Episode 33: What Happens After We Die? Lessons From Near-Death Experiences with Stephen Gray, Director of "After Death"
We are thrilled today to have a very special guest with us to unpack one of life's biggest questions (yet one that is far too often ignored):
What happens when we die?
From investigating thousands of near-death experiences, After Death is a film from Angel Studios that explores the spiritual and scientific dimensions of mortality with the guidance of New York Times bestselling authors, medical experts, scientists, & survivors & sheds light on what awaits us after death.
Today we sit down with the director, Stephen Gray, to talk about key insights from 4,000 recorded NDEs (near-death experiences), his approach to understanding & portraying descriptions of heaven and hell on screen, as well as how to interpret near-death experiences in light of the Bible and life's mysteries.
We hope this conversation encourages you and leaves you with a fresh perspective not only on the implications of death... but also the implications of how we're meant to live.
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KEY TOPICS:
2:26 - What led Stephen to make this film
4:43 - How NDEs brought Stephen back to faith
10:20 - Going from shallow faith, to losing faith, to deeper faith
16:04 - The lesser-known challenges of making the film & spiritual opposition
20:36 - How life after death impacts every person & how we live
24:26 - Reconciling NDEs with biblical theology
28:45 - Hell vs. Heaven & understanding God as love
31:18 - Howard Storm's NDE of experiencing hell
33:46 - Unpacking the goal of the film
35:02 - The one shared datapoint in thousands of NDEs
42:09 - Interesting New Age & occult perspective
44:19 - Future meeting with Jesus
45:31 - What After Death is about, Steve Kang's testimony of going from Buddhist to Christian minister
49:34 - The background & major finding behind John Burke's Imagine Heaven
And more…
ABOUT THE GUEST
Stephen Gray is a multidisciplinary filmmaker based out of Winnipeg, Canada. He’s currently producing a feature documentary for Amazon Studios and his latest documentary, After Death, is showing in theaters across Canada and the United States. This film explores one of life's biggest mysteries - "what happens when we die?" with New York Times bestselling authors, doctors, scientists, and survivors.
Stephen’s work also includes award-winning short films and commercials, having partnered with brands like Target, Leisure Travel Vans, Google, Pepsi, and been featured by AdWeek, Webby Awards, Forbes, MSN, Fubiz, and Product Hunt.
Learn more or connect with Stephen at https://stephengray.ca.
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