Journeys Beyond Life, True Accounts of Next-World Experiences by Arvin S. Gibson

Journeys Beyond Life, True Accounts of Next-World Experiences by Arvin S. Gibson 286 pages
 This book offers a profound and penetrating view beyond earthly life through the eyes of those who had a near-death out-of-body experience (NDE) or a related spiritual event. The complete case studies of thirty-two first-hand accounts are included from the Gibsons’ extensive research in this field. In addition, numerous partial accounts are provided, and the research statistics for sixty-eight experiences are given—together with significant conclusions resulting from analysis of the statistical data.
 In the near-death research reported in this volume, the Gibsons confirmed many patterns that other NDE researchers had already analyzed. In many accounts, however, the reported experiences are dramatic, and completely unexpected, and they show results which had not been previously identified. Both positive and negative experiences are described in these studies.
 Eloise Weaver, one of many whose experiences are included, said of her experience: “I understand now that life is really short. We need to make the best of each day…and to know that Heavenly Father loves us, and no matter how hard our difficulties are, everything will be okay. I used to be a coward about death. I now feel that death is a piece of cake.”
 Howard Storm, an atheistic professor who fully expected to be obliterated upon death, found to his surprise an astonishing world in his extensive NDE, and was told intriguing news about future events here in mortality.
 Journeys Beyond Life offers a new perspective of what righteous individuals might expect to find when they leave this life. For those who merit it, the Gibsons’ in-depth research suggests an eternal pain-free life filled with light, truth, knowledge, growth, creation, and exuberant joy.

Life Everlasting by Duane S. Crowther

Life Everlasting by  Duane S. Crowther   399 pages
 Life Everlasting is a fascinating examination of man’s future life from the time of death until his entry into the heavenly kingdom.  The book reaches beyond the commonplace to give new insights into the nature of the life to come.
 This book draws extensively from the scriptures and from the discourse of Latter-day Saints leaders.  It examines eyewitness accounts of scores of individuals who have ventured into the spirit world and have then returned to tell of their experiences.  As the new evidence of these accounts is analyzed, a host of new ideas and understandings are revealed to the reader.  Within these pages are numerous descriptions of spirit world conditions including buildings, landscaping, wearing apparel factors which govern man’s time of death are discussed, and the nature of man’s “new birth” into the next life is described by those who have experienced it.
 Life Everlasting peers into the spirit prison and hell and reports the conditions and activities there.  Then it sweeps forward in time to analyze the nature of the resurrections and final judgment.  A careful consideration of the final rewards available to man is made, with detailed and specific coverage of the sons of perdition and the inhabitants of the telestial, terrestrial and celestial kingdoms.  The final chapter is a penetrating explanation of the nature of godhood and exaltation.
 Few books within the Church have ever combined such a wealth of new concepts and interesting information with careful presentation and scholarship of Life Everlasting.  It is inevitable that this book will be widely read and discussed throughout the Church for many years to come.

Fasting: The Second Step To Eternal Life By Alan P. Johnson

Fasting: The Second Step To Eternal Life By Alan P. Johnson 229 pages
 What does fasting mean? Who have practiced the fast? What is the history of fasting among nations and peoples?
 Answers to these pertinent questions and many others will be found authoritatively answered in Fasting—The Second Step to Eternal Life By Alan P. Johnson.
 This book is probably the most complete volume available treating all the facets of fasting from ancient to modern times, from Christian and non-Christian sources. The author has done an infinite amount of research on the material, which was written first to fulfil his Master’s degree.
 The author enlarges the concept of fasting, indicating that it is much more than mere abstinence from food. It becomes a spiritual “at-one-ment” with Christ, the Savior of mankind, and helps make man worthy of the acceptance of Christ’s supreme sacrifice.