God, Prayer, and Healing: Living With God in a World Like Ours

by Arthur Anton Vogel

New condition with tight spine and binding. Tail edge of front cover has scuffings.

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Arthur Vogel was fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.

Reviews

[Kenneth · Rating 5 out of 5]

As the opening blurb here on Goodreads says, one of the author's sons spent time fighting a cancer, from which he ultimately recovered. But other people they met in the waiting room had loved ones who did not survive their illnesses, in spite of their being prayed for just as fervently as the Vogels prayed for their son's recovery. Seemingly, God answers some prayers with healing but not others. This book is the author's reflection arising from this situation. The author was the Episcopal bishop of West Missouri from 1971 to 1989 when he retired (he passed away in 2012). Prior to that, he was a professor of theology and philosophy at Nashotah House seminary in Wisconsin.

He discusses how we know ourselves and how we know God. And what Jesus means for us and how we live the Christian life and why we need to pray and the meaning of prayer. He references relevant statements Paul makes in some of his letters. In the Old Testament he discusses Job and Ecclesiastes and how they are relevant. Jesus, as the incarnate Word of God (John 1:1) is crucified and dies for us on the cross and the author discusses how we should understand this. All in all, this is a book to be read by anyone who has questions about why God allows evil to exist in our world.

[Elizabeth Deters · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was really excited for the premise of this book, but I’d say less than 10% of the boom was actually about prayer and healing.