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A Healthy Theology of Healing

By Phil Moore, 2008


Have you ever looked at an old photograph of yourself and been struck by how much younger you look in the photo?Welcome to the club. It’s called the ageing process. The apostle Paul talked about it in 2 Corinthians 4:16 when he told his readers that “We do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.”

Ultimately this “wasting away” of our bodies reminds us that they are mortal and will not sustain our souls on this planet beyond a mere fraction of its history. Only God is immortal, or as the writer to the Hebrews puts it,“Man is destined to die.” (Heb 9:27)

On the other hand, have you ever stopped to think about the way in which your body constantly replenishes itself, bringing healing and wholeness to itself wherever there is decay? >>


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