At the age of 6, Alex Malarkey was in car crash. When he came out of a coma, he told the tale of having been to heaven. It was turned into the best-selling 2010 book called The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, co-authored by his father. Last week, Alex, now 16, made the following revelation to a Christian website…

An Open Letter to Lifeway and Other Sellers, Buyers, and Marketers of Heaven Tourism, by the Boy Who Did Not Come Back From Heaven.

Please forgive the brevity, but because of my limitations I have to keep this short.

I did not die. I did not go to Heaven.

I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention. When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible.

People have profited from lies, and continue to. They should read the Bible, which is enough. The Bible is the only source of truth. Anything written by man cannot be infallible.

It is only through repentance of your sins and a belief in Jesus as the Son of God, who died for your sins (even though he committed none of his own) so that you can be forgiven may you learn of Heaven outside of what is written in the Bible…not by reading a work of man.

I want the whole world to know that the Bible is sufficient. Those who market these materials must be called to repent and hold the Bible as enough.

In Christ,

Alex Malarkey

The book has been pulled from shelves and print. However, there are other books like it in the genre called Heaven Tourism; the most recent, popular one being Heaven is For Real. Even though Alex’s story was intentionally made-up, all others in the genre should be taken with a grain of salt.

Please read my related posting: Are Near Death Experiences Real? Click here to read it.