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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March 20, 2023

Christ has Welcomed You!

March 20, 2023

The Great Tribulation: Past or Future?

March 20, 2023

An Evening of Eschatology

March 20, 2023

The Central Message of My Book, The Singing God

March 20, 2023

Is Killing your Unborn Baby a “Sacred” Right?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Why Andrew Brunson never heard from God in prison

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Prophetic Gifting, Proper Grammar & Possible Tattoos

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

One of the Most Overlooked Arguments for the Resurrection

March 20, 2023

What Kind of Church is Bridgeway?

March 20, 2023

The Unifying Power of Singing

March 20, 2023

My Podcast on Spiritual Gifts with Steve Greene

March 20, 2023

Adam and Eve and Evangelical “Options”

March 20, 2023

Gender Questions Should Send Us To Scripture

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Madness of March Madness

March 20, 2023

Bonhoeffer on the meaning of love

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Sickness is an Enemy

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Miracles Are Outlasting the Arguments Against Them

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Only Way We Can Overcome the Debilitating Power of Shame

March 20, 2023

5 Myths about Sin

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Biblical Mysticism

March 20, 2023

Three (among untold countless) Glorious Blessings of Salvation

March 20, 2023

My New Book is Now Available for Pre-Order!

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Best Books of 2021 – Part Four

March 20, 2023

Sam Storms on Spiritual Warfare at the Bible Gateway Blog

March 20, 2023

Best Books of 2021 – Part Three

March 20, 2023

Did Jesus Exist Before Christmas?

March 20, 2023

Best Books of 2021 – Part Two

March 20, 2023

Best Books of 2021 – Part One

March 20, 2023

Did Joshua Really Make the Sun Stand Still?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My Struggle with Impatience

March 20, 2023

Did Jesus Christ have a Fallen, Sinful Human Nature?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Best Arguments for the Continuation of all Spiritual Gifts

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

More on My Experience with Tongues, Prophecy, and Healing

March 20, 2023

My Journey

March 20, 2023

What is the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit?

March 20, 2023

A Question for all Complementarian Cessationists

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My Interview with Steve Greene on Spiritual Warfare

March 20, 2023

How does Hope Serve to Sanctify our Souls?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Is Montanism Heretical?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My Podcast with Acts 29 on Spiritual Gifts

March 20, 2023

A Defense of Singing Songs from Bethel and Hillsong

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Insecurity and Pastoral Bullies Re-Visited

March 20, 2023

Pastoral Bullies Re-Visited

March 20, 2023

My podcast with Jennie Allen on Spiritual Warfare

March 20, 2023

What is Critical Race Theory?

March 20, 2023

My Hour-long Conversation with Susie Larson on Spiritual Warfare

March 20, 2023

Three Principles of the Christian Life

March 20, 2023

Who and Whose are You?

March 20, 2023

Providence and the Counterintuitive Wonders of God

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

His Nearness to Us, Our Dearness to Him

March 20, 2023

Podcast on the Convergence of Word and Spirit

March 20, 2023

Was the Apostle Paul a Universalist?

March 20, 2023

Spurgeon on the Eternal Security of the Believer

March 20, 2023

What is a Cult, and How Might We Know?

March 20, 2023

Savoring the Supremacy of Christ in the Aftermath of Pentecost Sunday

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

“Love is Love!” Or is it?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Life and Death of Jack Taylor

March 20, 2023

Introduction to Understanding Spiritual Warfare: A Comprehensive Guide

March 20, 2023

Why Should April 18 Matter to You?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My “Vision” of Redemption from Sin

March 20, 2023

Understanding Spiritual Warfare: A Comprehensive Guide

March 20, 2023

Check out my programs on Remnant Radio

March 20, 2023

My “Vision” for Pastoral Ministry at Bridgeway Church

March 20, 2023

Announcing the Launch of My New Podcast

March 20, 2023

Heaven is a World of Love

March 20, 2023

A Tribute to Larry Crabb (1944-2021)

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

God Knows What You’re Thinking

March 20, 2023

Are we Supposed to Forgive God?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

What Happens when Revival Comes?

