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Theological sleight of hand

I read some Bible study notes on Acts 3, the healing of the lame man by Peter and John. After wise words about not everyone being healed, and questions about how we might sense God calling us to some unusual action, the study urged Christians to be bolder in praying for miraculous healing on the following logic: Now I’m sure that such arguments have been used since the Healing Crusades of the 1940s, and even before, as an alternative to “healing is in the atonement” based on Isaiah 53. I’m sure Benny Hinn is pushing the same line in his current healing Crusade in Zimbabwe (minus the “silver and gold … Continue reading

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