By His Stripes We’re Healed #8: What If It Doesn’t Work?
This is almost always the first question asked by laypersons and ministers alike when first confronted with the doctrine of …
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By His Stripes We’re Healed #7: Scriptures on Healing
This a semi-comprehensive list of God’s promises concerning physical healing in both the Old and New Testaments as well as …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? — Part 8: Objections to the Prosperity Doctrine
One of the poster-children of the anti-prosperity crowd is an internationally-famous-within-Christendom Calvinist theologian, pastor, and published author named John Piper. …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? — Part 7: General Characteristics of Each Side of the Debate
In this installment, I would like to offer some personal observations contrasting each side of this debate. Pro-Prosperity We believe …
They Speak With Other Tongues #8 — Slain in the Spirit?
Along with tongues and divine healing, the charismatic phenomenon of being “slain in the Spirit” completes the triad of the …
Of Blind Men & Elephants
A recent trend I’ve seen which greatly disturbs me — even angers me, at times — is a tendency for …
By His Stripes We’re Healed #6: Divine Euthanasia?
There is a term I learned from a former pastor who used it whenever he was discussing phrases or statements …
A Requiem for George: A Tragic Cautionary Tale of Addiction — Part 1
My step-brother George passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. He was born just short of being exactly 3-years-to-the-day older …
Calvinism vs. Arminianism
Historically, one of the most destructive and divisive controversies within Protestantism has been between the followers of reformer John Calvin, …
They Speak With Other Tongues #7: The Rest of the Gifts
Back in the fourth article in this series, I presented the 9 gifts of the Spirit as listed in 1 Corinthians 12. …
Ask & You Shall Receive #8 — Talking to Mountains?
When I taught on prayer awhile back and stated that there are models taught in the Bible on how to …
Ask & You Shall Receive #7 — Praying in Faith, Part 3
The Four Ps Almost 40 years ago, right after I first got saved, I read a book entitled The Purpose …
Ask & You Shall Receive #6 — Praying in Faith, Part 2
Faith, Not Sight For we walk by faith, not by sight. — 2 Corinthians 5:7 …being the proof of things [we] do not …
Ask & You Shall Receive #5 — Praying in Faith, Part 1
Faith Defined Just about every Christian theologian can agree that the following verse in the Book of Hebrews defines the …
Ask & You Shall Receive #4 — Praying According To God’s Will
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He …
By His Stripes We Are Healed #5: Be a Doer of the Word
One of the things I’ve seen repeatedly in other believers is that they wait until a major crisis occurs before …
Acts of God — NOT! #11: When Disaster Strikes
On June 30 of this year, 19 firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite team from the Prescott, Arizona …
By His Stripes We Are Healed #4 — Faith For Healing
Many are the times when I’ve heard objections raised against the doctrine of divine healing that go something along the …
By His Stripes We Are Healed #3 — The Name of God
Taking The Lord’s Name in Vain One of the many misconceptions held by Christians throughout modern history is their interpretation …
By His Stripes We Are Healed #2 — Healing in the Atonement Part 2
Redeemed From the Curse In Galatians, as Paul is refuting the heresy of Judaizing, he makes a remarkable statement: ‘Christ …
