Angels, Demons and a Near‑Death Miracle: Faith on the Front Lines
Episode Overview
Billy Hallowell explains how his documentary collects stories of angels, demons and miracles and lets people weigh the evidence for themselves. The conversation stresses that spiritual warfare is real and rooted in Scripture, not just in horror films or pop culture. Billy shares that working on the film series forced him to rethink miracles and examine whether he truly believes what he claims about God’s power. Bruce Van Natta recounts being crushed under a truck, seeing angels, dying clinically, and being prayed back to life three times by a new Christian. Bruce’s long recovery highlights that God can work through extreme hardship, ongoing pain and loss to show mercy and transform lives.
If you want to live, you’re going to have to fight, and it’s going to be a hard fight.
What can we learn from those who have battled addiction, doubt, and even death, yet still come out clinging to faith? Crossroads with Jenny Bushkell brings together journalist and filmmaker Billy Hallowell and survivor Bruce Van Natta to talk about angels, demons, spiritual warfare, and the gritty side of miracles. Billy shares how a Columbine news broadcast at age 15 kick-started his media career, leading to over 15,000 stories, TV debates, podcasts, and now a film series on the supernatural.
His latest documentary, *Investigating the Supernatural: Angels and Demons*, looks at real-life accounts through interviews, details, and reenactments, asking people to decide, in his words, “Do they believe these stories are real? Do they believe they’re not?” He and Jenny talk honestly about why so many people sense there is “something deeper happening,” how Ephesians 6 shapes their view of spiritual warfare, and why Hollywood seems more eager to talk about demons than many churches.
Billy admits the series has “made me rethink miracles” and pushed him to ask if he truly believes what he says he believes.
Then Bruce Van Natta takes things to another level with a graphic, moving account of being crushed under a 12,000‑pound truck, having an out‑of‑body experience, seeing angels, and hearing God say, “If you want to live, you’re going to have to fight, and it’s going to be a hard fight.” His story includes clinical death, a brand‑new Christian praying him back to life three times, a year in hospital, years of rehab, financial loss, and a long, painful recovery.
For anyone wrestling with suffering, addiction, or the feeling that life is a spiritual battleground, this conversation offers raw testimony, biblical framing, and a reminder that, as Bruce puts it, “God’s alive and well, he’s still in the miracle business, and he loves us despite us.” Ready to ask what unseen forces might be shaping your own journey?