Search Results: healing
The Benefit of the Doubt
Category: General
Tags: Faith, ReKnew
…the bizarre demand that we engage in the mental trick of making ourselves certain if we want him to live. And remember, in this model of faith, God not only does this with people’s healing; whether people end up in heaven or hell depends on their ability to comply with…
Hey folks, I have some exciting news!
Category: General
…Jesus. We want to help people see that, behind all the co-opted versions of God that humans use to control each other, there is an unfiltered Gospel of love, goodness, self-sacrifice, forgiveness, healing and hope that sets us free. Our message is simple: “Welcome to Jesus – all over again….
New Article and Book Update
Category: General
…to bring judgment, the powers are allowed to carry out their evil intentions and chaos ensues. Yet, whenever God “pours out his wrath” by withdrawing himself, he does so with a grieving heart and for the ultimate purpose of bringing healing and redemption. The Principle of Responsible Identification. Though he…
A Critique of Eller’s Thesis
Category: General
…and redeem people. Violence is a tragic but necessary means to a loving, healing and redemptive end (e.g. 72-77). Moreover, Eller brilliantly highlights the fact that throughout the Old Testament God inspires prophets to paint a picture of the future in which violence will no longer be necessary. Still, Eller…
Hey folks, I have some exciting news!
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…Jesus. We want to help people see that, behind all the co-opted versions of God that humans use to control each other, there is an unfiltered Gospel of love, goodness, self-sacrifice, forgiveness, healing and hope that sets us free. Our message is simple: “Welcome to Jesus – all over again….
A Discussion With Chuck Colson and Shane Claiborne
Category: General
…more brilliant female theologians!). But on this night more than ever I thanked God she ignored my advice! Thank you Jen. The toe is healing nicely. (P.S. Jen, who is usually very calm, has a wild streak that comes out on the dance floor!) Now onto current events. I’m in…
Was the Christian Security Guard a Hero?
Category: General
…good (Rom. 12:17, 19; I Thess 5:15; 1 Pet 3:9) * never exact vengeance against our enemies, trusting God to do this instead (Rom. 12:17-19) * turn the other cheek when struck (Mt 5:39; Lk 6:29) * pray for the healing of our enemies rather than seek to injure them…
Saying Good Bye to the Stepmother I Never Knew
Category: General
…things, God used our unfortunate experiences to help bring me, Stella and my father into a transforming and healing relationship with Christ. I look forward to the day when the three of us – and hopefully the entire extended family – will embrace as we celebrate the goodness of God…
A Calvinist Take on the Problem of Evil
Category: General
Tags: Calvinism, Current Events, Death, Henry, Problem of Evil, ReKnew, Roger Olson, Theodicy
…right to have such feelings. I”m not asking about moral rightness; I’m asking about logical rightness. That’s a good question. This is why we’re here. ReKnew is committed to spreading the good news of Jesus who loves us by being born into our suffering and healing our diseases and dying…
A Great Time Talking Faith and Politics
Category: General
…trouble arises when groups publically represent this as “the Christian position.” If Christians spent a decade doing nothing but healing their own marriages while sacrificially serving non-Christian gay people, maybe, just maybe, we’d earn the right to lovingly speak into their lives — and they into ours (since, after all,…
Is the Kingdom Invisible?
Category: General
…of God is present. When people befriend the friendless, feed the hungry, house the homeless, serve “sinners” rather than judge them, and work to bring healing into people’s lives and relationships, the kingdom of God is present. And when we choose to live in a way that ascribes worth to…
What do you think of the “Penal Substitution” view of the atonement?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Atonement, Jesus, Q&A
Topics: Atonement and The Cross, Christology
…as when he was a thirty-three year old man? Were Jesus’ life, teachings, healing and deliverance ministry merely a prelude to the one really important thing he did – namely, die? It doesn’t seem to me that the Gospels divide up and prioritize the various aspects of Jesus’ life in…
Satan and the Corruption of Nature: Seven Arguments
Category: Essays
Tags: Apologetics, Essay, Problem of Evil, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Creation Care, Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict, The Problem of Evil
…Jesus went about freeing people from Satan’s oppression by healing them of their diseases. In fact, the word the Gospels sometimes use for disease or infirmity is mastix, which literally means “flogging.” (I review all this material thoroughly in my book, God at War). Now, there are three points that…
Escaping the Matrix: Setting Your Mind Free to Experience Real Life in Christ
Category: General
Topics: Following Jesus, Hearing God, Prayer
Authors: Gregory A. Boyd and Al Larson Publisher: Baker (2005) Buy on Amazon Topic: Christian Discipleship/ Healing: How can we get free from strongholds in our minds? Description: What is in control of your mind? Like the characters in The Matrix movie trilogy, our minds can get hardwired to distortions…
Seeing Is Believing: Experience Jesus Through Imaginative Prayer
Category: General
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer
Author: Gregory A. Boyd Publisher: Baker (2004) Topic: Christian Discipleship/ Healing: How can we experience the things of God as real? Media: Christianity Today’s 2005 Award of Merit in the category of Spirituality Publisher’s Weekly “Authors Who Inspire, Encourage, Challenge” Buy on Amazon Description: If you’re like most people, you…
Can a Christian be demonized?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Demons, Q&A, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
…of Abraham,” Jesus indicates her authentic faith—she is a true believer. And yet she was afflicted with a demon until Jesus prayed for her healing and deliverance. It’s also worth noting that many theologians throughout church history, including Martin Luther, John Wesley, Jesse Penn-Lewis, V. Raymond Edman, and Chuck Swindoll,…
Is speaking in tongues the initial evidence of receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Q&A, The Holy Spirit
Topics: The Church
…all prophets? Are all teachers?…Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues?” (1 Cor. 12:29–30). The answer, of course, is no. Yet Paul encourages all believers to continually seek to be “filled with the Spirit” (Eph. 5:18). This seems to clearly suggest that Paul didn’t expect all…
Does Prayer Really Make a Difference?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Kingdom Living, Prayer
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer, Open Theism
…life (2 Kings 20:1–7); and from Abraham’s prayer for a son (Gen. 15:2ff) to the leper’s prayer to Jesus for healing (Matt. 8:2–3), the biblical narrative is woven together by examples of God moving in extraordinary ways in response to the prayers of his people. John Wesley was only slightly…
Are the Charismatic Gifts for Today’s Church?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Gifts, The Holy Spirit
Topics: The Church
…for exhortation, giving, showing mercy while excluding Spirit-inspired words of wisdom, prophesy, speaking in tongues, and healing? In addition, to exclude these is actually unbiblical. Paul affirms that Christians should not lack any spiritual gift as long as they “wait for the revealing of the Lord Jesus Christ” (see 1…
Today We Can’t Lighten Up
Category: General
Tags: Racism, Violence
…your words be few and your love great today as we process the shooting in Charleston? Will you practice Shalom by putting aside your agenda and taking up the call of the cross to die to yourself? Will you hold ground for healing where violence trampled our hope? The choice…