A parable of Jesus blows up beliefs about healing, miracles
Two things some Christians believe are 1. God always wants us to be healed in this life, and 2. The gospel needs miracles to be effective. One parable of Jesus destroyed both of those ideas.
Meet the first health and wealth preacher in the Bible
Some charismatic Christians think it’s our fault if we suffer. That’s what Eliphaz wrongly thought about Job. He was the first health-and-wealth preacher, and we see in that book what God thinks of such beliefs.
You don’t need to work for any of God’s free blessings
What do you need to do to receive blessings from God, such as healing or a financial breakthrough? Nothing! Everything God does for us in this life is just as free as salvation. See where the Bible teaches that.
‘On earth as it is in heaven’ does not mean healing now
Some Christians believe that “on earth as it is in heaven” means we should be healed now, since there’s no sickness in heaven. What the Bible says about our bodies on earth obliterates that idea.
Christian, you don’t need more faith to be healed
Have you been praying for a healing only to be told you need more faith? Here’s a comprehensive Biblical case proving that’s not true. Jesus doesn’t need anything to heal us.
Why Jesus ‘could do no mighty work’ in Mark 6:5
Ever hear someone claim that our lack of faith limits God’s power because Jesus “could do no mighty work” in Mark 6:5? Here’s why that argument doesn’t work.
‘Gradual’ healing? How we’re not seeing this story clearly
Some Christians have somehow taken the story of the blind man in Mark 8 to mean that healing can take as long as years.