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Sunday Sermons and Healing
Frequently, I like to ask my friends or people I meet the question: “when was the last time you heard a complete sermon on healing, miracles, or gifts of the…
What Healing Ministry Should Look Like
It must be obvious to even the casual reader that I have more than a passing interest in the matter of divine healing. It occupies a lot of my waking…
We do what we believe…
I shared a little while back one of the reasons we have a marked lack of healings in our churches. There are many actually, but I want to focus on…
Another Ode to Doctors
I remember a humorous story told by a pastor who was very sick with malaria. Very seriously sick. He stood on faith for his healing but did not make a…
Forgiveness precedes healing
I looked at the earnest face in front of me as I prepared for my second case for the night. A regular evening at the Healing Rooms. The gentleman was…
Healing is hard…(Part 2)
In my last post, I declared: “healing is hard”. This may have caused a furrowed brow or two among a few hardy Christian brethren, but I promised I’d do my…
Are Anecdote + Experience = Theology?
I wanted to stay on the theme of God’s will in healing for a moment. There’s a great example in Mark and an Luke 5:12. It goes as follows:
(Mark 1:40-41 NIV) A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” {41} Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”
For me, God’s willingness seems quite clear, as in the other 25 instances of individual healings in the New Testament. Jesus said “I
The Will of God Revisited
Imagine that one day I came by your house and gave you a discount card for your local supermarket. “Use that whenever you shop,” I say. “I’d like you to get discounts when doing your groceries.” The first time you came around and asked me, “Can I use the discount card today?”, I’d be amused and puzzled, but reply “Of course, that’s what I said, go ahead and use it.”
The second time you came to my home and asked the same question, I’d be slightly irritated, and say “Listen, I told you I wanted you to
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