Why Did Jesus Heal the Sick?

April 15, 2019 | By: Sam Storms

There are so many fascinating, intriguing, and appealing things about Jesus that one hardly knows where to begin. But let me try.

When I peruse the gospel accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus, several things virtually leap off the page. For example, I try to envision what it would have been like to sit under the teaching of Jesus. How would I have responded? My sincere hope is that I would have responded the way the multitude did after Jesus concluded his Sermon on the Mount: “And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes” (Matt. 7:28-29).

Not long after they marveled at his authority as a teacher, the disciples found themselves on the Sea of Galilee, in the midst of a raging storm. Jesus powerfully rebukes the wind and the waves and reduces the sea to a placid and peaceful calm. Perhaps, then, it is this display of power that impresses you most. Those in the boat with him certainly took notice: “And the men marveled, saying, ‘What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?’” (Matt. 8:27).

If the Pharisees were stunned by anything in the ministry of Jesus it was his knowledge, his insight into their hearts and motivation. You may remember the incident where Jesus healed the paralytic and forgave him his sins. The religious leaders were wondering quietly, in their hearts, how he could do this since only God can forgive sins. “And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, ‘Why do you question these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk?’” (Mark 2:8-9).

We could go on seemingly forever highlighting the unique characteristics of our Savior: his patience with his followers, in spite of their ignorance and some of the incredibly dumb things they (Peter!) said; his perseverance or endurance when opposed; his overflowing joy, etc.

But there is one thing that has always stood out to me about Jesus: his compassion. And when I take note of the numerous times his compassion is mentioned, it almost always occurs in the context of his healing the people or ministering to their needs. Time and time again, we read something like: “And moved by compassion” . . . Jesus healed their sick or touched a leper or responded in some manner so desperately needed by those who were with him.

When a man virtually eaten up with leprosy approached him, and said: “If you will, you can make me clean,” Jesus, “moved with pity [or compassion], stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, ‘I will; be clean.’ And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean” (Mark 1:40-42).

According to Mark 9:22, it was to Christ’s compassion that the father of a demonized boy appealed, hoping that he might be delivered. And it was because of his deep and unfathomable compassion that Jesus proceeded to set free that little boy.

Luke 7 records for us yet another instance. Jesus approached the city of Nain and came across a funeral procession. The only son of a widow had died and was about to be buried. “And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, ‘Do not weep’” (Luke 7:13). Jesus then addressed himself to the dead boy: “Young man, I say to you, arise” (Luke 7:14). And he sat up and began to speak, all because of the compassion of our Lord.

When Jesus set his eyes on the 4,000 who had nothing to eat, Matthew tells us that “Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way’” (Matt. 15:32). We all know what happened next. He multiplied seven loaves of bread and a few fish into enough food to satisfy them all.

In the incident where Jesus encountered the crowd of 5,000, once again “he had compassion on them and healed their sick” (Matt. 14:14).

Two blind men were sitting beside the road when they heard that Jesus was passing by. They cried out for mercy, and mercy they received. But why? “And Jesus in pity [compassion] touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him” (Matt. 20:29-34).

Again and again, we read that “when he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them” and fed them and healed them and set them free from demonic oppression (Matt. 9:35-38).

Yes, Jesus performed healing miracles and multiplied food for the crowd in order to glorify God and to confirm his messianic identity and to make clear that the kingdom of God was now present. But above all else, the singular motivation in his heart that prompted him to heal the sick and to minister to their needs was his compassion.

Simply put, he healed people because he loved them. He cared deeply for them. When they hurt, he hurt. When they grieved, his heart was moved with pity and concern. It simply wasn’t in the character of Christ to remain indifferent in the presence of human suffering.

Is Jesus less compassionate or less loving today than he was in the first century? Surely not. So, if you are hurting or in need of healing or lack guidance and are tormented by the enemy, come to Christ! Come to the one in whom heartfelt compassion finds its consummate expression.

“O Savior, we are blind and dumb,
To thee for sight and speech we come;
Touch thou our eyes with truth’s bright rays,
Teach thou our lips to sing thy praise.
Help us to feel our mournful night,
And seek, through all things, for thy light,
Till the glad sentence we receive,
‘Be it to you as you believe.’
Then swift the dumb to thee we’ll bring,
Till all thy grace shall see, and sing.”

George Lansing Taylor

5 Comments

doug sayers | Apr 17, 2019 at 4:39 pm

Thanks Sam
I'm getting to this rather late but Edgar brings up a fair point. As someone whose family was called to endure a lengthy terminal (and eventually fatal) condition in one of our kids (from a near drowning that occurred under my watch) I've given the issue of healing a lot of thought.

