cover image Raising the Dead: A Doctor Encounters the Miraculous

Raising the Dead: A Doctor Encounters the Miraculous

Chauncey W. Crandall, FaithWords, $19.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-446-55720-7

This book by cardiologist Crandall begins with an inexplicable event: a man who has been declared dead in a hospital emergency room returns to life after 40 minutes without a heartbeat. The supervising cardiologist was Crandall, who sensed he needed to pray and requested one more defibrillator shock for the patient, after which a normal heartbeat registered. The story that follows this dramatic episode, however, is the story of faith tested in the worst way: Crandall recounts the story of his family's fight against his son Chad's leukemia. There are no miracles on demand, but Crandall explains his experience and in so doing provides an absorbing and intimate picture of the strength of his Pentecostal faith, a faith that is growing worldwide. (Sept.)