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Must We Deny Biblical Infallibility to “Disarm” Scripture? A Review of Derek Flood’s Disarming Scripture: Part 1

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…divorced biblical interpretation from his life experience (71-89). Jesus knew he had been sent to teach and demonstrate God’s love, and this resulted in multitudes being healing and liberated. According to Flood, Jesus understood Scripture to be a vehicle to serve this end, which is why Flood believes he rejected…

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Featured Sermon Series: Scandalous Love

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…Covenantal Love The love of God expressed in Christ on the cross shows the radical lengths God is willing to go to restore us. This healing of our relationship with God takes the form of a covenant, not a contract.   SERMON 4: Victorious Love God’s love is victorious! But…

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9 Reasons Faith ≠ Certainty

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…whether for healing or for some other blessing, is directly connected to a person’s faith. But I’ve always wondered, why would God place a premium on one’s ability to convince oneself that something is true? What is particularly virtuous about one’s ability to push doubt aside and make oneself feel…

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The Reality of Satan and the Spiritual Realm

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…which he trusted” (Lk 11:22). This, in a nutshell, is what Jesus understood himself to be doing by his teachings, healings, exorcisms and especially by his death and resurrection. His whole ministry was about overpowering the “fully armed” strong man who guarded “his property” (Lk 11:21)—the earth and its inhabitants…

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Does God Intervene?

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…Christ’s ministry was centered on demonstrating God’s supernatural power in counteracting the tragic effects of the kingdom of darkness. He announced the kingdom of God was at hand and proved it by supernaturally healing and delivering people from demonic oppression. And he taught us to pray that his Father’s will…

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Sermon Clip: Mystery of the Miraculous

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In this week’s sermon clip, Greg Boyd discusses the supernatural gifts of faith, healing, and miracles Christians receive from the Holy Spirit. He describes what each of these gifts are, as well as how we can ask for them and use them in our lives today. View the full sermon…

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Something Further on Ferguson: I Raise My Hands

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…has overcome but to ask him to come, be present, and bring peace. With my hands in the air I pray, “By your wounds we are healed, Lord. Usher in healing for grieving families and the community of Ferguson.” Today, I raise my hands, because perfect love casts out all…

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What Are the “Keys to the Kingdom”?

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…light of Jesus’ overall healing and exorcism ministry, I can only read this as referring to the church’s authority to bind up demonic forces and to set people free. This teaching provides a blueprint of what the body of Christ is to be about. It is to be about what…

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What Does Spiritual Warfare Have To Do with the Cross?

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…vanquishing this empire, taking back the world that Satan had seized, and restoring its rightful viceroys – humans – to their position of guardians of the earth (Gen. 1:26-28, cf. 2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 5:10). Each one of Jesus’ many healings and deliverances were understood to diminish Satan’s hold on…

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Prayer Matters

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…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 overstating the matter when he taught,…

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Resignation to Evil: Not an Option

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…long years, be set free …”(Lk 13:16, emphasis added)? This is what we consistently find throughout the Gospels. Peter summarized Jesus entire ministry by saying he “went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil…” (Ac. 10:38, emphasis added). Far from supposing that things…

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Counter-Cultural Community

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…teaching outside the context of community as understood by the early church, it becomes judgment. … In a small-group context, confession is healing, for it is done in trust, without the need to hide or perform. Within this context, accountability is beneficial, for it is carried out in the wisdom…

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If God Can’t Control, How Can I Trust Him?

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Question: If God can’t always answer our prayers for healing, for example (and I completely understand why—free will etc), then HOW can he promise to bring good out of the bad things that happen? Surely he is powerless to do that too? And if he can bring good why can’t…

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The Image of Cross-Like Love: God’s Self-Portrait, Part 6

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…it also is the thematic center of Jesus’ life, teachings and actions. From his incarnation to his healing and teaching ministry to his death, resurrection and ascension, Jesus was revealing the cross-like love of God. We can see this very clearly in Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount….

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Lighten Up: Wisdom and Belly Laughs

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…people say more often? This kid’s laugh alone is worth the price of admission. His response to the suggestion that we should say “MERICA” more often, is guaranteed to make you laugh along with him. Good belly laughs are deeply spiritual and healing. Bet you didn’t know that. You’re welcome….

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Forgiving (and Loving!) Your Only Son’s Killer

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…Laramiun Byrd, was murdered during a fight at a party by 16 year old Oshea Israel. Mary visited Oshea in prison and they experienced a miracle of forgiveness and healing that is evidence of divine grace. Please take the time to listen to the three minute interview here. Time well…

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Frenzied Religion

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…his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD….” That’s it. That’s the most important thing in all life, the headwaters from which meaning, calling, healing, hope, and direction will come. God has spoken and has said He…

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