The thread on unanswered prayer and suffering
The thread cites 40 years with no witnessed supernatural event, people dying of cancer, 47 funerals, and prayers for healing to no avail. A host is sympathetic but calls the question fair: it does not invalidate everything else, and the underlying problem is processing God through human expectations rather than seeing oneself as a small part of God's story. Boova notes every thread entry begins with 'I.'
More on Healing
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Holy Spirit experience: healing, cessationism, and testing the spirits
- Is there a normative experience of the Holy Spirit in the world today?
The central hard question: is there a normative experience of the Holy Spirit in the world today, and what does it mean for a follower of Jesus?
From No. 593 · Do You Hear What I Hear
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Should a miracle be shown? The case for evidence
- If you witnessed a miracle and skeptics demanded proof, would you show it?
The hosts land on 'show the toes': Jesus' healings were public and verifiable — the beggar at the beautiful gate jumping, 'go show yourselves to the priests' (Luke 17:14, quoted by the site's founder) — and the resurrected Jesus said 'look at me.'
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes
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God doesn't do back-alley bounty: public miracles and creation's pace
- