What happens to one's belief in God when faith healing fails? A journalist looks at faith healing, and discovers that the absence of a healing miracle does not always mean the absence of God.

Exposes the pretension and fraud that surrounds the faith healer business, revealing how alleged faith healers prey on the insecurities and vulnerabilities of the people they preach to.

This book explores both sides of the issue of faith healing.

That prayers are answered nearly all the human race believe. But the subject has been beclouded and often made ridiculous by inconsistent superstitions. This book is a modest attempt to clear up some of the errors. Its record is as accurate as impartial observation can make it. God is not bribed. Laziness cannot bargain with him. But the prayers of the righteous and of repentant sinners availeth much. Desired ends are gained by prayer which cannot be gained by any other method. The daily experiences of devout persons establish that fact conclusively. The reasons and the methods which produce the results seem hidden, and they often bewilder the investigator. God's thoughts are far above our thoughts. But we can trust our daily experience far enough to retain our confidence in the potency of prayer. It is, therefore, a profitable and comforting study.

Mike and Laura, along with their children, Nathan and Katherine, experienced the tragic passing of +Eric that has not ended in a hopeless resentment, but rather in a fresh confidence in the God Who created us and Who saves us.

Americans have long been aware of the phenomenon loosely known as faith healing. During the 1990s the American cultural landscape changed and religious healing became a commonplace feature in our society. This is a look at this new reality.

This book is a brilliant use of metaphor that makes clear why the world leaves us feeling so uneasy!