- 232 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
An insightful read for anyone who is interested in religion, this book offers fresh, biblical insight into the preaching of faith healing from a Christian perspective. Faith healing has been a popular religious phenomenon in this country for well over a hundred years, gaining thousands of followers and raking in millions of dollars annually. What faith healers teach, however, often goes unchallenged. Faith Healers and the Bible: What Scripture Really Says offers an informed critique of many of the themes found in faith healers' preaching that documents that much of what they teach is not biblically basedācontrary to what they would like their listeners to believe. Drawing on a lifetime of study and nearly two decades of teaching a university course titled "The Rhetoric of Faith Healing, " Stephen J. Pullum, PhD, provides scriptural insight into the false claims frequently found in the preaching of healing revivalists. After an introductory chapter that explains why faith healers have been so persuasive, the author addresses a breadth of topics, including the miraculous, the providential, demon possession, the call of God, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and the health and wealth gospel. Meeting faith healers on their own turfāthe BibleāPullum clearly demonstrates that much of what faith healers preach cannot be scripturally supported.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 āHallelujah! Thank You, Jesus!ā: Selling the Miraculous in the Preaching of Faith Healers
- 2 āDo You Understand What You Are Reading?ā1: Making Sense of the Bible
- 3 āThat They May Believeā1: Distinguishing the Miraculous from the Providential
- 4 Exorcising Evil: The Bible and Psychology on Demon Possession
- 5 Burning Bushes, Talking Donkeys, and Still, Small Voices: The Call of God in the Present Age
- 6 āAll Things Are Possibleā: When āAll Thingsā Does Not Mean All Things
- 7 āLed By the Spirit of Godā1: The Baptism, Indwelling, and Gift of the Holy Spirit
- 8 Name It and Claim It: The Gospel of Health and Wealth
- 9 In the Final Analysis, Why Care?
- Notes
- Author and Subject Index
- Scripture Index