How Far Will God Go to Stop Suffering?
Many people believe that God is indifferent to the pain and suffering that we go through. After all, if He is all-powerful and if He opposes evil and suffering, then why does He allow them to happen? It seems only logical that if He allows them to happen He must approve of them, and if God approves of suffering and evil then He cannot be good. This reasoning about the nature of God developed as a…
Why Are Some People Not Healed?
Ever since the Azusa Street revival in 1907, which spawned the Pentecostal awakening, the church has been continually growing in its understanding of healing and deliverance. In the last 100 years we’ve uncovered some valuable information that has helped provide a clearer picture of how healing and deliverance work. In this article, I’d like to look at the question of why some people are not healed. I’m grateful for the contributions made by leaders of…
Did God Cause Death & Evil in The Old Testament?
By Richard Murray This is a discussion about the nature of God and Satan as their works are revealed in the pages of Scripture. The basic premise is that the Old Testament contains an incomplete revelation of the nature of Satan. That incomplete picture of Satan causes many of us to attribute his works to God. The New Testament reveals the works of Satan for what they are. When Old Testament passages are read in light of…
Freeing The Prisoners
When you ask strangers if they want to be healed, you’ll occasionally be turned down. I often wear my paramedic uniform because I’m either praying with people at work or on the way home from work. When in uniform, I rarely get turned down. But in street clothes, I get turned down more often. The funny thing is – some of the people who don’t want me to pray for them are Christians. When they…
Not Drunk as You Suppose
My patient, a middle-aged man with long silver hair and a swollen, dusky-red nose, wore a flannel shirt and baggy pants that looked as though they hadn’t been washed in weeks. The drafty, run-down shack that he lived in reeked of garbage, beer, and cigarette smoke. This morning it had one more odor—partly digested blood. There’s just about nothing I hate more than the smell of blood that’s been vomited after being in the stomach…