It is important to note that Sam did not say, or suggest, that Christ's compassion was the *only* reason for His many healings. One other very important reason that Jesus performed all those miracles was to validate His extraordinary claims.

John tells us that the miracles were recorded so that we might believe He is the Son of God and that believing we might have *everlasting* life through His name. J 20:30-31

If someone came around claiming to be the Eternal Word of God, incarnate, we would expect him to demonstrate divine power over sickness and death; or we should dismiss his claims as phony baloney.

Let's also remember that healings do still occur but they NEVER occur on demand. God is under no moral obligation to treat us all the same unless He has made a universal promise to do so in a given context. He has made no such promise of physical healing to everyone at all times. He is the Potter, and as such, He can use our individual lives as He sees fit. (Just ask Esau, who was passed over for patriarchal blessings in the covenant with Abraham. His sneaky brother got the gold mine and he got the shaft, in terms of this earthly life.)

Let's not miss the main point of Sam's article: Jesus is compassionate. And He has universally promised forgiveness to the humble! His miracles vindicate the veracity of that promise.

Bill Ziegler | Apr 16, 2019 at 10:56 am

Edgar,
Where’s your compassion? What are you doing
about their needs? What’s your deal?

David Marshall | Apr 16, 2019 at 4:52 am

What a wonderful word...compassion.
What a wonderful attribute for one in power to embody.
What a wonderful Savior.
What a wonderful Savior who embodies that wonderful word.
Thank you for your encouraging reflections Pastor Sam.
David

Cecilia | Apr 15, 2019 at 8:24 pm

Hi Edgar,

I just wanted to comment that the compassion was and is the heart of Jesus. It why he has made a way for us sinners at all. He has compassion on us all in our suffering and in our being lost when we are far from Him and do not know Him. Jesus did not heal every single person who was sick around Him. If that was His main goal while he was walking on earth then I suppose he would have spent all of his time doing just that. He has purpose behind His miracles and because He loves us, His compassion was certainly a part of the healings. He did not just do it with an indifferent heart toward the suffering. And still today, God does heal some. But not all. What we have to realize is that the greatest thing God offers is peace through reconciliation to Him when we place out faith in Him. When we believe in Jesus and commit to truly following Him, he offers peace and joy that transcends the circumstances of our lives. This is His promise, although He does still heal some today. And we thank Him and praise Him when he does. And when He doesn't, He is still all good and has perfect purpose for still allowing a suffering to remain. And so we thank Him for His perfect plan, which is for the believers ultimate good. God does indeed want us all to be relieved in time and He promises that after this life, when we are with Him, there will be no more tears or pain. True faith remains in God even in the midst of suffering because we remember that He promises that He is with us and so we do not curse Him when He chooses not to heal. It's part of how he makes us more like Jesus which is a truly beautiful thing. God ways are not our ways. And thank God they are not. We must trust His ways. That's faith.

Edgar Thomas | Apr 15, 2019 at 7:05 am

But now we see thousands of children with
terminal illnesses in hospitals. Although
He surely knows each one (and we remind in prayer).
What's the deal? Where's the compassion?

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September 11, 2023

52) What a Friend We Have in Jesus! John 15:12-17

September 11, 2023

53) When the Beloved of God are Hated by the World: John 15:18-16:4

September 11, 2023

Beni Johnson, Wife of Bethel Church’s Bill Johnson, Has Died (Healing – Part One)

September 11, 2023

54) Why the Spirit Inside You is Better than Jesus Beside You: John 16:5-15

September 11, 2023

55) Enjoying the Joy that Lasts Forever: John 16:16-24

September 11, 2023

56) A Wide Open Window into the Heart of Jesus: John 17:1-5

September 11, 2023

57) Knowing God: The Eternal Life of the Elect: John 17:1-5

September 11, 2023

58) The Loving-Kindness of our Keeping King: John 17:6-19

September 11, 2023

59) The Mysterious Nature and Evangelistic Power of Christian Unity: John 17:20-23

September 11, 2023

60) The Unfathomable Love of God and Seeing the Glory of Christ: John 17:20-26

September 11, 2023

Understanding Spiritual Warfare great deal on Kindle!

September 11, 2023

Did Jesus Descend into Hades to give Lost Souls a Second Chance to be Saved?

September 11, 2023

61) Jesus in Gethsemane: The Paradox of a Supplicating Savior: John 18:1-11

September 11, 2023

62) Peter’s Denial of Jesus and the Look of Love: John 18:15-18, 25-27; Luke 22:61-62

September 11, 2023

63) The Torture and Trials of Jesus

September 11, 2023

64) Which “Son of the Father” Do You Want Me to Release?

September 11, 2023

Are You Afraid of Dying?

