healing – Daniel Tomberlin

March 22, 2024

Why Pray for Healing?

Prayer is theology in action. Prayer is a means of grace in that the Holy Spirit moves in our heart so that we may cry out to God. Prayer is prevenient grace in that when we don’t know how or what to pray, the Spirit intercedes for us (Rom. 8:26). Likewise, we pray according to what and how we believe. If we believe in error, or practice wrongly, that will have a negative effect in how we pray (Jas. 4:3). Even so, God’s prevenient grace is evident in that faith is a gift of God to unbelievers and believers. We pray as an exercise of faith, and sometimes we pray when we have little to no faith, but God graciously responds (Mark 9:24).

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August 9, 2018August 8, 2018

Healing is Resisting the Devil

The human story begins with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden where they were living in fellowship with God. But they were not alone. Also living in the Garden was a serpent. In the ancient Mesopotamian world, the image of the Serpent was associated with evil – Satan, or the Devil. Continue reading “Healing is Resisting the Devil”

October 9, 2014November 9, 2014

AIDS, Ebola, and the Gospel

I remember the 1980’s AIDS scare. People were carrying cans of disinfectant spray in fear of contracting the AIDS virus. When a Florida pastor discovered that one of his families had contracted the disease through a blood transfusion, he announced it to his congregation and to the world. The family became outcast in their church and community. Throughout the world AIDS sufferers were the new lepers – to be avoided at all cost. Even though the medical community tried to educate the public, fear prevailed. Decades later this horrible disease still afflicts, but the apocalyptic pandemic never materialized.

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