Agnostic Engineer's Life RADICALLY Transformed by Near Death Experiences | John Burke

Before becoming a pastor, best-selling author, and NDE aficionado, agnostic engineer John Burke had little interest in the divine. He’s now returning to Maybe God for a second deep dive into reported glimpses into the afterlife. In his latest book “Imagine The God of Heaven”, John details the shocking evidence that supports these claims (such as blind people reporting accurate descriptions of their late loved ones) and discusses how people from various religious traditions all seem to encounter the same, biblical God. What can their experiences teach us about the His character?
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00:00:00 INTRODUCING JOHN BURKE
00:12:29 WHAT IS A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE?
00:17:44 VERIFIABLE EXPLANATIONS
00:33:12 IT'S NOT ABOUT CHRISTIANS BEING “RIGHT”
00:35:38 WHICH GOD DO PEOPLE MEET?
00:49:50 GOD'S JOY AND LAUGHTER
01:05:21 PUSHBACK FROM CHRISTIANS
01:19:15 WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?

[@gilhumphreys6641]

I was shot, and then all of a sudden I was above my body, and then I was looking at this bright light coming from my left. And then I was awakened getting into the ambulance, a second later I'm out of my body again riding above the ambulance to the hospital. They woke me up again in the ER, and put me under for surgery. And that's all I remembered.

[@colinspark806]

Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, save us and the whole world.

[@mrsellenj.a1740]

Amen glory to the great I am forever and ever

[@angelabritten48]

You answered a question I have had, about why don't people come back knowing what to do to get born again, and you answered it about Pauls experience. We must seek God and be obedient to scripture, we must be born again to enter the kingdom of God. John 3:3-8 [3]Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. [4]Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? [5]Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. [6]That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. [7]Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. [8]The wind (spirit) bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. (The "sound" spoken of here, of the spirit/wind, is speaking in tongues) Thank you.

[@karliesukowaty]

I’ve re-read imagine heaven a couple times now I’ll have to read imagine the god of heaven. I loved this interview!!

[@raceone78]

This was excellent. Thank you!

[@raymondduarte2990]

I have to say in love. Is that when you read scripture. As well as have a relationship with the Lord. You know, without a shadow of a doubt. God is the only God the God of the Bible, is it. I mean, how can there be any other if he is the creator of all. Mayvthe Lord open the hearts of man to see that only one God exists and we are worship him and him alone. We need him he created us for his glory.

[@charlielynne7550]

Just as he says in this interview, Jesus christ Reveals himself even when the person is hindu

[@myzgod]

Let’s do everything we can to get closer to Jesus. He is the most adorable God ever. His love for us is just unbeatable and He really enjoys our company.

[@jamesmathai2253]

Excellent, thanks for the revelation 🙏🏻

[@TheEncounterGODWorshipChannel]

❤❤❤ Loved this!

[@dennismccormick7322]

Hopefully money goes directly back into ministry , and folks that gave there stories are compensated ..

[@henrimarechal2418]

My wife AnnMarie died and my son Erick died of leukemia at age 14 and I suffer a stroke and can not longer walk I want to die so I can be with my wife AnnMarie and my son Erick Haleluia ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kbro7484]

I can't imagine how you feel, but I lost my 17 year old son and my father and brother-in-law. I didn't think it could get worse until I lost my only son.

[@frayfray720]

Huh! Pastor Eric video gets recommended to me. So cool!!

[@MsHumble4]

😱 I have no courage to … * But YES! There is a GOD!

[@gailsingle2624]

I think that trinity is the Father (God), the son (us - like Jesus) and the Holy Spirit which is the unique spirit that God communicates to us with, like a pipeline.

[@marzena3396815]

Sadly No. Please read the Scriptures...And pray to our Lord Jesus Christ to give you Grace to understand. God Bless 💖 Also the silver cord is a kind of New Agee concept. It's not in the Bible. So....most likely not true. God Can do Anything He wants. But He respects our Free Will.

[@SpookThaGeneral]

Its hard to believe people.

[@angelabritten48]

Please tell this beautiful author that I'm pretty sure he has a dairy intolerance. His sinuses are dripping down the back of his throat. I am now dairy free (mosty). Maybe if I'm visiting and given something, I will eat it. My sinuses are so much better, I hope he gets this message. XO

[@mrsellenj.a1740]

You are absolutely sweet and thoughtful, I hope he sees your comment, God bless you and your beautiful family

[@angelabritten48]

@mrsellenj.a1740 awww, thank you, you too.

[@perle13930]

Death is the end. I’ve been through both.

[@luisbarbosa8136]

lol tell me your experience

[@perle13930]

Do you have 2 days !

