Books Containing Modern Day Miracles and Supernatural Events

[psalms 91]

I would like to recommend 4 books. Acts Today, Signs and Wonders of the Holy Spirit by Ralph Harris provides many verified accounts of healings, Xenoglossolalia, divine provision and other supernatural occurrences. Also God's Generals by Roberts Liardon includes the biographies of Smith Wigglesworth, Maria Woodworth-Etter, John G. Lake, William Branham, Katheryn Kuhlman and several others. Only Believe by Don Stewart includes many accounts of supernatural occurrences in various Christian ministries. Lastly Azusa Street:They Told Me Their Stories by Tonmmy Welchel includes many accounts of healings and other phenomena which occurred at Azusa Street. These books should be readily available on Amazon.com, Christian Book Distributors or the like at least in the US and Canada and hopefully elsewhere as well.

 

[Tigger]

Thx Bill

 

[tango]

I would like to recommend 4 books. Acts Today, Signs and Wonders of the Holy Spirit by Ralph Harris provides many verified accounts of healings, Xenoglossolalia, divine provision and other supernatural occurrences. Also God's Generals by Roberts Liardon includes the biographies of Smith Wigglesworth, Maria Woodworth-Etter, John G. Lake, William Branham, Katheryn Kuhlman and several others. Only Believe by Don Stewart includes many accounts of supernatural occurrences in various Christian ministries. Lastly Azusa Street:They Told Me Their Stories by Tonmmy Welchel includes many accounts of healings and other phenomena which occurred at Azusa Street. These books should be readily available on Amazon.com, Christian Book Distributors or the like at least in the US and Canada and hopefully elsewhere as well.

Isn't William Branham the guy who preached the curious serpent seed doctrine and claimed that the healings attributed to him were actually performed by an angel named Emma?

Here's a serious question - if people truly believe that God literally spoke the universe into being and is mighty to save us, why do they need to read a book about a miracle that happened to someone else, somewhere else?

 

[psalms 91]

They dont unless of course they like reading about what God has done. Seems to me that that question is like asking why we need to read the accounts of miracles in the bible, donnt you think? It also helps to build the faith of those seeking. Personally I find it uplifting to my spirit man and believe it or not I learn from this as well.

 

[tango]

They dont unless of course they like reading about what God has done. Seems to me that that question is like asking why we need to read the accounts of miracles in the bible, donnt you think? It also helps to build the faith of those seeking. Personally I find it uplifting to my spirit man and believe it or not I learn from this as well.

I'd rather see what God has done in the here and now from people I can talk to and see for myself. That seems to have so much more impact than reading an account that may be totally true, partly embellished or totally fabricated, that is alleged to have happened Somewhere Else and to Someone Else. I don't see how it helps build faith at all - if I already believe that God literally spoke the universe into being and reached out to save individuals I don't need to read an account of something that may or may not have happened.

The other problem is that when some aspects of a story are found to be fabricated it damages faith in the rest of the story, which in turn can damage the faith of those reading it. A family I know personally were named in a particular book, that was later found out to be partly fabricated. When the fabrications were discovered one effect was that people doubted whether the particular family even existed (they do, I personally know the entire family). What is it supposed to do to the faith of someone who needs healing if they are endlessly reading about how God healed Someone Else but won't heal them? Isn't it just rubbing their face in the fact that God hasn't healed them?

 

[psalms 91]

Seems to me that is not faith but rather trusting only in what you know. I do know that the accounts especially in John Lakes book are backed up with medical evidence. As are many more as well but what you choose to accept is entirely up to you. If you see a miracle let me know but of course I didnt see it so how can it be true using your line of reasoning

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

I would like to recommend 4 books. Acts Today, Signs and Wonders of the Holy Spirit by Ralph Harris provides many verified accounts of healings, Xenoglossolalia, divine provision and other supernatural occurrences. Also God's Generals by Roberts Liardon includes the biographies of Smith Wigglesworth, Maria Woodworth-Etter, John G. Lake, William Branham, Katheryn Kuhlman and several others. Only Believe by Don Stewart includes many accounts of supernatural occurrences in various Christian ministries. Lastly Azusa Street:They Told Me Their Stories by Tonmmy Welchel includes many accounts of healings and other phenomena which occurred at Azusa Street. These books should be readily available on Amazon.com, Christian Book Distributors or the like at least in the US and Canada and hopefully elsewhere as well.

