Steve Dawson - Ordinary Christians, Extraordinary Signs: Healing in Evangelization

PRAISE FOR ORDINARY CHRISTIANS, EXTRAORDINARY SIGNS

This Saint Paul Evangelization Institute training manual presents the biblical basis for the relationship between healing and evangelization with accuracy and depth of understanding. The practical instructions it offers are as good and thorough and easy to use as any I have seen anywhere. Everything about this resource is faithfully Catholic to the core. I enthusiastically recommend this book, which will help many Catholics to proclaim the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Dr. Peter S. Williamson, Adam Cardinal Maida Chair of Sacred Scripture, Sacred Heart Major Seminary

This book is not only goodits outstanding! It includes little-known sources and quotations from Church authorities and makes the case for healing in evangelization in a compelling way. Catholics, especially priests and lay leaders, need to read this.

Dr. Mary Healy, professor of Scripture, Sacred Heart Major Seminary and author of Healing: Bringing the Gift of Gods Mercy to the World

With sound teaching, remarkable healing testimonies, and tested practical advice, this easy-to-read manual will prepare any reader to pray for healing with confidence. It also emphasizes an important and essential element to the New Evangelization: the power of signs and wonders to draw people to Christ and the Church.

Bert Ghezzi, author of The Power of Daily Prayer

St. Paul said it: The kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power (1 Corinthians 4:20). We all know that Jesus and the apostles preached about the kingdom of God and even demonstrated the powerful works of the kingdom through healing, miracles, and the casting out of evil spirits. But plain, ordinary, everyday Christians are also called to performed miracles and healingsto demonstrate the kingdoms healing power.

This manual shows you how. The teaching is practical, clear, and accessible to anyone who can read. It is faithful to Church teaching. And when it is applied, it works! It has been tested through the ages. When the works of the kingdom accompany the words of the kingdom, heaven touches earth and eternal life opens up. King Jesus is, right now, healing the broken world through his body on earth, the Church. Thats you!

Al Kresta, president and CEO of Ave Maria Radio and host of Kresta in the Afternoon

While the Church teaches us to earnestly desire the spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 14:1), the vast majority of Catholics remain uninformed. This manual makes a valuable contribution to understanding and using the spiritual gifts in the work of evangelization.

Dave Nodar, founder and director of ChristLife

The wait for a theologically sound and detailed guide for Catholics on how to pray for healing to demonstrate the truth of the gospel is over. In this bold and faith-inspiring manual, Dawson and Hornbacher offer the tools and wisdom necessary to pray for healing with astonishing results. The teaching in this book is so powerful that if only a small percentage of readers faithfully put into practice what the authors suggest, street evangelization will never be the same. A superb achievementhighly recommended.

Fr. Mathias Thelen, STL, senior leader of Encounter Ministries and pastor of St. Patrick Church, Brighton, Michigan

I love this book. Every Catholic engaged in evangelization can benefit from it. You will be instructed by sound teaching and practical wisdom gained through years of experience. You will be inspired to trust in Gods power to change hearts and heal bodies. If you are willing to expand the parameters of how God can use you, you will love this book too!

Neal Lozano, author of Unbound: A Practical Guide to Deliverance and founder of Heart of the Father Ministries

I am very impressed with the material the Saint Paul Evangelization Institute is developing, and this Healing in Evangelization manual is no exception. There arent many voices today that truly teach and preach the full gospel, including the challenging parts, in a thoroughly Catholic context. May their tribe increase!

Ralph Martin, STD, president of Renewal Ministries

Jesus spent approximately twenty-five percent of his time healing and yet for many Catholic leaders, integrating healing effectively into parish evangelization ministry seems to be a difficult task. The Saint Paul Evangelization Institute provides an imminently practical and accessible training manual in Ordinary Christians, Extraordinary Signs. Weaving insight from Scripture, the lives of the saints, and the rich tradition of the Church, this manual is truly a wonderful gift to the Catholic Church. This practical, reflective, and accessible manual should be in the hands of all Catholic leaders who seek to evangelize the world for Jesus Christ.

Julianne Stanz, director of Discipleship and Leadership Development, Diocese of Green Bay, and consultant to the USCCB Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis

Without a doubt, the Saint Paul Evangelization Institute has created one of the most critical resources for the Churchs mission today: a comprehensive and practical guide to recovering the explicitly healing dimensions of evangelization. Programs and processes cannot, by themselves, bear fruit, but men and women intentionally cooperating with the power of the Holy Spirit will transform the world in Christ. The work of the Saint Paul Evangelization Institute, and this manual in particular, are indispensable in raising up a generation of such empowered missionary disciples.

Deacon Keith Strohm, executive director, M3 Ministries

Ordinary Christians Extraordinary Signs

Healing in Evangelization

STEVE DAWSON AND MARK J. HORNBACHER

FOREWORD BY ARCHBISHOP VIGNERON

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