The mounting evidence of the interconnectedness of spirituality, health, and medicine suggests giving new attention to the healing ministry of Jesus. Through a fresh reading of the Gospel narratives, Bruce Epperly reveals the centrality of whole-person healing within Jesus' mission as teacher and social reformer and stresses that churches should seek to recover a healing ministry that touches both the spirit and the body. God's Touch traces the links between Jesus' approach to wholeness of mind, body, spirit, and relationships, and the practices of complementary and alternative medicine today.
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Bruce G. Epperly is Director of Continuing Education and Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. A minister of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), he is author of many books, including God's Touch: Faith, Wholeness, and the Healing Miracles of Jesus and Walking in the Light: A Jewish Christan Vision of Healing and Wholeness, cowritten with Rabbi Lewis Solomon.
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Epperly does a masterful job bringing together spirituality, medicine, science, and theology in a book that is honest, practical and lively. Filled with stories of real people with real pain, Epperly brings hope alive through a rediscovery of the healings of Jesus. Written from the perspective of process theology, Epperly goes beyond the usual dualist approachs of our Western culture by offering a wholistic vision for Christians who long for a fresh, practical, and biblically sound approach. Not only does he deal with the hard questions that surround suffering, but he offers practical "Experiments in Healing and Wholeness" at the end of each chapter. A book about healing that begins us on the road to healing even while we are reading the book! A masterful work!
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I have recently discovered the writings of Bruce Epperly. This one is perhaps my favorite of them all. I am a member of the International Order of Saint Luke the Physician -- an ecumenical Christain organization. I find that the tone of its publications and literary recommendations tends to be "conservative". "Conservative" is not the tone I sense from Epperly's works -- except maybe in the very best and basic sense of the word -- but I think there may be no better Bible Study Book for use by local chapters of the Order of Saint Luke than this one by Bruce. I recommend it for personal reflection and for group discussion.
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I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to step out of the box of ordinary wishing to get healed and learn so much more about how much Jesus values our health and how the Abundant Life that Jesus talks about can happen when we really believe. Not just healed physically but our whole being. This is a keeper in my book collection that I can keep going back to for faith building.
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Today, religion, science, and medicine are in the midst of a profound spiritual transformation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Today, religion, science, and medicine are in the midst of a profound spiritual transformation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
imaginative prayer, new age healer, healing light, physical cure, paralyzed man, healing spirituality, scripture notes, divine center, healing ministry, healing stories, healing circle, centering prayer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, San Francisco, Risen Lord, Andrew Weil, Larry Dossey, New Testament, Jesus Christ, Agnes Sanford, Jesus of Nazareth, Los Angeles, Risen One, Bruce Epperly, Carl Simonton, Martin Luther, Mary Magdalene, Morton Kelsey, Native American, Twenty-Third Publications, Alfred North Whitehead, Creative Dialogue, John Dominic Crossan, Louise Hay, Spontaneous Healing New!
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- Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil on page 36, page 164, and page 165
- The Healing Light by Agnes Sanford on page 20, and page 40
- What We May Be by Piero Ferrucci on page 189, and page 199
- Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1) by Neale Donald Walsch on page 184, and page 194
- You Can Heal Your Life (Gift Edition) by Louise Hay on page 70
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