Ridiculous Miracles by Clarice Fluitt

 

[tango]

Seems to me that is not faith but rather trusting only in what you know. I do know that the accounts especially in John Lakes book are backed up with medical evidence. As are many more as well but what you choose to accept is entirely up to you. If you see a miracle let me know but of course I didnt see it so how can it be true using your line of reasoning

... which is largely how things worked in the early church. The lame man at the Beautiful Gate was known to people - they knew he was lame, they then saw he was healed so there was no doubt. People saw the change with their own eyes, which has to be worth more than hearing a story about something that happened Somewhere Else and presented as if it were proof that it will happen here, tonight.

When I personally see miracles (and I've seen a couple) I know something Very Unusual has happened. When I hear someone else telling me about a miracle I have to decide whether they are credible, as I have no way of knowing whether the story is real, embellished or fabricated. It's so much better to see things in the here and now, than hear a report from far away lands about things that never seem to happen here.

 

[tango]

Seems to me that is not faith but rather trusting only in what you know. I do know that the accounts especially in John Lakes book are backed up with medical evidence. As are many more as well but what you choose to accept is entirely up to you. If you see a miracle let me know but of course I didnt see it so how can it be true using your line of reasoning

... which is largely how things worked in the early church. The lame man at the Beautiful Gate was known to people - they knew he was lame, they then saw he was healed so there was no doubt. People saw the change with their own eyes, which has to be worth more than hearing a story about something that happened Somewhere Else and presented as if it were proof that it will happen here, tonight.

When I personally see miracles (and I've seen a couple) I know something Very Unusual has happened. When I hear someone else telling me about a miracle I have to decide whether they are credible, as I have no way of knowing whether the story is real, embellished or fabricated. It's so much better to see things in the here and now, than hear a report from far away lands about things that never seem to happen here.

 

[psalms 91]

Isn't William Branham the guy who preached the curious serpent seed doctrine and claimed that the healings attributed to him were actually performed by an angel named Emma?

Here's a serious question - if people truly believe that God literally spoke the universe into being and is mighty to save us, why do they need to read a book about a miracle that happened to someone else, somewhere else?

It is called learning and building faith. Why do you need to look at History considering it is not happening today

 

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[tango]

It is called learning and building faith. Why do you need to look at History considering it is not happening today

But it's not building faith, it's expecting a blind acceptance of things that aren't credible simply because someone we don't know and have no means of testing says they are so. It's not learning either, it's not going to teach me anything that I can't learn from reading the Bible.

I can have faith in God's ability to perform miracles with or without third-hand accounts of something that allegedly happened Somewhere Else, to Someone Else.

If you want blind acceptance without testing that isn't faith, that's being gullible. There are lots of gullible people out there, and joining their ranks isn't anything to be proud of. Just look at the way Paul praised the Bereans for studying the Scriptures - there was no sense of him telling them "don't question it, just have faith".

If you want something that demonstrates the nature of God, I can get all I need from the Bible. If I'm going to compare an alleged miracle against the characteristics of God as revealed in the Bible then I can see the characteristics of God from the Bible and don't need a grand account of something that may or may not have happened.

Here's the thing. I personally know two ladies who are severely disabled. One has advanced MS, the other has so many physical disabilities I wouldn't even try to list them all. Both get around in their own ways and do the best they can with their lives. Curiously neither of them grumbles anywhere near as much as most able-bodied people grumble about aches and pains. I've known these two ladies for the best part of a decade so there's no mistaking that their conditions are real. If one day I find them out playing five-a-side I'll know instantly that something Very Unusual has happened - the difference between their known conditions at present and their newly found physical prowess would be remarkable. That would have far more impact than reading a book about someone thousands of miles away who allegedly got up and walked out of a wheelchair, when I don't know the person or the preacher or whatever doctor(s) confirm that it all took place as described.

