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 Holy Spirit?”. If you’re mulling over your response right now, there’s a high probability it’s either, “never” or “I can’t remember”. Note that I said [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Posted on October 30th, 2008 in Featured, Healing Theology
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 thoughts and I’ve been involved in many different healing or related ministries over the years. One of the main things I’ve thought about is [...]
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 one today that is significant at both the individual and corporate levels. I earlier said that healings are few because teaching and preaching [...]
Tags: Healing, Obstacles to Healing
Posted on October 28th, 2008 in Featured, Healing Theology
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 connection. Finally, his loved ones dragged him to hospital. As he tells it, on catching sight of the nurse filling up a [...]
Tags: Healing Theology, Physical Healing
“Yes”, he said, “it’s broken all right”. The wrist surgeon took another look at the MRI against the bright light overhead and nodded, “you’ll need surgery for this.” I sighed, “let me guess, it’s the triangular fibrocartilage complex, right?” He was taken aback a little, but nodded again, “Yes, it’s the TFCC. It’s quite [...]