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God's Mighty Acts
Over the years I have run into many people who have been blessed by God in many and wonderful ways. Since Jesus Christ is "the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow" (Hebrews 13:8), we can expect God in Jesus Christ to do today what Scripture narrates Jesus did in the flesh. Therefore, to encourage others who may be suffering without God's help, and to challenge the Church to believe that Jesus Christ is alive and doing what he always did, I include these witnesses to God's mighty acts. In other essays I place these acts in a theological context. For example, in another essay I show that God's trinitarian life implies that God will act miraculously to redeem and bless his people. Here, as evidence that our God is still alive, I describe some of the great things that he has done. Finally, these are human stories. They are not Scripture. If we wish to think aright and see the fullness of God's saving acts, we must read, believe, and obey Scripture. This means that these essays are not sources of Christian truth, but they do confirm the truths sufficiently revealed in Scripture, and they show that Jesus Christ is very much alive. Let him be praised forever. The story of a miraculous healing during a Eucharist.2. Carolyn Graham's Witness God speaks to a desperate young woman in need.3. Barbara Frey's Witness The risen Jesus miraculously feeds poor people as he fed the five thousand.4. Evelyn's Witness The Lord Jesus sets a young woman free of the demons.5. Bobby and Marti's Witness The risen Jesus reunites a family divided by death.6. The Witness of Al Durrance A man who discovered that the biblical stories of Jesus' healings and exorcisms were true by asking Christ to do them today.7. How God Keeps His Promises A story of how God makes and keeps promises, and how one man has let God be the Lord of his life.8. Magnificent Surprises How a woman's brain was healed of things that happened to her in the womb, and how God led her into a life of service for those who suffered from the same disability.9. A Miraculous Road to Sobriety How God healed a man of his drinking and saved a friend from cancer.10. A Final Choice How God showed a man hungry for the Truth the real alternatives that lay before him.11. The Year of Healing How God healed a woman who had lost her only son, her husband, and her parents.12. An Experience with God How God saved, protected, and answered the prayer of a man who called out to him.13. Nepal Testimonies Testimonies of Christians in Nepal who converted to Christianity from either Buddhism or Hinduism.14. The Witness of Charles How God delivered a man of a terrible affliction.15. Nancy's Testimony Describes how the risen Jesus commanded a woman to "Rise Lazarus," bringing her out of a severe depression caused in part by terrible abuse suffered over the course of a lifetime.16. The Witness of Sandi Describes how a woman, in a time of great loss and sorrow, decided to hold on to God, "even though he slay me."17. Julia's Testimony How God brought a woman out of darkness into his marvelous light.18. Earl's Testimony How God conquered a man's broken childhood and showed him the way out of over-eating and over-spending.19. Cordy's Testimony How God delivered a man of alcohol and homosexuality.20. Matt's Testimony How God saved a young boy and gave his father the peace that passes understanding.21. The Testimony of Oscar Lopez The testimony of a friend of mine that I knew in Honduras.22. The Witness of Beatrice How God instantly healed a women of drug and alcohol abuse.23. The Testimony of Christina How God and the Christian community is helping a woman overcome a destructive way of life.24. The Testimony of Keith How God took a homeless person and gave him a family.23. The Testimony of Garmen Cyprian How God healed a marriage and called a couple to minister to families.24. The Testimony of Federico How God spoke to a communist, healed his wife, and made him a priest.
The Rev. Robert J. Sanders, Ph.D. |