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Join us at First Presbyterian Church Valparaiso for a unique Summer Study Opportunity on Spiritual Healing in The Christian Tradition. A Series of four lectures by Rev. Dr. Douglas E. Busby
In the Friendship Room from 9:00 to 9:45 AM on
June 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th.
To find the Friendship Room, enter the church at Door C, follow to the first hallway on your right, and immediately take the first doorway on your right.
Lecture 1 -- Introduction to Spiritual Healing: What Does the Bible Say and Do We Believe?
Definitions for discussions of spiritual healing.
Spiritual healing by Jesus Christ and his followers.
Spiritual healing in the Early Church.
Mistranslation of “healing” in James 5.
Lecture 2 -- Spiritual Healing in the Early Church to the Present
Spiritual healing as a continuing phenomenon.
Decline and resurgence of spiritual healing in the Church.
Dispensationalism and punishment theology in spiritual healing
ministry.
Lecture 3 -- The Source of Spiritual Healing
Spiritual healing as God’s “gift” in 1 Corinthians 12.
Specially gifted “spiritual healers” in Christianity.
Spiritual healing in the Pentecostal and charismatic movements.
Lecture 4 -- The Practice of Spiritual Healing In and Beyond the
Church
Similarities and differences between spiritual healing and energy
medicine.
Use of Jesus’ way of spiritual healing.
Rev. Dr. Busby received his medical doctorate (MD, cum laude) degree and Master of Science (MSc) degree in biophysics from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. His post-graduate studies at The Ohio State University and the Lovelace Foundation led to his being certified as a specialist in Aerospace Medicine. In ministry, he received his Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary and his Doctor of Ministry (DMin) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the Graduate Theological Foundation. He has been an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ for 26 years, serving as an instructor at the Chicago Theological Seminary, an interim (transitional) minister, and a
pulpit supply minister. He has preached and lectured on spiritual healing in several Protestant denominations and practiced spiritual healing in many churches, hospitals, homes, and other venues. His 67 publications include the first book on clinical problems from hazards of space operations and two books on spiritual healing. He has recently told his life story to date in “My Experiences in Medicine, Theology, and Along the Way,” a book published by Amazon (http://tiny.cc/BusbyBook).
Event Cover Photo Credit: Stained glass depicting prayer at Grace Lutheran Chapel in St. Louis on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford. Image Used with Permission of Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
3401 N Valparaiso St, Valparaiso, IN, United States, Indiana 46383