[@mikes0]

Never sorry typo there

[@AugStolic]

Why would Christians years ago dismiss these encounters if the ppl said they were positive and sacred. Wouldn’t they want to validate that and be super happy to hear it to justify the faith.

[@pennythpmas5787]

I am 60 this year. Read about these NDEs many years ago in book by Moody. Only near Death thing to anyone I knew was a 92 year old lady I assisted, said when her Mother was dying she looked up and said, I didn't know it's so beautiful!❤

[@yungyucci3877]

Because a lot of “Christians” just like the church traditions of man. The Laodicean church. They can’t receive the things of the spirit, of little faith.

[@mikes0]

So if it was hallucination the guy he menitons wouldve neber published any findings in a.medical journal

[@naturescritter4691]

How do you explain history with science? Why was George Washington? When science tries to explain religion, it’s similar to comparing apples to oranges.

[@shawnlewis4279]

That’s personal🤣

[@eloychavez8027]

Why would he even mention about that doctor making that weird absurd comment???

[@AugStolic]

What did he say I haven’t watched the whole thing

[@gailsingle2624]

There is a silver cord that connects the physical body to the spirit body and once it breaks there is no coming back.

[@peterpanx1]

We tend to put God in a box. I view the Bible as Gods word. Very , very important for us to study, be inspired by, uplifted by, seek knowledge from etc but we don't worship the Bible. We worship God thrue Jesus ,anointed , Messiah, son of God and the holy spirit. Here is thesis I have. It may or may not be true but it makes sence to me. For those who have there Theology , Eschatology all worked out from the scriptures. Cemented or if I may use the expression "put in a box" You may not like this Thesis. When we die. Is it or sins that seperate us from God? Is it our individual sin? Not our friends or neighbours sin. Could it be right that the distance or hell that a person find them selves from God is equal to there sin. Is it reasonable that a person who have committed hainous crimes would recieve the same punishment from God in a hell verses a kind and caring person who didn't recieve Christ. ( True! In Gods eyes no one is good) Wouldn't it be just that the criminal would recieve the consequences/punishment of his crimes in hell and the kind caring person recieve the consequences/punsishment of his sins in hell wich in comparison would be of a lesser degree. Not saying hell is a place anyone want to go and that its not terrible but wouldn't it make sence that the punishment should be just.

[@yomomma4261]

Biblical Cosmology is one of my studies. The word Earth is how it describes God's creation. Planet is described as a wandering stars. The word globe isn't Biblical. Science is also a word in the Bible but is corrupted. Having God's word to rely on gives me confidence in the truth of where we live and breathe. That to say when you talk about the creation it is more Biblical to use the words God gave us..Earth, Heaven, Hell and the heavenly host's called stars along with those that left the order of God to be called planets. Earth is not a planet Biblically.

[@Gavin-hg2kk]

Well i appreciate his story, however when they try to sell their book and make money off their story means we need to be cautious about his story.

[@KetoGalAnn]

How does Pastor Burke address those people who come back as non-Christians, but see all of the same sorts of things Christians allegedly see; the bright light, super, overwhelming expressions of acceptance and love, views of vistas outside the gates of heaven, etc., but also talk about pre-incarnate contracts that they wrote for their life experience. They advocate for Reincarnation, everyone allowed to heaven without exception, instructing others to live a good life, including loving others, in order to merit heaven, etc., etc. I have yet to hear Mr. Burke, explicitly address all of these clearly non-biblical experiences. I understand there will always be counterfeits, but at this point it appears there are more counterfeits than there are verifiably Christian experiences. Wonder why, for the serious Christian, he doesn’t address these troubling testimonies.

[@timbro88]