March 20, 2023

Another Example of Blatant Hypocrisy and Utter Moral Inconsistency

March 20, 2023

A Word in Response to Sarah Silverman

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Three Most Encouraging Biblical Words for 2020 and 2021

March 20, 2023

Beholding the Glory of Christ in Scripture in 2021

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Epiphany of Grace and Glory

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My interview with Steven Bancarz

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Best Books of 2020

March 20, 2023

Rejoicing that our God is Able

March 20, 2023

Personal Integrity in an Age of Corruption

March 20, 2023

The Fragrance of Gratitude

March 20, 2023

Spiritual Warfare on Remnant Radio

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Sovereignty of God in 2020

March 20, 2023

The Abominable “Equality Act”

March 20, 2023

I’m Voting!

March 20, 2023

A Word of Encouragement

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

When God Calls You His Beloved

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Remarkable, Christ-Exalting Life of My Mother

March 20, 2023

Why Did God Heal Me? Lessons from an Unexpected Miracle

March 20, 2023

The Ruthless Pursuit of Holiness

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

250 Theological Essays at the Gospel Coalition

March 20, 2023

Boasting, Boanthropy, and the Strange Case of Nebuchadnezzar

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My interview on Remnant Radio

March 20, 2023

Still More Endorsements of Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide

March 20, 2023

More Endorsements of Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide

March 20, 2023

My interview with Faithlife on Spiritual Gifts

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Questions about Spiritual Gifts

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Will Some Christians Smell Like Smoke on Judgment Day?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Spiritual Appetites Need No Bounds

March 20, 2023

Salvation as Partaking of the Divine Nature

March 20, 2023

Blessed are the Persecuted. Really?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Holiness of God

March 20, 2023

Blessed are the Merciful!

March 20, 2023

My new book on Spiritual Gifts!

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

‘Jim’ Packer, Man of Immutable Integrity

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

A Podcast on why I left Cessationism and Embraced Continuationism

March 20, 2023

Heavenly Healing and Happiness

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Sober Reflections on the Social Unrest and Racial Hostility Today

March 20, 2023

Podcast on the Attributes of God

March 20, 2023

Peace be with you! Your Sins are Forgiven!

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My Interview on Spiritual Gifts at The Layman’s Lounge

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Face to Face

March 20, 2023

The Only Lasting Solution to the Racial Hostility in our Country

March 20, 2023

Jack Deere’s new book is now available!

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Why the Prophets Did Not See the Coming Pandemic

March 20, 2023

A Prayer to Pray in a Pandemic

March 20, 2023

Podcast on Why I Became an Amillennialist

March 20, 2023

The Good Shepherd in the Time of Covid-19

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Theologians on the Christian Life: J. I. Packer

March 20, 2023

The Goodness of God, Adversity, and the Coronavirus

March 20, 2023

An Example of Persevering Faith

March 20, 2023

I Raise a Hallelujah!

March 20, 2023

Abiding in Christ in the Age of Covid-19

March 20, 2023

What No Virus Can Take

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Coping with Coronavirus by means of Good Theology!

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Kissing the Wave

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Some Thoughts on the Convergence of Word and Spirit

March 20, 2023

Why Bridgeway Church Exists

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Praying for a Resurrection from the Dead

March 20, 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”

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Theology of Martin Luther

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Trinity

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Virgin Birth of Jesus

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Wrath of God

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Thomas Aquinas

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Tithing under the Mosaic Covenant

March 20, 2023

10 Things you should Know about Total Depravity

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

“10 Things You Should Know” now available!

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Second Coming of Christ

March 20, 2023

Ten Things You Should Know about the Sovereignty of God

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Nature of Expository Preaching

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Necessity of Biblical Preaching

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Theology of John Calvin

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Protestant Reformation in England

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Lordship Salvation Controversy

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Necessity of Prayer

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the New Covenant

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Nicolaitans

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Protestant Reformation

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Puritans

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Kenosis Controversy

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Kingdom of God

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Life of John Calvin

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Gospel

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Great White Throne Judgment

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Healing Ministry of Jesus

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the History of Christian Theology

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Imago Dei

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Immutability of God

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Imprecatory Psalms

March 20, 2023

10 Things you should Know about the Incarnation

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Intermediate State

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Jealousy of God

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the “Jezebel Spirit”

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about the Judgment of the Believer

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Second Corinthians

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Shame and Guilt

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Slavery in the Bible

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Speaking in Tongues

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Spiritual Adoption

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Suffering

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know About the Church

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Convergence Conference

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Cross of Christ

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Demise of Expository Preaching

