The Power of Communion

Beni wrote this book with such humility & she captured the Father's heart. Such a reminder that we now live in the Victory that Jesus has already paid & won. Beni also taught in this book how to pray and declaring from the Father's heart. I've cried so much knowing & feeling how much Father God loves me. \\n\\nHighly recommend this book. This book will help you overcome everything!

Johnson says communion has 'wonder-working power' (ch. 1) as a 'tool in our intercessory toolbox'. TPOC contains 'wonderful testimonies surrounding communion--people being healed, couples. . . getting pregnant' (27). The anecdotes are interesting and readers may be encouraged; but I doubt they evince TPOC. The dialectic is primarily anecdotal: Johnson says 'your testimony is your most powerful tool' (54); I disagree. Anecdotal evidence alone is nonindicative even of correlation: without knowing how many (in what sample?) took communion with no effect on blessings, we cannot say the two correlate. Even if this were granted, concluding that TPOC explains the blessings would be hasty without further argument. TPOC assumes 'Jesus Christ died so that we could be free of sin, sickness, and sorrow' (55); this is contentious, but may be granted. I wholeheartedly agree that communion is part of 'the fight to remember' (ch. 5); but remembrance presupposes, not creates, facts. Jesus' atoning work is fact, whether anyone remembers it; what can remembrance alone effect? If anything, I appreciate the atonement, not anything else. I am encouraged by the reminder 'communion is not a magic pill. . . that God will grant our wishes' (145) but find TPOC intimating otherwise. Small remark: Johnson misconstrues cessationism as the view 'that God no longer heals, that all miracles ended with the apostles' (54). TPOC contains interesting stories, but its theological conclusions may be somewhat…