If it doesn't seem to be happening today we would do well to ask why. That also doesn't require me to read books about people claiming it is happening but just not here.

 

[psalms 91]

But it's not building faith, it's expecting a blind acceptance of things that aren't credible simply because someone we don't know and have no means of testing says they are so. It's not learning either, it's not going to teach me anything that I can't learn from reading the Bible.

I can have faith in God's ability to perform miracles with or without third-hand accounts of something that allegedly happened Somewhere Else, to Someone Else.

If you want blind acceptance without testing that isn't faith, that's being gullible. There are lots of gullible people out there, and joining their ranks isn't anything to be proud of. Just look at the way Paul praised the Bereans for studying the Scriptures - there was no sense of him telling them "don't question it, just have faith".

If you want something that demonstrates the nature of God, I can get all I need from the Bible. If I'm going to compare an alleged miracle against the characteristics of God as revealed in the Bible then I can see the characteristics of God from the Bible and don't need a grand account of something that may or may not have happened.

Here's the thing. I personally know two ladies who are severely disabled. One has advanced MS, the other has so many physical disabilities I wouldn't even try to list them all. Both get around in their own ways and do the best they can with their lives. Curiously neither of them grumbles anywhere near as much as most able-bodied people grumble about aches and pains. I've known these two ladies for the best part of a decade so there's no mistaking that their conditions are real. If one day I find them out playing five-a-side I'll know instantly that something Very Unusual has happened - the difference between their known conditions at present and their newly found physical prowess would be remarkable. That would have far more impact than reading a book about someone thousands of miles away who allegedly got up and walked out of a wheelchair, when I don't know the person or the preacher or whatever doctor(s) confirm that it all took place as described.

If it doesn't seem to be happening today we would do well to ask why. That also doesn't require me to read books about people claiming it is happening but just not here.

One, for many of the miracles there is proof listed, not all but enough to let you know not to disregard them. Two as for why not happening today if you just read this thread it will be a start as to why. Unbelief limits miracles at least according to the bible. Faith is believing even though there is no reason to other than God. If it is in front of you to prove it then that is not faith and back in Jesus day He had a word for those seeking a sign

 

[tango]

One, for many of the miracles there is proof listed, not all but enough to let you know not to disregard them.

It still requires the "proof" to be accepted as credible. Having not read the book I'm not going to try and say the proof is or is not credible, but whatever it is it's a lot less credible than actually seeing something with my own eyes.

Two as for why not happening today if you just read this thread it will be a start as to why. Unbelief limits miracles at least according to the bible.

Unbelief may limit miracles but being gullible doesn't do anything to promote them.

Faith is believing even though there is no reason to other than God. If it is in front of you to prove it then that is not faith and back in Jesus day He had a word for those seeking a sign

I'm not seeking a sign, I figure that if God wants to provide signs and wonders God is quite capable of doing so for himself. It takes faith to believe that God spoke the universe into being, and if I can accept that I still don't see why I need third-hand accounts of Unusual Things that happened Somewhere Else paired with lots of fine-sounding words for why they don't happen here.

 

[psalms 91]

Do you believe a doctor when he says you have a disease? or cured? If so thenn you would accept the proof in that book as many healings were backed up by medical evidence. You see, I have seen miracles but why say them here as it would be rejected as not happening in front of someones eyes, doesnt make them any less of a miracle but it would be a waste of time to tell them here.

 

[Hebrews 11]

Why must we live on the negative side?
These Books are eye witness accounts of God's glory,why discredit them?

Have you followed any of the mission work going on in Africa?

Thousands attend meetings hungry for God's Word,it has been a modern day Holy Ghost outpouring.

It would be a great thing if America would have a spiritual revival,Have faith in God rather than religion.

If we stand on God's word then we must stand on faith in the miracles signs and wonders that are in God's word.
If we stand on God's Word we must believe that greater works would be done after Christ rose to The Fathers right hand.

John 14:12King James Version (KJV)

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

King James Version (KJV)

For our witness in Christ is why we give the accounts of great things done through God's people.

