MEDICAL DOCTOR JEFFREY LONG, WHO HAS STUDIED MORE THAN 5,000 NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES, DECLARES WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH AND THAT GOD IS REAL!
DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, SAYS THOSE OF US WHO ARE BORN-AGAIN-SAVED ALREADY KNOW THIS. HOWEVER, IT IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO HEAR THIS FROM THE MEDICAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY. GLORY BE TO GOD!
- Jeffrey Long is a radiation oncologist in Kentucky.
- He’s also founder of the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation.
- He says studying near-death experiences has made him a better cancer doctor.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeffrey Long. It has been edited for length and clarity.
Thirty-seven years ago I was an oncologist resident, learning about how best to treat cancer using radiation. These were the pre-internet days, so I did my research in the library. One day I was flipping through a large volume of the Journal of American Medical Association when I came across an article describing near-death experiences.
It stopped me in my tracks. All my medical training told me you were either alive or dead. There was no in-between. But suddenly, I was reading from a cardiologist describing patients who had died, then come back to life, reporting very distinct, almost unbelievable experiences.
From that moment, I was fascinated with near-death experiences or NDEs. I define a near-death experience as someone who is either comatose or clinically dead, without a heartbeat, having a lucid experience where they see, hear, feel emotions, and interact with other beings. Learning more about these experiences has fundamentally changed my view of the universe.