September 11, 2023

65) There They Crucified Him: John 19:16b-30; Mark 15:16-32

September 11, 2023

66) They Laid Jesus There: John 19:31-42; Mark 15:42-47

September 11, 2023

67) “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose” John 20:1-18; Mark 16:1-8

September 11, 2023

A Complementarian Case for Women as Pastors

September 11, 2023

68) The Impartation of Peace and Power: John 20:19-23

September 11, 2023

69) “Doubting” Thomas or “Devoted” Thomas? John 20:24-31

September 11, 2023

70) The End of the Story is only the Beginning: John 21:1-25

September 11, 2023

Four Compelling Reasons I Am Pro-Life, by Tim Counts

September 11, 2023

How Long, O Lord?

September 11, 2023

Listen to me discuss my new book on the Laymen’s Lounge

September 11, 2023

30 Reasons Why I am an Amillennialist (Part Two)

September 11, 2023

30 Reasons Why I am an Amillennialist (Part One)

September 11, 2023

Hypocrisy!

September 11, 2023

Can a Christian Commit the Sin unto Death? Part Four

September 11, 2023

Pentecost!

September 11, 2023

Another Pentecost Sermon!

September 11, 2023

Can a Christian Commit the Sin unto Death? Part Three

September 11, 2023

Can a Christian Commit the Sin unto Death? Part Two

September 11, 2023

Can a Christian Commit the Sin unto Death? Part One

September 11, 2023

Christ has Welcomed You!

September 11, 2023

The Great Tribulation: Past or Future?

September 11, 2023

An Evening of Eschatology

September 11, 2023

The Central Message of My Book, The Singing God

September 11, 2023

Is Killing your Unborn Baby a “Sacred” Right?

September 11, 2023

What are the “Greater Works” in John 14:12, and Who performs them, and When?

September 11, 2023

Why Andrew Brunson never heard from God in prison

September 11, 2023

The Christus Victor theory of the Atonement. Whence the Victory?

September 11, 2023

Prophetic Gifting, Proper Grammar & Possible Tattoos

September 11, 2023

“Imagine”! Then again, don’t! In spite of what John Lennon Says and Sings

September 11, 2023

One of the Most Overlooked Arguments for the Resurrection

September 11, 2023

What Kind of Church is Bridgeway?

September 11, 2023

The Unifying Power of Singing

September 11, 2023

My Podcast on Spiritual Gifts with Steve Greene

September 11, 2023

Adam and Eve and Evangelical “Options”

September 11, 2023

Gender Questions Should Send Us To Scripture

September 11, 2023

Knowing God. A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic

September 11, 2023

The Madness of March Madness

September 11, 2023

Bonhoeffer on the meaning of love

September 11, 2023

There is No Such Thing as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

September 11, 2023

The Importance of the Spiritual Gift of Prophecy in the Life of the Local Church

September 11, 2023

Links to podcasts concerning my book, A Dozen Things God did with Your Sin

September 11, 2023

What does Paul mean in Colossians 2:18 when he speaks of “the worship of angels”?

September 11, 2023

Eternal Union and Experiential Communion: So What’s the Difference?

September 11, 2023

Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part Five of my Interview with Matt Tully of Crossway

September 11, 2023

Sickness is an Enemy

September 11, 2023

Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part Four of my Interview with Matt Tully of Crossway

September 11, 2023

Is Joy in Christ Possible When All I See Is My Sin?

September 11, 2023

Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part Three of my Interview with Matt Tully of Crossway

September 11, 2023

Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part Two of my Interview with Matt Tully of Crossway

September 11, 2023

Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part One of my Interview with Matt Tully of Crossway

September 11, 2023

How Can An All-Knowing God Not Remember My Sin?

September 11, 2023

Miracles Are Outlasting the Arguments Against Them

September 11, 2023

If My Sins Are Fully Forgiven, Why Must I Confess My Sins Daily?

September 11, 2023

God’s Way of Dealing with Sin vs. Our Way

September 11, 2023

The Only Way We Can Overcome the Debilitating Power of Shame

September 11, 2023

5 Myths about Sin

September 11, 2023

A Dozen Things God Did With Your Sin (and three things he’ll never do)

September 11, 2023

Biblical Mysticism

September 11, 2023

Three (among untold countless) Glorious Blessings of Salvation

September 11, 2023

My New Book is Now Available for Pre-Order!

September 11, 2023

Do You Pray for Lost Souls? If so, How?

September 11, 2023

The Word became Flesh – A Christmas Meditation on the Most Breathtaking Verse in the Bible

September 11, 2023

Best Books of 2021 – Part Four

September 11, 2023

Sam Storms on Spiritual Warfare at the Bible Gateway Blog

September 11, 2023

Best Books of 2021 – Part Three

September 11, 2023

Did Jesus Exist Before Christmas?

