Download or read book Denver s Extraordinary Faith Healing Messiah written by Bill Blanning and published by Eloquent Books. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversy surrounding faith healer Francis Schlatter remains as fascinating today as it was more than a century ago. Schlatter created a sensation throughout the country when word spread of his miraculous healing ability during the summer and fall of 1895. This book chronicles the extraordinary man and events through newspaper articles, interviews and descriptions. They paint a vivid picture of one of the strangest men who ever lived. Coming from nowhere, and disappearing as suddenly, he was reviled and worshipped by turn. Witnesses to the actual events penned the articles. These stand as testament to how little we understand of healing and those who, through powers beyond conventional wisdom, create miracles. Author Bio: ABOUT THE AUTHOR-Bill Blanning grew up in Aspen, Colorado. He served in the Marines and later earned both BA and MA degrees. After teaching public school for several years, he then worked another twenty-seven repairing switching equipment as a phone technician. Bill is married and has four children. He has a long standing interest in miraculous, spiritual events.
Download or read book The Vanishing Messiah written by David N. Wetzel and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1895, an extraordinarily enigmatic faith healer emerged in the American West. An Alsatian immigrant and former cobbler, Francis Schlatter looked like popular depictions of Jesus, and it was said that his very touch could heal everything from migraines and arthritis to blindness and cancer. First in Albuquerque, and then in Denver, thousands flocked to him, hoping to receive his healing touch. Schlatter accepted no money for his work, behaved modestly, fasted heavily, and treated everyone, from wealthy socialites to impoverished immigrants, equally. He quickly captured national attention, and both the sick hoping to be cured and reporters hoping to expose a fraud hurried to Denver to see the celebrated healer. By November of 1895, it is estimated that Schlatter was treating thousands of people every day, and the neighborhood in which he was staying was overrun with the sick and lame, their families, reporters from across the country, and hucksters hoping to make a quick buck off the local attention. Then, one night, Schlatter simply vanished. Eighteen months later, his skeleton was reportedly found on a mountainside in Mexico’s Sierra Madre range, finally bringing Schlatter’s great healing ministry to an end. Or did it? Within hours of the announcement of Schlatter’s found remains, a long-haired man emerged in Cleveland to say that he was Francis Schlatter, and the next twenty-five years, several others claimed to be Denver’s great healer. In The Vanishing Messiah, a modern researcher painstakingly pieces together evidence from letters, newspaper reports, hospital records, mug shots, and published reminiscences of the healer to find out what really happened to Francis Schlatter after he left Denver in the middle of the night in November 1895. In doing so, David N. Wetzel uncovers a historical puzzle of lies, deception, and betrayal, and offers a tantalizing look into a nineteenth-century messiah and his twentieth-century reincarnations—one of whom may have been the healer himself.
Download or read book The Vanishing Messiah written by David N. Wetzel and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By November of 1895, it is estimated that Schlatter was treating thousands of people every day, and the neighborhood in which he was staying was overrun with the sick and lame, their families, reporters from across the country, and hucksters hoping to make a quick buck off the local attention. Then, one night, Schlatter simply vanished. Eighteen months later, his skeleton was reportedly found on a mountainside in Mexico's Sierra Madre range, finally bringing Schlatter's great healing ministry to an end. Or did it? Within hours of the announcement of Schlatter's found remains, a long-haired man emerged in Cleveland to say that he was Francis Schlatter, and the next twenty-five years, several others claimed to be Denver's great healer.
Download or read book Miracles of Healing in the Gospel of Mark written by John I. Penn, Sr. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God sent the world a healing Messiah, Jesus Christ. This book is designed to help you see healing from Jesus' perspective and to bring about a greater understanding of why God made healing a central part of Jesus' kingdom work and ministry. The author has based this book on two important presuppositions as evidenced in Scripture. One, healing is rooted in God's amazing and unconditional love for humanity. Two, healing is in the atonement. In response to sin, God sent the world a healing Messiah. Salvation is ultimate healing. People throughout human history have raised the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" It seems that evil often triumphs over good. In addition to this question being thoroughly considered and answered in the book of Job, the healing stories in Mark's gospel challenge the wisdom of this statement.
Download or read book Messiah s Miracles written by Milton Goh and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have prayed for others and seen instant healing miracles and received supernatural words of knowledge about them. I have also received miracles through prayer and others praying for me. I believe in a living God who has shown me through personal experience that He is real. The Bible clearly reveals God's will for every believer to walk in the miraculous. If you're tired of a Christian walk that has no evidence of God's manifested power, all it takes is to replace some wrong beliefs so that unbelief can be cast out. This is what I believe the Holy Spirit wants to do through this book "Messiah's Miracles-The Power of Having Faith in Jesus Christ".Under the New Covenant of Grace, every blessing is received by faith. If you have been trying to earn your miracles by showing your devotion to God by your works, it's no wonder you don't see any miracles. Faith comes by hearing about Jesus and this book is all about Jesus and designed to impart faith to the reader. During Jesus' ministry on earth, He didn't work any miracles by His own authority as God. He relied completely on faith in His Father and the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit purposefully chose 37 of Jesus' miracles to be recorded in the four gospels. This is no coincidence. Each miracle reveals something powerful about our Lord Jesus.I believe that as you read about the 37 miracles of Jesus in the four gospels, faith will arise in your heart to receive miracles in your own life. As you behold Jesus in His love, goodness and grace, you will see transformation in yourself and in your circumstances. No self-help book can do that. Only the preached Gospel has God's power to save in all ways. As you set aside time to read about Jesus in all His majesty and beauty, I'm trusting that God will honor your faith and command a chain of long-awaited breakthroughs in your life.
