Comparing Jesus to Modern Popular Healers
I thought it would be fair to study the miracles of Jesus in the same way I look at modern day popular healers. Of course I can’t go back in time to see the ancient crowds and talk to those…
Category: Healing Themes in the Bible
Themes in the Bible
Comparing Modern Healers to Jesus
For this post I will look at modern Christian popular healers and compare them to Jesus and to the placebo effect. My goal is to find which model (Jesus or the placebo effect) is closer to what we see on…
Psalm 147:3 – He Heals the Broken in Heart
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 My Subject – What It Is Not Before I study how God heals emotions in the Bible; I would like to affirm that there are many tough…
Real Miracles Used as Metaphors and Transitions in Gospel Literature
There are at least 3 miracles Jesus performed that were used by the Gospel writers to transition from one literary section in the Gospels to another. These miracles were also used as metaphors. I am going to write about the…
Did Jesus Teach Faith Healing?
In my past posts I wrote about how many of the miracles Jesus performed demonstrated that he had power over and ruled over different realms. In several of those miracles, faith was mentioned one way or another. In fact, faith was mentioned…
Jesus Is Lord of the Womb
THE TEXT Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Mark 5:41 THE STORY Mark 5:41 is the conclusion of two stories connected…
Jesus Power over Rome
And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is legion, for we are many (Mark 5:9).” At first glance, this story looks like another deliverence that Jesus performed for a very nasty bunch of demons… and…
Lord of the Sea
They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him (Mark 4:41)!” LITERARY CONTEXT In the first part of Jesus’ ministry in the Synoptic Gospels, the writers record miracles that are designed…
Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath (A Literary Study)
The writers of the Synoptic Gospels established the authority of Jesus over 8 powers/realms through 8 different kinds of miracles. I have already written posts on the first three, authority over demons (which also included power in his word), authority over the unclean,…
Jesus’ Power over Sin (A Literary Study)
But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home (Matthew 9:6).” So far in my blogs,…