September 11, 2023

Best Books of 2021 – Part Two

September 11, 2023

Best Books of 2021 – Part One

September 11, 2023

Did Joshua Really Make the Sun Stand Still?

September 11, 2023

My appearance on the Susie Larson show to discuss Spiritual Warfare (again!)

September 11, 2023

My Struggle with Impatience

September 11, 2023

Did Jesus Christ have a Fallen, Sinful Human Nature?

September 11, 2023

Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (7)

September 11, 2023

Best Arguments for the Continuation of all Spiritual Gifts

September 11, 2023

Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (5) and (6)

September 11, 2023

The Video Series of My Book, Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide, is Now Available

September 11, 2023

Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (4)

September 11, 2023

Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (3)

September 11, 2023

Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (2)

September 11, 2023

Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (1)

September 11, 2023

More on My Experience with Tongues, Prophecy, and Healing

September 11, 2023

My Journey

September 11, 2023

What is the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit?

September 11, 2023

A Question for all Complementarian Cessationists

September 11, 2023

A Threat to Whom? The Colossal Insensitivity of the Pro-Choice Mind

September 11, 2023

My Interview with Steve Greene on Spiritual Warfare

September 11, 2023

How does Hope Serve to Sanctify our Souls?

September 11, 2023

My Second Interview on Spiritual Warfare with Susie Larson and Faith Radio

September 11, 2023

The God-Belittling, Self-Exalting, Hell-Deserving Wickedness of Unbelief

September 11, 2023

Buckle-up Pro-lifers. They will say anything to silence us

September 11, 2023

Is Montanism Heretical?

September 11, 2023

Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Seven)

September 11, 2023

Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Six)

September 11, 2023

Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Five)

September 11, 2023

Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Four)

September 11, 2023

Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Three)

September 11, 2023

My Podcast with Acts 29 on Spiritual Gifts

September 11, 2023

A Defense of Singing Songs from Bethel and Hillsong

September 11, 2023

Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Two)

September 11, 2023

Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part One)

September 11, 2023

Insecurity and Pastoral Bullies Re-Visited

September 11, 2023

Pastoral Bullies Re-Visited

September 11, 2023

My podcast with Jennie Allen on Spiritual Warfare

September 11, 2023

What is Critical Race Theory?

September 11, 2023

My Hour-long Conversation with Susie Larson on Spiritual Warfare

September 11, 2023

Three Principles of the Christian Life

September 11, 2023

Who and Whose are You?

September 11, 2023

Providence and the Counterintuitive Wonders of God

September 11, 2023

The Absurdly Ridiculous and Profoundly un-Christian Accusation of Heresy against the new President of the Southern Baptist Convention

September 11, 2023

His Nearness to Us, Our Dearness to Him

September 11, 2023

Podcast on the Convergence of Word and Spirit

September 11, 2023

Was the Apostle Paul a Universalist?

September 11, 2023

Spurgeon on the Eternal Security of the Believer

September 11, 2023

What is a Cult, and How Might We Know?

September 11, 2023

Savoring the Supremacy of Christ in the Aftermath of Pentecost Sunday

September 11, 2023

Revelation 3:10 and Seven Reasons why I don’t believe in a Pre-tribulation Rapture of the Church

September 11, 2023

Do “Miracles” continue but not the Spiritual “Gift” of Miracles?

September 11, 2023

“Love is Love!” Or is it?

September 11, 2023

Pentecostals, Charismatics, and the Third Wave. Who Believes What? Part Two

September 11, 2023

Pentecostals, Charismatics, and the Third Wave. Who Believes What? Part One

September 11, 2023

The Life and Death of Jack Taylor

September 11, 2023

Introduction to Understanding Spiritual Warfare: A Comprehensive Guide

September 11, 2023

Why Should April 18 Matter to You?

September 11, 2023

My Foreword to Dave Harvey’s book, The Plurality Principle

September 11, 2023

My new book, “Understanding Spiritual Warfare”, releases Today!

September 11, 2023

The Foreword to my book on Spiritual Warfare by Dr. Clint Arnold

September 11, 2023

We Cannot Overestimate Heaven, or Lessons on Happiness from Jonathan Edwards

September 11, 2023

My “Vision” of Redemption from Sin

September 11, 2023

Understanding Spiritual Warfare: A Comprehensive Guide

September 11, 2023

Check out my programs on Remnant Radio

September 11, 2023

My “Vision” for Pastoral Ministry at Bridgeway Church

September 11, 2023

Announcing the Launch of My New Podcast

September 11, 2023

Heaven is a World of Love

September 11, 2023

A Tribute to Larry Crabb (1944-2021)

September 11, 2023

No. The Spiritual Gift of Prophecy is not the same as Preaching

September 11, 2023

God Knows What You’re Thinking

September 11, 2023

Are we Supposed to Forgive God?

