Author AmyLu Riley thanks God for the life and work of Francis MacNutt (April 22, 1925 – January 12, 2020) and discusses his work. “It would be difficult to overstate the impact of his work on my life. I have been greatly changed and strengthened as a result of the…
Leave a CommentI had already read many of Agnes Sanford’s nonfiction books, and a couple of her fiction titles, so I thought I knew what to expect when I picked up her novel The Second Mrs. Wu (Lippincott, 1965). I was wrong. As much as I have learned from, been challenged by,…
2 CommentsI’m writing this article in the hopes of helping others to gain—and keep—freedom in one vitally important area: whether or not it is God’s will to heal. Why I Now Think That I Haven’t Gone Far Enough When I first discovered the book The Bible and Healing: A Medical and…
Leave a CommentLike getting news that was better-than-expected, all of these books surprised me in 2019 in a very good way. Maybe they’ll surprise you, too. The books represent a variety of topics, including: • Miracles • Homosexuality • Women leaders in Christendom • Christian healing • Baptism of the Holy Spirit…
Leave a CommentC.S. Lewis’s Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly On Prayer is a most creative and fascinating read on the topic of prayer and how it works. I highly recommend it. And there’s something else by Lewis I’d recommend reading first, because it helped me get even more out of Letters to Malcolm.…
Leave a CommentI found the insights that Francis MacNutt shared in The Power to Heal (Ave Maria Press, 1992) to be especially encouraging and practically helpful, especially when it comes to chronic illness. The book built my faith for praying for healing of chronic illness. And its insights encouraged me to not…
Leave a CommentSatan has tried, through clever means, to kill, steal, and destroy the healing ministry of the church. In The Healing Reawakening by Francis MacNutt (Chosen Books, 2005), I got woke as to how he attempted it—and how far he got. And now that I know, I intend to do something. Woke,…
Leave a CommentIn the cold early months of 2018, as I first read The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (Edited by Humphrey Carpenter, Mariner Books, 2000), an odd realization formed in my spirit. It was this: that the yet-unpublished pages of what would later become The Lord of The Rings books were actual…
2 CommentsFrom spiritual boredom to spiritual hunger, through times of intimacy and times of silence, my Christian life has changed quite a bit in the past 20 or so years. And recently, I was in a real spiritual battle for its very foundation. “If this is all there is to the…
Leave a CommentMy Experience with Laura Story’s Book When God Doesn’t Fix It Laura Story’s When God Doesn’t Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can’t Live Without is dedicated to exposing some myths people may believe about suffering, and it is a treasure. Laura is the songwriter who…
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