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Daughter of Destiny: Kathryn Kuhlman

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Recently, I read "Daughter of Destiny" and found the book to be truly amazing! Actually, I was speechless and had to take time to evaluate the many miracles that God has performed in my life. The book discloses Kathryne's call to the ministry, strengths, weaknesses, and her prayer that the Holy Spirit will always be with her. One of the truly profound strengths of the book is revealed when Kathryne is so strong-willed until she appears to be 'lead by the flesh' resulting in her losing focus on the agenda that God has for her. However, once her focus is completely on God, one is able to see the true manifestation of the Holy Spirit in all His GLORY! In all reality, the book shows how we as Christians sometimes get distracted only to later focus and love Jesus Christ with all of our heart! This book will set you free from the bondages of life! This book is a must read for all Christians who sometimes forget that we are imperfect vessels that God can still use. In addition, it is a great book on how we should be humble when serving a MIGHTY & AWESOME GOD! I guarantee that this book will bring you peace in the midst of any storms in your life as you see that no matter what we do in life, God is still in control. May God keep and bless you as you labor in His vineyard.

This book will greatly encourage those who believe that the spirituality of the book of Acts can be ours today. Like the Bible, it is brutally honest, yet marvellously encouraging spiritually. Abundant proof is provided that miracles are not just for 2,000 years ago. God is alive and well, not just doing miracles in the third world but also here in North America and in the relatively recent past. This is a must read for those interested in ministering with the power of the Holy Spirit

If you love God and want your faith and hope enlarged, then read this book. It's something that you'll read over and over again, never tiring of the action. I read it when I want a to super-charge my prayer life and boost my faith. Highly recommend to anyone who loves the Lord and longs for His powerful presence in their life.

True account of a humble woman of God who simply preached the gospel and trusted God for the results. God moved through those hearing the message, and many amazing miracles were the resulting affect. I've read this bood several times and it still excites me each time.

This is one powerful book that packs a punch. Jamie Buckingham is a wonderful writer who captures the spirit of this woman in its fullness in this book. A biography that is at once honest, compassionate, touching, and life-transforming. There is a definite touch of God on this book. I've read it more than 3 times already and everytime it has succeeded in bringing new change into my life.

This was a very good book to read about the life of Kathryn Kuhlman. It was good for me because it encouraged me in some ways, because I know I'm suppose to be walking with healing power like she did. I had wanted to know how she dealt with life and still stay so anointed. The part that I really liked, even though it was shortly mentioned, was about the light of God's glory that appeared around her. It exhorted me in the right direction...

Jamie Buckingham did a tremendous job of purely getting the heart of Miss Kuhlman on paper. In reading this I feel as though I have walked with Miss Kuhlman and stood right beside her through some of her greatest times and most difficult trials. You will find yourself unable to help being caught up in the presence of God as you read this story of her amazing life. It is a story that will propel you to greater things in God! ENJOY!!

Kathryn Kuhlman is certainly one of the most famous evangelists of the 20th century. Her legacy will always be her "miracle" services, which she held primarily in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles (however, she also held services in many other major US cities, as well as overseas).

I purchased this book because I am deeply intrigued by Miss Kuhlman's life, especially how she became a woman evangelist (a rarity for the mid-20th century), and of course to read about the various healing miracles that took place throughout her long ministry. This book, written by Jamie Buckingham, a friend and associate of Miss Kuhlman, is an excellent resource in telling the extremely interesting story of Kathryn Kuhlman's life. The book is an authorized biography (Miss Kuhlman approved the writing of this book by Mr. Buckingham). I read the book over three days, and literally could not wait to pick it up between sessions - it was that good. It is so compelling because it tells the extraordinary life-story of a bold, charismatic 16 year old, who in 1921 felt the touch of God and was then compelled to preach. Buckingham seamless takes us from the very beginnings to the apex of Miss Kuhlman's fame in 1974, when she was known far and wide as a "faith healer". Despite being used of God in an extraordinary way, Buckingham does not make her out to be a saint; no, rather a very human Kathryn Kuhlman is presented, warts and all.

Kathryn Kuhlman was born is the tiny town of Concordia, Missouri, in 1907. She adored her easy-going father, who lavished her with gifts and attention, but did not get the love and approval she so desperately desired from her mother. Her desire to win the approval (and affection) of her mother became a life-long pursuit. Miss Kuhlman was "born-again" at the tender age of 14, and struck out west with her sister and brother-in-law (an evangelist) to begin preaching herself. She believed she was divinely chosen to preach the word of God to the unsaved, and with her compassion for lost souls, her radiant smile, and her endless energy and enthusiasm, she became quite popular. Once her name and fame began to spread, she regularly filled every seat whereever she preached.

Her ministry almost ended when in 1938 she married Burroughs A. Waltrip, an evangelist from Dallas, Texas. He was a charismatic minister, several years older than she was, and there was an immediate mutual attraction. However, there was one major problem, he was married and had two sons. Eager to marry Kuhlman, Waltrip divorced his wife and moved to Iowa, where started a ministry, and proceeded to tell everyone he was single. Shortly thereafter, and against the wishes of all of her friends and associates, Kuhlman left Denver, Colorado, where she had a highly successful, robust ministry, to marry Waltrip. It was the biggest mistake of her life. In the course of several years, word broke that Mr. Waltrip had left his wife and children for Kuhlman. Having maintained that he was single, a story backed up by Kuhlman as well, their lie was a blow that destroyed both their ministries. Kuhlman separated from Waltrip in 1944 and they eventually divorced. She would never be romantically linked to anyone thereafter.