September 11, 2023

Could Certain Kinds of Abuse also be Grounds for Divorce and Remarriage?

September 11, 2023

What Happens when Revival Comes?

September 11, 2023

Another Example of Blatant Hypocrisy and Utter Moral Inconsistency

September 11, 2023

A Word in Response to Sarah Silverman

September 11, 2023

Some Thoughts on the “failed” Prophecies concerning Donald Trump and the 2020 Election

September 11, 2023

Should we take Covid-19 Vaccines that contain the Cells of Aborted Babies?

September 11, 2023

The Three Most Encouraging Biblical Words for 2020 and 2021

September 11, 2023

Beholding the Glory of Christ in Scripture in 2021

September 11, 2023

A Review of “Operating in the Courts of Heaven”, by Robert Henderson, Part Two

September 11, 2023

A Review of “Operating in the Courts of Heaven”, by Robert Henderson, Part One

September 11, 2023

The Epiphany of Grace and Glory

September 11, 2023

Think You Know the Christmas Story? Here are Five Common Misconceptions

September 11, 2023

My interview with Steven Bancarz

September 11, 2023

Christmas sale of “Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide”

September 11, 2023

Best Books of 2020

September 11, 2023

Rejoicing that our God is Able

September 11, 2023

Personal Integrity in an Age of Corruption

September 11, 2023

The Fragrance of Gratitude

September 11, 2023

Spiritual Warfare on Remnant Radio

September 11, 2023

Edward Snowden: Why the President should Grant him a Full Pardon

September 11, 2023

The Sovereignty of God in 2020

September 11, 2023

The Abominable “Equality Act”

September 11, 2023

I’m Voting!

September 11, 2023

A Word of Encouragement

September 11, 2023

A Brief Reflection on John Piper’s Recent Article concerning the Presidential Election

September 11, 2023

When God Calls You His Beloved

September 11, 2023

“You are not your own” (living as slaves of Christ)

September 11, 2023

The Remarkable, Christ-Exalting Life of My Mother

September 11, 2023

Why Did God Heal Me? Lessons from an Unexpected Miracle

September 11, 2023

The Ruthless Pursuit of Holiness

September 11, 2023

Was Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, Genuinely Converted to Saving Faith in the God of Israel?

September 11, 2023

250 Theological Essays at the Gospel Coalition

September 11, 2023

Boasting, Boanthropy, and the Strange Case of Nebuchadnezzar

September 11, 2023

Does Paul Require the Complete Silence of Women in Church? A Study of 1 Corinthians 14:33b-35

September 11, 2023

My interview on Remnant Radio

September 11, 2023

Still More Endorsements of Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide

September 11, 2023

More Endorsements of Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide

September 11, 2023

My interview with Faithlife on Spiritual Gifts

September 11, 2023

Endorsements of Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide (Zondervan)

September 11, 2023

10 Questions about Spiritual Gifts

September 11, 2023

The Foreword to "Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide", by Craig Keener

September 11, 2023

Will Some Christians Smell Like Smoke on Judgment Day?

September 11, 2023

My New Book, "Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide", is now Available!

September 11, 2023

Spiritual Appetites Need No Bounds

September 11, 2023

Salvation as Partaking of the Divine Nature

September 11, 2023

Blessed are the Persecuted. Really?

September 11, 2023

The Holy Spirit, by Gregg R. Allison and Andreas Kostenberger

September 11, 2023

The Conclusion of Christian Living, or, How to End Well

September 11, 2023

The Holiness of God

September 11, 2023

Blessed are the Merciful!

September 11, 2023

My new book on Spiritual Gifts!

September 11, 2023

The Life of J. I. Packer (1926-2020)

September 11, 2023

‘Jim’ Packer, Man of Immutable Integrity

September 11, 2023

My Reflections on the Life and Legacy of J. I. Packer

September 11, 2023

Why Bridgeway Church Chose Not to Apply for or Receive PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) Funds

September 11, 2023

A Podcast on why I left Cessationism and Embraced Continuationism

September 11, 2023

Heavenly Healing and Happiness

September 11, 2023

A Link to my Podcast on the Attributes of God (Part Two)

September 11, 2023

Sober Reflections on the Social Unrest and Racial Hostility Today

September 11, 2023

Podcast on the Attributes of God

September 11, 2023

Peace be with you! Your Sins are Forgiven!

September 11, 2023

Our God is a Mighty Fortress in the Midst of Chaos and Unrest

September 11, 2023

My Interview on Spiritual Gifts at The Layman’s Lounge

September 11, 2023

If the Kingdom is Here, Why is the World in such a Mess?

