Preach and Heal

Preach and Heal
Author: Charles Fielding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008-07
Genre: Church development, New
ISBN: 9780976764564

"Can you imagine what would happen if we started mixing doctoring and church planting together? In the gospel of Luke, Jesus sent His disciples to preach the kingdom of God and heal the sick. Jesus practiced both. [This book] explores the ideology and practical ways for balanced ministry so that you can effectively reach the lost."--back cover.

The Last Reformation

The Last Reformation
Author: Torben Sondergaard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781938526428

Much of what we see expressed in the church today is built on more than just the New Testament. It's built mostly on the Old Testament, Church culture, and Paganism. If we are to succeed in making disciples of all nations then we must go back to the "template" we find in the Bible. Let the reformation begin!

A Healing Homiletic

A Healing Homiletic
Author: Kathy Black
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 1996-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426775032

In A Healing Homiletic: Preaching and Disability, Kathy Black offers a unique and effective approach for preaching about disabilities. By going to the heart of the gospel and drawing on the healing narratives or miracle stories, Black shows how preaching affects the inclusion or exclusion of forty-three million persons with disabilities from our faith communities. A Healing Homiletic provides a new method of preaching about healing, based on Scripture, for understanding the needs of the disability community.

Preach and Heal

Preach and Heal
Author: John Huggett
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1665590343

“Jesus never sent out anyone to preach the gospel message without also telling them to heal the sick.” “At the turn of the millennium the fastest-growing churches in the world were ones that worked signs and wonders — healings and miracles.” Last century, there was a worldwide revival of divine healing, signs and wonders, prophecy and other spiritual gifts, involving Christians of all denominations. John Huggett shows from Scripture, history and experience how the outreach commands of Christ, which include these supernatural works, are still valuable, both for evangelism and building up the Church. He explores what it really means to preach the gospel, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons, raise the dead, and freely give. He also explains the big open secret of effective outreach. “Jesus is looking for ordinary people who will tell others about Him, and who are prepared to do extraordinary things and give all the glory to God.”

Rewiring Your Preaching

Rewiring Your Preaching
Author: Richard H. Cox
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-11-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 083086640X

Psychologist, physician and preacher Richard Cox calls on the best modern neuroscience to prove that a better understanding of the brain can transform your preaching. Arguing that the sermon is a highly charged cognitive event, Cox explains the role of brain stimuli in such crucial pastoral tasks as delivering comfort and provoking moral action.

To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach

To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach
Author: Jared Dees
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-03-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 159471620X

Popular author, catechist, and creator of The Religion Teacher website Jared Dees learned a valuable lesson from his students: teaching is not the same as evangelization. He found instead—as in Jesus’ own ministry—if you focus first on healing the wounded, then proclaiming the Word of God, and finally teaching, you can bring people of all ages to Christ. Using examples from his own teaching, stories from the Bible, and the lives of the saints, Dees offers a fresh and engaging approach and practical ideas for following the ministry of Jesus in your own work. Jesus had a threefold ministry on Earth: to heal the sick and wounded, proclaim the Good News, and teach those who became his disciples. It’s an approach imitated by the saints throughout history and continues to be the cornerstone of successful ministry in parishes, Catholic schools, and other vibrant programs today. Jared Dees—author of 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator—will help you understand how Jesus’ ministry transformed lives through biblical examples such as Paul, Bartimaeus, the centurion’s servant, and the woman at the well. He shares the importance of healing through the ministries of saints, such as Mother Teresa, Br. André Bessette, Ignatius of Loyola, and Fr. Damien of Molokai. In To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Dees offers practical examples of how to apply Jesus’ threefold ministry to everyday life: allow yourself to be constantly evangelized; learn to help others through both good and bad times; and root yourself in community. He also suggests examples of ministries that are effectively reaching the faithful of all ages today, including Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Life Teen, Teens Encounter Christ, Theology on Tap, FOCUS, and Christ Renews His Parish. Dees will guide you with practical ways to imitate Jesus’ ministry in your own classrooms and faith formation programs at all levels. To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach was a 2017 winner of the Association of Catholic Publishers Excellence in Publishing Award: Resources for Ministry (Third Place) and the Catholic Press Association Book Award: Pastoral Ministry (Third Place).

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Power

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Power
Author: John Eckhardt
Publisher: Charisma Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1616381663

In today's world we need Christians and churches willing to break out of the normal patterns of religion and tradition to impact and reach the world. This work provides a strong case for the apostolic culture as a criterion for change in the church today.

Finding Healing

Finding Healing
Author: Adessa Holden
Publisher: Morning Joy Media
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2017-02-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1937107663

This can be your turning point. God can take the hardest places in your life - the things you never thought you’d overcome - and heal you and set you free so you can use your story to help other people discover their own abundant life. The message of this book is simple: You can be healed and overcome. You can walk in freedom. Through the power of the Holy Spirit and the work that Jesus did at the cross, you don’t have to stay trapped in your pain and heartache. No person is doomed to repeat the cycles of the past. You can choose, as I did so many years ago, to start your own journey to healing and freedom and start really living the abundant life Jesus has for you. Are you ready? Let’s get started.

Healing in the Early Church

Healing in the Early Church
Author: Andrew Daunton-Fear
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606088742

This monograph presents the most comprehensive investigation yet made into the healing activity of the Early Church. In contrast to early skeptics like B. B. Warfield, the author is convinced there was a vigorous healing ministry in the centuries that followed the apostles, though it fluctuated somewhat and changed its mode. Exorcism is prominently attested throughout the period. The pre-Nicene Fathers recognized its great apologetic value as a dramatic demonstration of the superiority of Jesus Christ over pagan gods. Interest in healing miracles per se appears to have been particularly characteristic of the less educated members of the Church and those who were chaste in their devotion to the cause of Christ. Amongst these groups gifts of healing were found, becoming rare it seems by the mid-third century, but well attested again later in monastic circles. In the pre-Nicene period anointing with oil (in the name of Christ) was clearly an avenue of healing and, though mentioned comparatively rarely, may have been widespread as part of the regular ministry of local clergy to the sick. Baptismal healing, physical as well as spiritual, also took place. In the post-Nicene Church the shrines of the martyrs became a prominent locus of healing. Devotion to this cult may have been encouraged by Church Fathers as an acceptable alternative to magical practices. But evidence suggests syncretism did occur and martyr's relics could be invested with quasi-magical awe. Most Fathers were positive about the medical profession, seeing it as an avenue of God's work, and in the late fourth century one pioneered the hospital which then spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean. In an appendix to his work, the author sets down nine pointers from the healing activity of the Early Church, and his own experience, to assist those engaged in the healing ministry today.