweden exclaimed, “Dear Lord, no one has ever sat in our balcony before tonight!” A pastor in Illinois remarked after a particularly anointed event, “We haven’t had this many folks in here since we had the mayor’s funeral.” Audiences from one hundred to one hundred thousand filed in, day in and day out. Our God is an awesome God.
Along the way, it has been my distinct privilege to share the platform with some of this era’s finest spiritual leaders, including J. I. Packer, Donald Miller, Gary Chapman, Tony Campolo, Randy Alcorn, Francis Chan, Bill Wiese, Kathy Triccoli, Auntie Anne (Beiler), Philip Yancey, Jennifer O’Neill, William P. Young, David Meece, Barry McGuire, Phil Munsey, Pat Boone, and so many others.
I have spoken following such diverse special music as Native American drums, Hula dancers, and an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas. I have heard the song “I Can Only Imagine,” by MercyMe no less