 

[tango]

Do you believe a doctor when he says you have a disease? or cured? If so thenn you would accept the proof in that book as many healings were backed up by medical evidence. You see, I have seen miracles but why say them here as it would be rejected as not happening in front of someones eyes, doesnt make them any less of a miracle but it would be a waste of time to tell them here.

... which is my point exactly.

If I see someone healed (and I have seen a few things that I struggle to describe with words other than "miracle") I can give glory to God based on what I see before me.

If all I've got is a book that says Someone Else was healed, Somewhere Else, and all I've got to go on is a third hand account that's maybe backed up by a doctor whose credentials I know nothing about, what am I supposed to do about it? It may be a great miracle, it may be embellished, it may be fabricated completely. So when it comes to testing it I can't say for sure it happened, I can't say for sure it didn't happen, so it gets filed under "Don't Know And Frankly Don't Care". If I can believe that God spoke the universe into being I don't need a third hand account of healing to glorify God, and since it makes no difference to my life whether the account was true or false I tend to just ignore them.

The people who know the person concerned may rightly give glory to God for the miracle they have witnessed but outside the immediate area it's just another account. And it's just another example of why these grandiose "international ministry" entities seem to have lost the plot because the focus so frequently seems to be on what happened Somewhere Else during a previous event.

 

[tango]

Why must we live on the negative side?
These Books are eye witness accounts of God's glory,why discredit them?

Because we are told to test all things, and there's usually inadequate information to test third-hand accounts.

These books may be accounts of God doing mighty things, they may be accounts of trickery and a few well placed stooges. I don't have enough information to determine which is the case, and since their truthfulness or otherwise makes precisely zero difference to my life I can safely ignore them.

Have you followed any of the mission work going on in Africa?

Thousands attend meetings hungry for God's Word,it has been a modern day Holy Ghost outpouring.

It would be a great thing if America would have a spiritual revival,Have faith in God rather than religion.

If we stand on God's word then we must stand on faith in the miracles signs and wonders that are in God's word.
If we stand on God's Word we must believe that greater works would be done after Christ rose to The Fathers right hand.

John 14:12King James Version (KJV)

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

... except the word translated "works" here is the Greek word ergon which implies works of the hand. The word John used that was translated as "sign" (e.g. the water into wine sign) was the Greek word semeion

It's consistent with the way Jesus loved people and told us to do likewise. We may or may not see the divine fireworks but we are expected to love people regardless.

 

[psalms 91]

... which is my point exactly.

If I see someone healed (and I have seen a few things that I struggle to describe with words other than "miracle") I can give glory to God based on what I see before me.

If all I've got is a book that says Someone Else was healed, Somewhere Else, and all I've got to go on is a third hand account that's maybe backed up by a doctor whose credentials I know nothing about, what am I supposed to do about it? It may be a great miracle, it may be embellished, it may be fabricated completely. So when it comes to testing it I can't say for sure it happened, I can't say for sure it didn't happen, so it gets filed under "Don't Know And Frankly Don't Care". If I can believe that God spoke the universe into being I don't need a third hand account of healing to glorify God, and since it makes no difference to my life whether the account was true or false I tend to just ignore them.

The people who know the person concerned may rightly give glory to God for the miracle they have witnessed but outside the immediate area it's just another account. And it's just another example of why these grandiose "international ministry" entities seem to have lost the plot because the focus so frequently seems to be on what happened Somewhere Else during a previous event.

Good thing people didnt operate that way with Jesus, they heard and brought their sick and lame in faith. The one thing that is lacking with what you see. You need no faith at all to believe what is right in front of you

 

[tango]

Good thing people didnt operate that way with Jesus, they heard and brought their sick and lame in faith. The one thing that is lacking with what you see. You need no faith at all to believe what is right in front of you

I need no gullibility either.

If you hear a story from Somewhere Else where Someone Else apparently got healed of something, how do you know whether it is true, embellished or fabricated? And what difference does it make to your life either way? If we are called to test all things, how do you go about testing something from a land far away, and why would you even bother testing it if it doesn't make any difference to your life either way?

People came to Jesus for healing. Jesus isn't walking this earth as a man any more. The apostles aren't walking this earth any more. Sometimes God chooses to heal through us, but apparently not every time.