Healing on Either Side of the Sermon on the Mount

In the Gospel of Matthew, the first miracles Jesus did were among the crowds immediately before and after the Sermon on the Mount. These miracles break some traditional views about God's will to heal the sick.  These are early lessons for the disciples and for us (21st century disciples) to understand that it is always God's will—for Jesus is the perfect revelation of this—to heal.

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Untwisting the Gospel: (#1) Untwisting Gifts

This is the first in a series of blogs "Untwisting the Gospel" regarding the untwisting of God-given gifts that have been twisted, causing major problems in the lives of people and the church.  (Credit goes to my friend and colleague Baxter Kruger for the title of this series). People around the world have been asking for counsel and prayer concerning the same problem.  They have profound spiritual gifts, but they want to give them back to God.

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