September 11, 2023

Face to Face

September 11, 2023

The Only Lasting Solution to the Racial Hostility in our Country

September 11, 2023

Jack Deere’s new book is now available!

September 11, 2023

Yes, the Seven Seals of the Book of Revelation Have Been Opened

September 11, 2023

Yes, the Seven Seals of the Book of Revelation Have Been Opened

September 11, 2023

Why the Prophets Did Not See the Coming Pandemic

September 11, 2023

A Prayer to Pray in a Pandemic

September 11, 2023

Podcast on Why I Became an Amillennialist

September 11, 2023

The Good Shepherd in the Time of Covid-19

September 11, 2023

True Spirituality is Physical: A Personal Word of Exhortation and Encouragement to the People of Bridgeway Church

September 11, 2023

Theologians on the Christian Life: J. I. Packer

September 11, 2023

The Goodness of God, Adversity, and the Coronavirus

September 11, 2023

An Example of Persevering Faith

September 11, 2023

I Raise a Hallelujah!

September 11, 2023

Abiding in Christ in the Age of Covid-19

September 11, 2023

What No Virus Can Take

September 11, 2023

How a “You do You” Culture Has Made Us Vulnerable to the Coronavirus

September 11, 2023

Coping with Coronavirus by means of Good Theology!

September 11, 2023

A Personal, Initially Painful, but Ultimately Pleasing Encounter with the Holiness of God (4)

September 11, 2023

Kissing the Wave

September 11, 2023

A Podcast on my Journey with the Holy Spirit and his Gifts

September 11, 2023

A Personal, Initially Painful, but Ultimately Pleasing Encounter with the Holiness of God (3)

September 11, 2023

A Personal, Initially Painful, but Ultimately Pleasing Encounter with the Holiness of God (2)

September 11, 2023

A Personal, Initially Painful, but Ultimately Pleasing Encounter with the Holiness of God (1)

September 11, 2023

Some Thoughts on the Convergence of Word and Spirit

September 11, 2023

Why Bridgeway Church Exists

September 11, 2023

Are Christians Obligated to give 10% of their Income to the Church?

September 11, 2023

Praying for a Resurrection from the Dead

September 11, 2023

A humble (I hope) reply to my good friend John Piper on the question of whether it is biblically permissible to refer to a woman as a “pastor”

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Theology of Martin Luther

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Trinity

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Vicarious Confession/Repentance Theory of the Atonement

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Virgin Birth of Jesus

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Welsh Revival of 1904-06

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Work of the Holy Spirit

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Wrath of God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Thomas Aquinas

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Tithing under the Mosaic Covenant

September 11, 2023

10 Things you should Know about Total Depravity

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about God’s Will(s)

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about what Happened on Easter Sunday Morning

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about what the Roman Catholic Church believes regarding Mary

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about whether Women should be Elders in the Local Church

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Women as Deacons in the New Testament

September 11, 2023

“10 Things You Should Know” now available!

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Exclusivity of Jesus Christ or the “Scandal of Particularity”

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Second Coming of Christ

September 11, 2023

Ten Things You Should Know about the Sovereignty of God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Spiritual Gift of Interpretation of Tongues

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Nature of Expository Preaching

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Necessity of Biblical Preaching

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Theology of John Calvin

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Recapitulation Theory of the Atonement

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Protestant Reformation in England

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Relationship between Jesus and the Holy Spirit

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Salvation of those who Die in Infancy

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Satisfaction Theory of the Atonement

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Lord’s Supper from 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Lordship Salvation Controversy

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Moral Influence and Example Theories of the Atonement

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Most Famous Verse in the Bible

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Necessity of Prayer

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the New Covenant

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the New Heaven and New Earth

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Nicolaitans

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Person of the Holy Spirit

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Postmillennial View of the Kingdom of God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Protestant Reformation

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Puritans

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Kenosis Controversy

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Kingdom of God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the “Lamb’s Book of Life”

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Life and Theology of Huldrich Zwingli

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Life of John Calvin

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Lifting of Hands in Worship

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about The Filling of the Spirit in Ephesians 5:18

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the First Great Awakening / First Phase (1734-36)

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the First Great Awakening / Second Phase (1740-42)

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Gospel

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Governmental Theory of the Atonement

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Great White Throne Judgment

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Healing Ministry of Jesus

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Heavenly Intercession of Jesus Christ

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the History of Christian Theology

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Imago Dei

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Immutability of God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Imprecatory Psalms

September 11, 2023

10 Things you should Know about the Incarnation

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Intermediate State

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Jealousy of God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the “Jezebel Spirit”

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Judgment of the Believer

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Second Corinthians

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Seeing Christ in all of Scripture

