Healing: Hope or Hype? Why Genuine Healings Are Rare in Local Churches and What We Can Do about It.

The idea that our bodies can be physically healed through the exercise of spiritual gifts is controversial within the church. Some believe that God “doesn’t do miracles any more,” as the so-called sign-gifts are believed to have ceased in the apostolic era. Others, particularly the televangelists, manipulate people through shameful practices rooted in the love of money and fame. Hype abounds. In this book, Dr. Stephen Crosby presents a biblical, Christ-centered, reasonable and redemptive alternative to either extreme. Understanding the Scripture’s Semitic (non-Western) worldview of community, disease, sickness, and health is key to the effective appropriation of physical healing. Dr. Crosby’s incisive and candid analysis cuts through the popular culture hype, and presents a compassionate God who is, and will always be, our Healer. Dr. Crosby and his wife, Rita, were saved in the Charismatic Renewal that swept through upstate New York in the early seventies. Since then, their lives and ministry have spanned North America. They have pioneered and pastored local churches in three states. Dr. Crosby has ministered in churches, seminars, conferences, and Bible schools in nations on five continents. Dr. Crosby is the author of nine books and is a sought after mentor and leader of leaders in the church. The Crosbys have been married for thirty-six years and have three children and four grandchildren. http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/HealingHopeOrHype.html