External Resources: Theological

Theology of Healing
  • Thought provoking articles by Andrew Wilson is Teaching Pastor at King's Church London, and has theology degrees from Cambridge (MA), London School of Theology (MTh), and King's College London (PhD).
  • Here is an article by Phil Moore, who leads Everyday Church in London. He also serves as a Bible teacher and evangelist within the Newfrontiers family of churches. The article presents his views on "A Healthy Theology of Healing."
  • Andrew Wilson is Teaching Pastor at King’s Church London, and has theology degrees from Cambridge (MA), London School of Theology (MTh), and King’s College London (PhD). In the linked video, he preaches an excellent message on "A Charismatic Theology of Healing.
  • An article by Mark Pearson, a Canon in the Episcopal Church, on the Institute for Christian Renewal website titled "Is My Faith in Healing Necessary for Me to be Healed?" A thoughtful response to “Positive Confession” teaching.
  • A paper by Craig S. Keener on the Society of Biblical Literature's website: "Sage Rhetoric and Majority World Readings of Miracle Narratives in Matthew"
  • This article I need to preface by saying I am not a proponent of Word of Faith theology. However, as the article is specifically about a theology that a great many people interested in healing are exposed to, I think it is important to include in this list: A Defense, Analysis, and Refinement of the Theology of the Word of Faith Movement  
  • 20 Observations On Supernatural Healing After 20 Years In Charismania, by Jacob McMillen is a breath of fresh air. I expect to reread it several times over the next few months.
  • A series of excellent blog posts by Richard Moy, the vicar of Christ Church, a three-campus church in London, UK. The posts cover questions of theologies, philosophies, and methodologies of healing, and more.
  • Dr. Jack Deere is a former associate professor of Old Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary who went from being a Cessationist to a Charismatic. In these two lectures, he discusses his own experience and some of the theological reasons for his change.
  • Here is a lengthy article espousing a soft-Cessationist view (God is sovereign and can heal if he chooses, but the gifts ceased with the passing of the Apostles): "Is Healing In The Atonement?" The article provides a very nice list of proponents of healing in the atonement with a summary for each individual.
  • The Christian and Missionary Alliance was known for its fervent belief in healing as a part of missionary ministry. Rev. David J. Smith of the Alliance World Fellowship, a body uniting churches and ministries related to  C&MA, has penned a paper (which I haven't read yet), titled, "The Psycho-Spiritual Dynamics of Physical Healing in Alliance Spirituality" (also posted here). The paper "briefly traces the historical framework relative to physical healing in The Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination, and then develops psycho-spiritual dynamics of experientially processing physical healing in Alliance spirituality."
  • In a sermon titled "Healed for the Sake of Holiness," John Piper, preaching from John 5:1-18, argues that the ultimate purpose of healing is to produce holiness.
  • Here's an article I found on JSTOR that follows a line of thinking I have long contemplated–that there is a connection between, and even an progression from, the holiness traditions that began in the late 18th century and the resurgence of healing that begin enforce in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: 
    • Cunningham, Raymond J. “From Holiness to Healing: The Faith Cure in America, 1872-1892.” Church History, vol. 43, no. 4, 1974, pp. 499–513. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3164925.
Greek Words
Vineyard Movement Related Theological Discussions
Reasoned Defense of the Miraculous
Miscellaneous
  • "The Miracles as Parables" by Craig L. Blomberg, distinguished Professor of the New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado.




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