One of the things I’ve seen repeatedly in other believers is that they wait until a major crisis occurs before going to God’s Word and claiming His promises to deal with it. In other words, when they or their loved ones get seriously ill or the husband or wife in a two-income family suddenly lose one or both… Read More »
Below is a poem by F. W. Pitt, an author and poet who lived during the middle part of the last century. His beautiful and eloquent words are a succinct presentation of the Gospel and evoke powerful images of Christ’s appearance on this earth as God-in-sandals and substitutionary death for our sins. A few years back, Phil Keaggy… Read More »
Many are the times when I’ve heard objections raised against the doctrine of divine healing that go something along the lines of the following: Brother/Sister So-and-so believed God for healing and it didn’t work. He/she stayed sick for months/died/whatever. -OR- My aunt got prayed for by (insert any famous healing evangelist’s name here) and she still died of… Read More »
Many Christ-followers miss a key principle when exploring the New Testament concerning divine healing. Fascinatingly, it’s the Greek word for “saved” itself. …if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be . For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with… Read More »
Introduction Over the last 39 years I’ve been a believer, one of the topics that I’ve received an abundance of teaching on is divine healing. I’ve even taught on the subject myself occasionally, though not in the depth I’m about to undertake. So why am I approaching this topic at this particular time? Well, to be honest I’ve… Read More »
One interesting aspect of my walk with Jesus is I have learned several spiritual lessons via animals. Here’s one of them, based upon the two times I’ve been attacked by large dogs. Dog Attack #1 Back when I was 7 years old, my parents and I took a road trip in a 1960 Chevy Corvair sedan from my… Read More »