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Shame and Guilt

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Slavery in the Bible

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Speaking in Tongues

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Spiritual Adoption

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Suffering

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Antichrist(s) in 1 John

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Christian’s Responsibility to Human Government

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Christus Victor Theory of the Atonement

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know About the Church

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Convergence Conference

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Cross of Christ

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Demise of Expository Preaching

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Difference between Prophecy and Preaching

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Dispensational, Pre-Tribulational View of the Millennial Kingdom

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Election on Tuesday

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Empty Tomb of Jesus

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Satan

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Prophetic Worship

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Quenching the Spirit when You Preach

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Race and Racism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about being Reconciled to God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Religious Pluralism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Repentance

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Revival

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Sanctification

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Quenching the Holy Spirit

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Marijuana and the Christian

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Martin Luther

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Miracles

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Montanism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Mysticism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Open Theism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Original Sin

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Paul’s Letter to Laodicea

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Pelagius and Pelagianism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Penal Substitution

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Post-Conversion Experiences of the Holy Spirit

September 11, 2023

The End Times Our Hope & God’s Promise Part Two

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Hurricane Harvey and the Sovereignty of God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Interpreting the Bible

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Irresistible Grace

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about J. I. Packer

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Jehovah’s Witnesses

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Jonathan Edwards’s Most Important Sermon

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Jonathan Edwards

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Joy

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Judging Prophetic Words

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Justification

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Male Headship

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Election

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Ephesians 5 and Mutual Submission

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Fasting

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Forgiving Others

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about General Revelation

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about God’s Creative Power

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about God’s Omniscience

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about God’s Omnipresence

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about God’s Omniscience

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about God’s Power (in you)

September 11, 2023

10 Things you should Know about Grace

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know About Augustine

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Beauty, our Aesthetic Sense, and the Glory of God

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Being Born Again

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Being Filled with the Holy Spirit

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Biblical Inerrancy

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Biblical Worship

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should know about Christian Hedonism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Christian Meditation

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Church Discipline

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Church Membership

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Common Grace

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Complementarianism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Deacons in the New Testament

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Demons

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Eastern Orthodoxy

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Jesus Christ

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should about Pride and Humility from Jonathan Edwards

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Suicide

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about 1 John 3:6 and 9 and Sinless Perfection in this Life

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about 1 Timothy 2:11-15 and the Relationship between Men and Women in the Local Church

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Financial Stewardship in the New Covenant

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Alleged Appearances / Apparitions of the Virgin Mary

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Anabaptists and their Theology

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Angels

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about James Arminius and Arminianism

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Female Submission

September 11, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Financial Stewardship in the New Covenant

September 11, 2023

Why Do We Read Scripture?

September 11, 2023

How Jesus defines “Love”

September 11, 2023

How to Pray against Satan

September 11, 2023

Once a Sheep, Always a Sheep (ten observations on what Jesus said about our Eternal Security)

September 11, 2023

Ellie’s Song

September 11, 2023

He Leadeth Me!

September 11, 2023

The Most Shocking Thing Jesus Ever Said

September 11, 2023

New Insights into the Unpardonable Sin, or Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

September 11, 2023

Dreams, Visions, Angelic Visitations, and Revelation

September 11, 2023

Best Books of 2019

September 11, 2023

It’s Not the End of the Decade!

September 11, 2023

Where was Jesus born?

September 11, 2023

Is there such a thing as “Sign” Gifts?

September 11, 2023

Angels, Satan, Demons, and the Christian View of the World

September 11, 2023

The soul-shrinking, self-exalting, hell-deserving wickedness of Unbelief

September 11, 2023

Why I’ve never seriously considered abandoning Christianity

September 11, 2023

Concluding my Conversation with Denny Burk on whether it is Biblically Permissible for a Woman to be called a “Pastor”

September 11, 2023

A Response to Denny Burk’s Response to my article on Women as Pastors

September 11, 2023

Joy’s Eternal Sunrise. Why Heaven Will Never Be Boring

September 11, 2023

My book Practicing the Power is on Sale this week

September 11, 2023

Is it Biblically Permissible for a Woman to be called a “Pastor”?

September 11, 2023

The Language of Heaven - A Review

September 11, 2023

A Response to John MacArthur and an Appeal for Common Courtesy

September 11, 2023

God will never let go of your hand!

September 11, 2023

Convergence Conference Videos Now Available!

September 11, 2023

“He meant to pass by them”

September 11, 2023

The Day Water obeyed the Will of its Maker

September 11, 2023

Are Miracles Improbable? Rethinking What Makes Something “Likely” to Happen

September 11, 2023

“Casting sins away”

September 11, 2023

God Created Us for “exceeding, inexpressibly great happiness”

September 11, 2023

Closing the Gap between Scripture and our Experience

September 11, 2023

A Reflection on my Life Verse

September 11, 2023

The Horror of a Different Jesus

September 11, 2023

Is there such a thing as the Spiritual Gift of Healing?

