When the Spirit Comes with Power: Signs & Wonders Among God's PeopleJohn White has extensively interviewed many people, including those from John Wimber's Vineyard Christian Fellowship. His years of work as a psychiatrist and as a missionary in the Third World qualify him in a special way to analyze the experiences described in this book. In addition he has thoroughly studied revivals of the past, highlighting the differences and the similarities to what is happening today. As always, John White remains thoroughly biblical as he handles many controversial topics. The result is a book full of pracitcal wisdom and remarkable insight with conclusions that are fresh and surprising. |
Contents
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Should We Fear Emotions? | 48 |
Are Revival Experiences Psychological? | 58 |
Are Revival Experiences Spiritual? | 73 |
Varieties of Revival Experiences | 84 |
Why Do Revival Experiences Differ So Much? | 103 |
John Wimber Pandemonium in the School Gymnasium? | 157 |
John Wimber and the Vineyard Movement | 172 |
Sandy The Voice on the Stereo | 191 |
Conrad Drugs and a Demon | 201 |
Jim Power Encounter | 216 |
When the Spirit Comes with Power | 223 |
Preparing for Revival | 225 |
Notes | 241 |
How Safe Is Spiritual Power? | 120 |
Stolen Power | 138 |
Case Studies of the Spirits Power | 155 |
Other editions - View all
When the Spirit Comes with Power: Signs & Wonders Among God's People John White No preview available - 1988 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Fleeing the Famine: North America and Irish Refugees, 1845-1851 Margaret Mulrooney No preview available - 2003 |