Miracle Workers, Reformers, and the New Mystics |
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Author:
John Crowder
By Destiny Image Publishers
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List Price: $15.99
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Product Description
Miracle Workers, Reformers and the New Mystics contains more than 70 photos, illustrations, and biographies of men and women whose lives have demonstrated the phenomenal throughout the ages. Let their stories inspire you to join their ranks as part of this coming revival generation.
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 Looking For God in the Mystical, 2008-07-14
With few exceptions, most Christians are hungry for a true move of God. Many of us read the book of Acts and we long for the presence and power of God as seen in the early Church. We want the miracles and we want the thousands of conversions but do we want to pay the price? Are we prepared for the suffering, the persecution, the murders, and the attacks from Satan and his demonic forces?
In this book, John Crowder believes we are living in Acts again. In this book Crowder presents story after story that are incredible! Angels, healings, prophetic visions, dreams, and words of knowledge are all profoundly wrote about by Crowder. The book is written to give the reader a passion for the mystical. Crowder believes that the Church history is full of people who were "mystics" such as St. John of the Cross, Madame Gunyon, and modern day people such as Todd Bentley, Bill Johnson, Bob Jones, William Branham, and Oral Roberts.
While the book is full of interesting accounts from both the life and ministry of Crowder and his New Mystics and many others, the book is lacking in biblical exegesis. Crowder rarely interacts with Scripture unless it is to back up a point or an experience. In fact, Crowder seems to me to argue against deep personal study of the Bible in favour of a mystical communion with God. For instance, when Crowder writes on prayer he teaches from the new age Thomas Merton and contemplative prayer. Crowder believes that the mystic Merton and others found a powerful tool for true praying in contemplative prayer that the Church has lost. Crowder never examines the Bible for contemplative prayer but simply favours it because of its mystical roots and where it leads. He even favours out-of-body experiences from contemplative prayer.
I can not recommend this book. It is simply not biblical. It is not biblical both because of what it teaches and the fact that Crowder does not truly dive into the Bible. I am all for what the Puritans called, "experiential Christianity" but not wild mysticism without a solid biblical foundation. There are better books on prayer (E.M. Bounds, Samuel Chadwick, John Wesley, Andrew Murray), on devotion (Leonard Ravenhill, Oswald Chambers, Charles Spurgeon, John MacArthur, John Piper), and on experiencs based on the authority of the Bible (Ray Comfort, Anthony Palma, French Arrington, Douglas Jacoby) that are out there.
SUPERNATURAL LIFE, 2008-07-12
God created us and the supernatural realm, This book reveals the truth that from the time of Jesus the early Christians lived and experienced the supernatural. The enemy of God and men (satan) has unlawfully taken over realms that we as the Body of Christ should be living in. We the rising Army of God are taking back everything the enemy has killed stolen and destroyed, we will not be held back in this day by doubt and unbelief or false religious teachings of the past. If you want to have your Faith stirred to live and breath in the supernatural realms of Heaven READ THIS BOOK.
Interesting and Stimulating, but overall disappointing., 2008-04-07
I found some of the stories interesting, but the author does a poor job citing his sources. I found some real insights jumbled up with all the nonsense about why this period we are living in is unlike any other. The main problem I had with the book is that the argument is that history has been leading up to this present time, and that now a supernatural generation is emerging unlike any other. I don't find support for this in the Bible and it seems like a lot of sensationalism. I believe Christ is enough to get us excited without making stuff up. It was a interesting read though, because I have not seen much Christian history in the books I read from the radical charismatic movement.
Excellant Book On Miracle Workers and Revivalists, 2008-02-23
I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I thought it was informative, well researched and well balanced; particularly with the handling of both positive and negative features of the various miracle workers, revivals and revivalists. It is a great book to read especially if you don't have the time or resources to purchase several books on the subject; the author gave numerous "snippets" of various miracle workers, Christian "Mystics" and moves of God throughout the centuries. Being a student of miracle workers and revival myself; I found much of the anecdotal information provided to be helpful and quite interesting, much of it I had not read before. I really appreciated the contemporary writing style; I've read numerous books on the subject, but this one was refreshing, as it speaks especially to the younger generation. Another positive feature is the "running" discussion of the mistakes and lessons learned in past "moves of God" that can benefit our generation today as we call out to God for revival and see His kingdom manifest. Overall great book, I highly recommend it, especially if you want to increase your passion for God and see the move of His Holy Spirit in our day.
Paul Bartley
moving forward, 2007-11-09
I read a lot of books but this book is the first one that has motivated me to write a review. I can not speak highly enough of the author and the wisdom it contains. It speaks to this generation while also encouraging those who are older that God has not passed them by. If you are hungry for more of God and dont want to settle for the status quo any longer this book may just be the one that will increase your faith and motivate you to begin again to seek and wait on God for his glory to enlarge you from the inside. The many examples of our forefathers(a lot whom I have never heard of) in the faith who've developed their relationship with God by setting time aside and waiting on him with resulting with signs and wonders following are absolutley astounding, better still we can have it too! History is someting we can all learn from but history in God has no time, is always current so dig those wells again and move forward with God. You can do it!!
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 248
EAN: 9780768423501
ISBN: 0768423503
Label: Destiny Image Publishers
Manufacturer: Destiny Image Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 391
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Studio: Destiny Image Publishers |
