Reformation Day is celebrated each October 31st, reminding us of the year 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses at All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. Theologians believe that Luther chose this day, bearing in mind that many people would attend the church on All-Hallows’ Day (November 1st). In the Western church, the celebration of All-Saints’ Day dates back to the 4th century and commemorates all the saints and martyrs of the church. In North America and most of Europe, October 31st is also the day that Halloween is observed. The term ‘Halloween’ is an English contraction of All-Hallows’ Eve. …
In his book How to Have a Healing Ministry without Making Your Church Sick, Pentecostal theologian Peter Wagner discusses the ministry of healing prayer and the reasons a congregation should have one. I think nobody would disagree that the care of sick people is a common area among Christian denominations that deserves attention despite tradition. Despite Wagner offers readers an interesting point of view on healing prayer, he may stir some controversy when he claims that “some times God heals directly, and sometimes he uses means for the healing but he seldom heals directly unless we ask him to” (p. …