Kuhlman restarted her evangelistic ministry, this time in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Once again, she began small, but soon became extremely popular due to her famboyant speaking style, her boundless enthusiasm, and the anointment of the Holy Spirit. In 1947, a person in the crowd reported she had been healed of a tumor while listening to Kuhlman preach, and soon her message changed from being born-again to include an emphasis on divine healing through the Holy Spirit. So many healings subsequently took place that she became primarily known as a "faith healer", although she insisted throughout her life that she was only God's "handmaiden", a simple vessel for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit's healing power.

Kuhlman's miracle services were so popular, literally thousands were turned away from the door. When she began holding services in Los Angeles, the crowds were so large that people began to line up at the door many hours before to ensure entry into the building. Her success compounded and she began a half-hour tv progam on CBS, "I Believe in Miracles". Kuhlman insisted that the healing miracles be substantiated by medical doctors and by family memebers. When people claimed healings in her services, they were led on-stage to tell what miracle had occured, and a medical doctor usually verified the healing on the spot. Miss Kuhlman freely admitted she did not know how the healings took place, or why some people were healed, while many others were not. She only knew that she was blessed with a special gift of the Holy Spirit that descended upon her through intense prayer before each and every miracle service. She refused to begin the healing portion of her service until she felt the power of the Holy Spirit. Once the Spirit descended, Miss Kuhlman would call out healings and point to the section of the audience where the healing was taking place. She then encouraged that person to claim his/her healing by standing up and praising God for his mercy. They would then come forward to testify about their healing and give God the glory. Miss Kuhlman would lay her hands on them, and virtually all would swoon to the floor in an apparent faint. Miss Kuhlman called it being "slain in the spirit".

Kuhlman's popularity brought both adoration and critical response. Those who attended her miracle services insisted that they could feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in the air, and were witnesses to the divine healing of thousands upon thousands of people. Those who were healed insisted the miracles were real. Several books were written documenting such miracles. Critics of Miss Kuhlman and her methods were many, even including ministers in organized religion who did not take kindly to the notion of a woman holding "healing" services and leading people astray with a "false gospel message". Critcs claimed the healings were nothing more than intense hypnotic suggestion stirred up into a peak by Miss Kuhlman's dramatic preaching. Dr. William Nolen MD, interviewed about 25 people who claimed to be healed at Kuhlman's services, and found none of them were actually healed. He wrote a book "exposing" Kuhlman as a well-meaning, but ineffectual healer. HEALING, A Doctor in Search of a Miracle. Critics of Nolen insist that he only sampled a tiny fraction of the thousands that were healed (many with their own doctor's testimony), and his conclusions about Miss Kuhlman are wrong.

Kuhlman's success brought demands to preach from all over the globe, and despite having an enlarged heart, she pressed herself to the breaking point. In 1976, she underwent a 5-hour procedure to repair a damaged mitral valve in her heart. Although the procedure was pronounced a success by the doctors, Kuhlman continued to decline in health, and subsequently died in February, 1976, at the relatively young age of 68. According to close associates and friends, she had given so much of herself to her ministry and others, that she literally had nothing left within at the time of her death.

If you are like me, this book will only wet your appetite for more information on the fascinating Kathryn Kuhlman and the miracles associated with her ministry. Additional reading can be found as follows: Nothing Is Impossible With God, God Can Do It Again, and Glimpse Into Glory. These books tell of the many miracles that took place at Miss Kuhlman's healing services. They are well worth reading.

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I had heard about Kathryn Kuhlman from a number of people so I thought I'd read her biography. The author was very good at giving an open account of her life, her strengths and her weaknesses. In some ways it may have shown too much of her weaknesses. As I read it I became dismayed at her life; her choices. But as I read on it was clear that God flowed through this woman; weird as she was. It also shows that God is much bigger than we think. After reading the biographies of Charles Finney and Smith Wigglesworth and reading a number of books by Kenneth Hagin, this book shows an entirely different side of God in how He operates via the Holy Spirit. Actually this book shows the Sovereignity of God completely contradicts many of the teachings of Kenneth Hagin's theology of God will only do things for you if you have faith. With Kuhlman God healed people who weren't even looking to get healed. People got overwhelmed by the presence of God and collapsed just walking by the door of the building she was preaching in; sometimes they weren't even Christians (though some became Christians because of that experience). I think everyone that reads this book will certainly be encourged by it to seek a closer walk with Jesus.

What a FANTASTIC read about the life of Kathryn Kuhlman! I seriously couldn't put the book down and ended up staying up way later than I should have on several occasions. The writing is clear, concise, and enjoyable. It is not some book written for a theologian or a scholar, but it is something that everyone can enjoy. It is a detailed biography of the life of Kathryn Kuhlman. It is 329 pages, but it never felt long or drawn out. I kept wanting more! There was so much information, both good and bad, about her life and ministry including many pictures. This isn't some book about the greatest hits of some shining spiritual star, it is the journey of a woman who yielded her life to the power of the Holy Spirit and saw the world change because of it. It is a glorious testament to her life, flaws, scandals, and all. Even if you didn't know anything about Kathryn Kuhlman's life, there is so much that can be learned from the life of this handmaiden of the Lord. It is about giving glory to whom glory is due: God alone. The last line of the book sums it up nicely: "Kathryn's gone. But the Holy Spirit is still alive." If you can't tell from this review, I LOVED this book and would recommend it to anybody!