Why i am still surprised by the power of the spirit: discovering how god speaks and heals today - jack s. deere

Deere, a former Dallas Seminary professor and skeptic of miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit, provides a strong biblical defense for the Spirits speaking and healing ministries today.

He describes several reliable cases of people who were miraculously healed or who heard God speak in an unmistakable way, and he gives sound advice for using spiritual gifts in church.

In his classic Surprised by the Power of the Spirit , Jack Deere looked at the reason why many Christians (including himself at the time) struggle to believe in miraculous gifts, and he provided a groundbreaking biblical defense of the Holy Spirits speaking and healing activities today.

In Why I Am Still Surprised by the Power of the Spirit , the former Dallas Seminary professor revisits his earlier subject matter with fresh insight and even stronger conviction: the Scriptures teach that God is healing and speaking today just as he did 2,000 years ago.

Having almost entirely rewritten Surprised by the Power of the Spirit , this new edition comes at a time when the theological landscape has dramatically changed, and most evangelicals do believe in all the gifts of the Spirit.

But many of us are still unsure how to understand those gifts, and there is much confusion today on what it means to be filled with the Spirit.

This book is for those familiar with Deeres work and for newcomers alike.

In it, he: Explains the nature of spiritual gifts, defining each of them.

Offers sound advice on discovering and using spiritual gifts in church.

Tells documented stories of modern miracles and encounters with demonic powers.

Examines the New Testament use of the phrase filled with the Spirit to show why and how God still fills his servants with the Holy Spirit.

Introduces the newest literature defending and explaining the gifts of the Spirit.

With the care of a scholar and the passion of personal experience, this new edition builds upon the legacy of Surprised by the Power of the Spirit and the profound impact its had among Christians of many traditions.