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Sermon on James 5:13-18, Pray, Sing, Invite, Confess
It was 1974. Mary Ann and I had only been married less than a year when another young couple friend of ours, Joyce and Dwight Watts, faced an enormous challenge. Joyce went into the hospital sick on
Continue reading...Sermon on James 5:13-18, Prayer for Healing
It was 1974. I was so discouraged. Our good friend had entered the hospital with leukemia, discovered she was pregnant, and the elders of our church came and prayed for her. I remember one of them saying
Continue reading...Christian View of the Body
In August 1992, Helena Christensen and Michael Hutchence, founder and lead singer of INXS, were walking late at night on a street in Copenhagen after drinking heavily when he refused to move for a taxi.
Continue reading...Why has God allowed us to discover vaccines and antibiotics if He wanted to use disease to punish us?
Question: Why God has allowed the discovery of vaccines and antibiotics to cure illness? If diseases are punishment from God, then if we cure them, we go against the will of God who wants to punish us.
Continue reading...Getting Over Life-Controlling Issues
Question: How do I put God in front of life controlling issues or sin patterns I’ve had for a while? Answer: Be accountable to another believer or believers who will love you, pray for you, and challenge
Continue reading...Is Isaiah 38:1-4 a Clear Example of God Lying or Changing His Mind?
Question: How is Isaiah 38:1-5 not either God lying or God changing His mind? Answer: Here is the passage: In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son
Continue reading...Unusual Healings – Luke 8:40-56
Do you find it weird that once people got healed just from Peter’s shadow falling on them (Acts 5:15,16) or from one of Paul’s handkerchiefs touching them (Acts 19:12)? Divine healing through
Continue reading...Faith Healing Isn’t Always Instant or Direct
I’ve been pretty ill recently. Throughout the whole illness I’ve continually asked Jesus for instant healing and asked others to pray for the same. It hasn’t come. I’ve been frustrated by
Continue reading...Physical and Spiritual Healing – Luke 17:11-19
The Illness That Healed Me is Janice Weinheimer’s book on the sudden illness in January 1988 that put her in bed for five months, and forever altered the course of her life. She had flashbacks of
Continue reading...Knowing You Are Sick – Luke 5:27-32
Here is a list of symptoms from Oklahoma.gov that might indicate you have the Covid-19 virus: “Headache, New loss of taste or smell, Sore throat, Congestion or runny nose, Nausea or vomiting, Diarrhea.
Continue reading...Wanting to Get Well – Luke 4:14-30
According to John 5, when Jesus comes upon a paralyzed man sitting at the pool of Bethesda, waiting for the water to be stirred so someone can help him in and he can be healed (there was a belief that
Continue reading...Walk in the Day – John 11:1-16
Jesus’ disciples believed that sleep was a sign of healing, and so was good for their friend Lazarus. They couldn’t be more right. According to Healthline.com some of the benefits of deep sleep
Continue reading...I Can See Again – John 9:1-12
Premature babies are particularly susceptible to blindness. According to Healthline.com they can experience “retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), which occurs in premature babies when the blood vessels
Continue reading...I Have Heard Your Prayer – Isaiah 38
In an article, Pentecostal Beliefs on Doctors, Dell Markey writes, “Pentecostals teach that all believers can petition God for divine healing. This has sometimes led to the erroneous notion that
Continue reading...Perfect in Weakness – 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
In an excellent article on The Anguish and Agonies of Charles Spurgeon in Christian History, a chronicle of Spurgeon’s musings on suffering against the backdrop of his extreme sufferings is made.
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