He gave me a tetanus shot and the tetanus shot paralyzed me. I don't know if you've ever heard of this remedy before, but he soaked it in kerosene, which was supposed to pull the impurities out of my foot.Īnd it didn't work and about two days later my foot swelled up. And my dad was one of those guys that believed in home remedies. BLACK: Yes, sir, I was nine years old and I jumped off the chicken house onto that nail and it went through my foot. I was playing and I jumped off of a chicken house out in out in our backyard and I jumped onto a nail. Could I get you both to tell us the story? This happened in 1957? SIMON: Reverend Black and Reverend Hallman, we certainly knew about this. I get goosebumps today when I think about it. HALLMAN: I think for me was the fact of seeing a miracle happen as a young girl about six or seven years old. What made him stand out from a company of other, as they were called even then, televangelists in your mind? SIMON: Both of you are ministers who grew up listening to Oral Roberts. Reverend KENNETH BLACK (Trinity Bible Fellowship): Thank you for having us. Reverend Black, thank you very much for being with us. SIMON: And rather Reverend Hallman's brother, Kenneth Black, who is a Pentecostal minister at Trinity Bible Fellowship in Center Point, Alabama. Reverend CAROL HALLMAN (Christian Church Disciples of Christ): Well, you're welcome. Reverend Hallman, thanks for being with us. We're joined now by the Reverend Carol Hallman, a minister at Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Decatur, Alabama. ![]() His programs, which featured attempts at hands-on healing, gave viewers what he called a front-row seat to miracles. The Reverend Roberts who was one of those pioneering preachers for whom the term televangelist was devised. I'm Scott Simon.Ī public memorial will be held on Monday for Oral Roberts at the University that bears his name in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This book is the story of those miracles.This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. We can learn much from Christ's earthly ministry, which was poured into healing the masses who thronged His steps. There may be some who, like the prophet Elisha, are allowed to suffer a lingering physical illness here on earth. The Great Physician is reaching His hand out to you. The same Jesus, who was so willing to heal centuries ago, stands ready to heal today. His ultimate goal was to bring life-vital, pulsating life-to listless hearts that were hard as stone. He reached beyond wounded bodies to soothe wounded hearts. Yet Jesus longed to heal more than the physical. He loved to replace heartache with healing, which was a hallmark of His ministry on earth. The Creator of life in its most vibrant form ached to see sin manifested in His creation with deformities, ailments, disease, and pain. In fact, it presented a huge dilemma for Jesus, the greatest miracle worker of all time while He was on earth.īy His very nature, Christ was a healer. This human fixation on miracles is nothing new. Even TV evangelists-who should be preaching the gospel-focus on the fantastic by thumping foreheads with the palms of their hands to proclaim healing to all who will "feel the power." TV, books, video games, and movies zoom in on the paranormal, bringing otherworldly events-no matter how fictional-frighteningly to life. ![]() People today are fascinated by the supernatural.
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