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Election on Tuesday

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Empty Tomb of Jesus

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Satan

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Prophetic Worship

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Race and Racism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about being Reconciled to God

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Religious Pluralism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Repentance

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Revival

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Sanctification

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Quenching the Holy Spirit

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Marijuana and the Christian

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Martin Luther

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Miracles

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Montanism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Mysticism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Open Theism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Original Sin

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Pelagius and Pelagianism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Penal Substitution

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Interpreting the Bible

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Irresistible Grace

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about J. I. Packer

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Jehovah’s Witnesses

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Jonathan Edwards

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Joy

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Judging Prophetic Words

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Justification

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Male Headship

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Election

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Ephesians 5 and Mutual Submission

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Fasting

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Forgiving Others

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about General Revelation

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about God’s Creative Power

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about God’s Omniscience

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about God’s Omnipresence

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about God’s Omniscience

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things you should Know about Grace

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know About Augustine

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Being Born Again

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Biblical Inerrancy

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Biblical Worship

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should know about Christian Hedonism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Christian Meditation

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Church Discipline

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Church Membership

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Common Grace

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Complementarianism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Deacons in the New Testament

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Demons

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Eastern Orthodoxy

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Jesus Christ

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should about Pride and Humility from Jonathan Edwards

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Suicide

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about the Anabaptists and their Theology

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Angels

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about James Arminius and Arminianism

March 20, 2023

10 Things You should Know about Female Submission

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Why Do We Read Scripture?

March 20, 2023

How Jesus defines “Love”

March 20, 2023

How to Pray against Satan

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Ellie’s Song

March 20, 2023

He Leadeth Me!

March 20, 2023

The Most Shocking Thing Jesus Ever Said

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Dreams, Visions, Angelic Visitations, and Revelation

March 20, 2023

Best Books of 2019

March 20, 2023

It’s Not the End of the Decade!

March 20, 2023

Where was Jesus born?

March 20, 2023

Is there such a thing as “Sign” Gifts?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Why I’ve never seriously considered abandoning Christianity

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My book Practicing the Power is on Sale this week

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

The Language of Heaven - A Review

March 20, 2023

A Response to John MacArthur and an Appeal for Common Courtesy

March 20, 2023

God will never let go of your hand!

March 20, 2023

Convergence Conference Videos Now Available!

March 20, 2023

“He meant to pass by them”

March 20, 2023

The Day Water obeyed the Will of its Maker

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

“Casting sins away”

March 20, 2023

God Created Us for “exceeding, inexpressibly great happiness”

March 20, 2023

Closing the Gap between Scripture and our Experience

March 20, 2023

A Reflection on my Life Verse

March 20, 2023

The Horror of a Different Jesus

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Making Sense of a Strange Biblical Text

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

My Interview with Andrew Gabriel

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Is God still “mad” at you?

March 20, 2023

It’s “apostatize”, not “apostacize”

March 20, 2023

The Cross Wasn’t Just About God’s Love

March 20, 2023

Joshua Harris and God’s Preservation of his People

March 20, 2023

Ray Ortlund and Sam Storms on Endurance in Ministry

March 20, 2023

Pneuma Review Interview with Sam Storms on Speaking in Tongues

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Will There Be Sex In Heaven?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Convergence Conference: 2019

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

God’s Gracious Gift of the New Birth

March 20, 2023

God is the Gospel

March 20, 2023

Why speaking in tongues is not a weird thing to do

March 20, 2023

Early Bird Discount for Convergence 2019 ends this Saturday!

March 20, 2023

Is the Gospel Relevant for Daily Living?

March 20, 2023

The Bachelorette, Sex, and the Love of Jesus

March 20, 2023

How Important is the Gospel?

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Pastor of Student Ministries open for Application

March 20, 2023

One More Reason Why We Stink at Evangelism

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Everyday Glory: A Review

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

A Brief Reflection on Truth

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Convergence Conference: 2019

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Complementarianism

March 20, 2023

The Language of Heaven: Crucial Questions about Speaking in Tongues

March 20, 2023

Remember Those Who Are In Prison

March 20, 2023

10 Things You Should Know about Spiritual Adoption

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

Some Thoughts On Who Made God

March 20, 2023

In Memory of Childhood Heroes

March 20, 2023

Convergence Conference: 2019

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023

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

March 20, 2023