September 11, 2023

Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

September 11, 2023

A Biblical and Pastoral Vision for the Office of Deacon (Part Three)

September 11, 2023

A Biblical and Pastoral Vision for the Office of Deacon (Part Two)

September 11, 2023

A Biblical and Pastoral Vision for the Office of Deacon (Part One)

September 11, 2023

Making Sense of a Strange Biblical Text

September 11, 2023

Some Thoughts about Jesus and the “Sabbath” on Labor Day

September 11, 2023

What does it mean to worship God “in spirit and truth”?

September 11, 2023

My Interview with Andrew Gabriel

September 11, 2023

In what way is God’s love for us most clearly seen?

September 11, 2023

The Text that Nearly Destroyed the Faith of C. S. Lewis

September 11, 2023

Is God still “mad” at you?

September 11, 2023

It’s “apostatize”, not “apostacize”

September 11, 2023

The Cross Wasn’t Just About God’s Love

September 11, 2023

Joshua Harris and God’s Preservation of his People

September 11, 2023

Ray Ortlund and Sam Storms on Endurance in Ministry

September 11, 2023

Pneuma Review Interview with Sam Storms on Speaking in Tongues

September 11, 2023

Part Two of Craig Keener’s review of John MacArthur’s book, Strange Fire.

September 11, 2023

Part One of Craig Keener’s review of John MacArthur’s book, Strange Fire.

September 11, 2023

Will There Be Sex In Heaven?

September 11, 2023

Eternal Life (Part Seven of our Exploration of John 3:16)

September 11, 2023

The Peril of Perishing (Part Six of our Exploration of John 3:16)

September 11, 2023

The Necessity of Faith (Part Five of our Exploration of John 3:16)

September 11, 2023

The Gift of God’s Son (Part Four of an Exploration of John 3:16)

September 11, 2023

God Gave (Part Three of an Exploration of John 3:16)

September 11, 2023

The Wickedness of the World (Part Two of an Exploration of John 3:16)

September 11, 2023

Convergence Conference: 2019

September 11, 2023

God’s Immeasurable Love (Part One of an Exploration of John 3:16)

September 11, 2023

Manifestations and Gifts of the Spirit: An Interview with Andrew Gabriel

September 11, 2023

Was the Pope right when he changed the wording of the Lord’s Prayer?

September 11, 2023

Manifestations and Gifts of the Spirit: An Interview with Andrew Gabriel

September 11, 2023

God’s Gracious Gift of the New Birth

September 11, 2023

God is the Gospel

September 11, 2023

Why speaking in tongues is not a weird thing to do

September 11, 2023

Early Bird Discount for Convergence 2019 ends this Saturday!

September 11, 2023

Is the Gospel Relevant for Daily Living?

September 11, 2023

The Bachelorette, Sex, and the Love of Jesus

September 11, 2023

How Important is the Gospel?

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

September 11, 2023

Pastor of Student Ministries open for Application

September 11, 2023

One More Reason Why We Stink at Evangelism

September 11, 2023

The Dirty Dozen: Some Thoughts on Why We Stink at Evangelism

September 11, 2023

The Issues I Address and the Questions I Answer in my New Book, The Language of Heaven: Crucial Questions about Speaking in Tongues

September 11, 2023

What Should We Think about the International House of Prayer (IHOPKC) and Mike Bickle? Part Two

September 11, 2023

Everyday Glory: A Review

September 11, 2023

What Should We Think about the International House of Prayer in Kansas City (IHOPKC) and Mike Bickle? Part One

September 11, 2023

A Brief Reflection on Truth

September 11, 2023

How Might We Know if We Know the Grace of God?

September 11, 2023

Philippians 2:12-13 - The Most Important NT Text on the Christian Life and Sanctification

September 11, 2023

Convergence Conference: 2019

September 11, 2023

Speaking in Tongues: A Good Gift from the Father of Lights

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Complementarianism

September 11, 2023

The Language of Heaven: Crucial Questions about Speaking in Tongues

September 11, 2023

Remember Those Who Are In Prison

September 11, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Spiritual Adoption

September 11, 2023

How John 1:5 Helps Me from Falling into Pessimism and Despair

September 11, 2023

Some Thoughts On Who Made God

September 11, 2023

In Memory of Childhood Heroes

September 11, 2023

Convergence Conference: 2019

September 11, 2023

Why We Broke from Tradition on Good Friday (and started a new one)

September 11, 2023

Do You Still Doubt the Reality of the Resurrection of Jesus?

September 11, 2023