Faith and Healing — 8 Lies People Believe About Divine Healing, Faith, and Miracles

It’s been a while since I’ve written or posted anything about my favorite Bible doctrine or topic; divine healing. I’ve written quite a bit on the subject on both my blog, and Fire Press, and have taught this to seminary students in South America, and most importantly, put I’ve into...

The Great Commission: Words and Power

“Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,...

Healing for the Follower of Jesus – Why and When?

There are many people in the body of Christ who are asking God these two questions: “WHY? Why have I been prayed for to be healed, and yet, I’m still suffering?” “WHEN? When, Lord, will I be healed?” Perhaps some of you reading this have asked these two questions. You have...

Believe That You Have Received

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24 ESV) Every so often, I get told by individuals that they perceive me to be a “faith teacher” in a derogatory way as if studying about, living this out, and...

Death & Healing

If sin brought death, and Jesus’ atonement redeemed us from the curse of the fall of Adam which was death and sickness (incipient death), then why do we still die? I have never re-written an entry so many times since I started blogging as the following post. Frankly, these thoughts are controversial, and...

Increase Your Faith — How To Believe For the Impossible (Part 2 of 2)

Editor’s note: I wrote this as a follow up to this post, and thought I’d take the time to post another “how to have faith” entry, but this time just list several Scripture verses to help remove some misunderstandings about faith and how it works and what it is believers do have exactly.  This...

Increase Your Faith — How To Believe For the Impossible (Part 1 of 2)

Editor’s note:  this post is a few years old, and for a more recent revision and update of it, it’s highly encouraged you read this version on my new personal site at this link.  Because a large number of our search engine hits lead to this page, I thought you should know there’s a more...

Paul’s Thorn In The Flesh, Part 3: Why Does It Matter?

This is my final post on the subject, and much could be written but just in case you’re visiting the site for the first time and didn’t read the first two posts, allow me a quick snapshot of what I’ve been saying: It is taught that Paul had this eye disease based on a few circumstantial...

Paul’s Thorn in The Flesh part 2: My Grace is Sufficient?

Our text we’ve been dealing with is found in 1 Corinthians 12:7-10, and today I hope to primarily focus on the second half of that passage. The purpose of this discussion is to demonstrate not only is God not against us, but that he is for us, and a word study and careful look at the word...

Paul’s Thorn in The Flesh, part 1: Messenger of Satan or God?

I have never watched people live in defeat from misunderstanding a passage as much as this one misinterpreted passage of Scripture. Of course I’m talking about how people try telling themselves that God gave them a thorn just like Paul’s, which I politely hope to show is terrible...