Hey there, good questions. I've been looking into ndes myself as of late as a Christian, and I definitely see the points your making. But it's important to note that the devil is very good, I'd say, at disguising himself as an angel of light. Deceiving people into thinking their in a place of paradise, when their actually surrounded by a dome of illusion, as some other nder's call it where they see others in hell deceived while going through their own hell nde. When people come back from either a heaven or hell nde, and deny Christ, that doesn't mean that He's not up there. That just means that their not ready to accept the truth of the Christian worldview. Bear with me here for a minute and hear me out. Roughly 1 quarter of ndes are hellish, and so when people say that the being of light and love lets everyone into heaven/paradise, whether their religious or not, that makes me suspicious of their experience right off the bat. As we know that's not the case just based alone on the fact that there are so many hellish ndes. So when someone says that they see a being of light that they think isn't Jesus and says that reincarnation is true and everyone makes it in, that pretty much shows me that they were just deceived in a false heaven/paradise experience, where they were actually in hell with demons trying to put on a charade. That would make sense if the Christian worldview is true, with demons/evil spirits in the spiritual realm that hate humans who are created in the image and likeness of God. Desperately trying to deceive us into thinking that everyone goes to heaven, so why even put your trust in Christ? The bible says in romans 2:4 NLT; Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that His kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? And luke 6:35 NASB; ...He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil people. It's no wonder the God of the Bible lets unbelievers see what they are missing, giving them a taste of what He wants them to have, if they would just turn to Him. But He also shows others hell, so that all of us here on earth hearing these stories know that He is also serious about sin, and there must be punishment. Either we're paying the price for straightup disobeying Him, or we're accepting Jesus' righteousness and what He did for us on the cross. If everyone saw hell when they had their nde, I feel like they'd be much less likely to turn to God. But at the same time, knowing that hell is a very real place, if God allowed everyone to see heaven, with very few people seeing hell, then we would all think that theres no punishment for sin, so the creator must be cruel for allowing rape and murder to go unpunished. God has balanced it out just right so we hear testimonies of both heaven with Him, and hell without Him, we choose. The Bible also says in romans 5:10-11 NASB that; "For if while we [Christians] were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only this, but we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation." Note that Paul says that while we were enemies, meaning before we accepted Jesus, God had reconciled us to Himself. The whole world is reconciled to God, thats how every Christian, hindu, muslim and atheist are even allowed to stand before the uncreated creator and be shown any sort of kindness, despite what we have done to Him by disobeying His laws. But it's only those who have 'now received the reconciliation' who are able to stay standing before God for all of eternity. It's only those who want to be with Him, who havent rejected His son and what He did on the cross. It's only those who want to have relationship with God who God will spend forever with. If it's not the Christian God, or any other religious god that's up there, but rather some generic being of light that definitely seems to want to love on us and have a relationship with us and show kindness to us. Then how can we be in that relationship with him here on earth if he hasn't given us, or anyone else before this generation any sort of material here on earth besides the bible to show us how to be in relationship with him, or how to accept him? How has he shown us how to escape this place of hell that people go to? Why do some people who think their 'good' have the hellish nde, whereas some others who are bad people and even reject the idea of a loving God get shown this amazing place with so much love from an intimate creator? It's because the kindness of the biblical God leads those people who experience Him in a near death experience to repentance. People who come back from a heaven nde and reject the God of the bible, I'm convinced, do it either because they were deceived, or because they have some form of church hurt, or bad experiences from Christians in the past. Maybe they misunderstand certain passages in the bible that arn’t what they think. Let's not blame Jesus in light of some Christians on earth who play Christ poorly. As for reincarnation, I don't believe that's whats going on, because from what I've seen and heard, alot of people who experience heaven see their loved ones on the other side, alot of which seem very excited to see the nder, people who seem to have been there for a while. If reincarnation were true, then why are there people on the other side at all? Shouldn't they have just come back right away as a new person? Doesn't this God want to lavish His love on us forever? Why would He instead just send us back again and again to the earth? Just some things to think about. I hope I've helped you on your journey Keto. If you want to talk back and forth with me about this, let me know.:) Otherwise, God bless you and enjoy your week!

[@briandykeman4056]

Your right it's hard to reconcile alot of ndes the reincarnation the everyone is excepted almost seems jesus lied about the narrow door

[@timbro88]

@@briandykeman4056 What about all those many people who have hellish ndes? Or even those who see heaven and hell in one go?

[@guslainas1]

And beautiful explanation.Thank you very much.And I think keto lady should understand, I just got on keto carnival diet sixty days, and I feel great. I stay away from man-made materials and boxes that are pretty much poisoned and slowly take our health away and kill us.But other than that, thank you so much for explaining.Really enjoyed reading even as a christian that I am.

[@kelleycalder8408]

No where in the bible did satan or evil raise the dead or cast out demons like we as Christians were commanded. Satan comes only to kill and destroy.

[@CherishedMe]

Is this some kind of joke talk? John 11:43 (UKJV) And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. Almost 2000 years ago. 2 Corinthians 12:4 (UKJV) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, (o. rhema) which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Almost 2000 years ago. Churches full of unbelief. Churchianity. The whole bible comes from peoples experiences with the Lord. Bible worship. Dead words that are read, but not believed.

[@MGC64]

Anyone that goes on a podcast to glorify himself and talk about how ‘the lord’ has touched him is a total fraud

[@osogrande4999]

religious dogma don’t apply to this phenomena, open your eyes, this has got nothing to do with your nonsense bible.

[@Gavin-hg2kk]

He has written a book goes around charging money for his ministry is a red flag, he started a church, said he is called of God and that God told him to write books. I believe in the afterlife and an obsession with the NDE stories, money is king it motivates all people i think he wanted his own NDE and saw this as a way to get rich