Download or read book Miracles of the Messiah written by Matthew John Tait and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Miracles of the Messiah: Exploring and Experiencing Jesus' Wonders" offers readers a profound and inspiring journey through the miraculous events recorded in the Gospels, showcasing Jesus Christ's extraordinary acts of healing, provision, and power over nature. This book is more than just a scholarly exploration; it is an invitation to delve deeper into the significance of these miracles and to discover their relevance in today's world. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to bring the reader closer to understanding the depth of Jesus' compassion, authority, and the transformative power of His actions. From turning water into wine to raising the dead, the author unpacks the theological and symbolic meanings behind each miracle, offering insights into how these acts of divine intervention challenge, comfort, and affirm our faith. "Miracles of the Messiah" is designed not only for individual reflection but also as a resource for group study and discussion, encouraging believers to engage with the text and with each other. It prompts us to reflect on the nature of God's kingdom, the role of faith in the miraculous, and how we, as followers of Christ, are called to respond to the wonders He performs. Whether you are seeking to deepen your understanding of the Gospels, looking for evidence of Jesus' divinity, or searching for a renewed sense of wonder in your spiritual journey, this book offers a fresh perspective on the enduring power and purpose of Jesus' miracles. Join the author in exploring these timeless stories and experience the awe and majesty of the Miracles of the Messiah.
Download or read book Musings of a Christian Physician on the Physical and Spiritual Healing of Man written by Joseph DeMay MD FAAP and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I had always believed in the healing power of our Lord, and viewed my life as one of service to Him via the practice of medicine. But, in retrospect, I had a deeper trust in the power of modern medicine and science than I did in Jesus Christ and His fully accomplished work on the Cross. My thinking was flawed, but, as I grew in my walk with the Lord and meditated on Scripture more fully, I began to see the superiority of faith over the limited interventions modern medical science had to offer, and that this interplay between faith and science was not mutually exclusive, but complimentary, for the spiritual aspects of our lives illuminate and empower the carnal aspects of intellect and physical senses. I began jotting notes to myself related to this interplay of faith and healing and science, and just filed them away...for years. IThen, in December of 2017, a baby was born to a first time mother of mine, his little body riddled with the most fulminant form of acute lymphoblasic leukemia, almost always fatal. His absolutely miraculous healing was the impetus to start putting these thoughts into writing, in the form of weekday morning emails entitled “A Christian Doctor’s View of Healing, Faiith, and Science”. It was soon made clear to me that these writings were to take the form of a year long devotional book, comprised of short weekday messages that are intimately linked, such that they can be read through as a book. And that book was to paint a picture, and that picture was to be of a face, and the face was to be that of Jesus, for He is the source of all healing
Download or read book Faith Healing written by Miranda Marquit and published by Greenhaven Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores both sides of the issue of faith healing.
Download or read book The Faith Healers written by James Randi and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exposes the pretension and fraud that surrounds the faith healer business, revealing how alleged faith healers prey on the insecurities and vulnerabilities of the people they preach to.
Download or read book Christ the Healer written by F. F. Bosworth and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of God is limitless and through our faith and belief can we see His true power manifest in our lives. One's healing simply lies in one's faith in Gods power and belief that God will heal. In Christ the Healer F. F. Bosworth addresses the healing powers of God. "This book is sent out with the earnest prayer that many thousands more may learn to appropriate the many blessings promised in the Bible. "We desire that every one of you ... [be] followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises" (Heb. 6:11-12)." "We are therefore increasingly thrilled over the privilege of planting the "incorruptible seed," the Word of God, in the hearts of those for whom Jesus died. O what a glorious fact that we have each been "bought with a price" to be the Lord's garden in which His "imperishable seed," the Word, is to be continually "planted," "watered," and "cultivated," so that it can produce present and eternal wonders." Fred Francis Bosworth was an evangelist, an early religious broadcaster, and a Pentecostal faith healer. During the 1920s he was known for his "big tent revival" and large auditorium meetings and his advocacy of faith healing. Around 1930 he began a successful gospel radio ministry.
Download or read book Healing in His Presence written by Virginia Lively and published by Chosen Books Publishing Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Messiah written by Conger Jr. Beasley and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred years ago Francis Schlatter was one of the best-known figures in the Southwest. In this gripping and powerful narrative, based on contemporary newspaper accounts and a memoir that Schlatter dictated, Beasley, Jr. reconstructs the life and times of this remarkable man.
Download or read book Public Opinion written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Messiah in the Passover written by Darrell L. Bock and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2017 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing provided
Download or read book New Mexico Historical Review written by Lansing Bartlett Bloom and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mystic Healers Medicine Shows written by Gene Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the histories of the West are obsessed with the shoot-em-ups. But what about the patch-em-ups? Who had to deal with all that famous carnage? With all the bloodletting depicted by pop culture historians, it almost seems a miracle anyone survived to settle the West. Prior to World War II regular, or allopathic, physicians trained in mainstream medicine were often outnumbered by alternative practitioners--folk curers, herbalists, faith healers, homeopaths, patent medicine promoters, and medicine showmen. Mystic Healers and Medicine Shows profiles many of the most significant of these healers as well as a few other colorful regular doctors.
Download or read book Counterfeit Miracles written by Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
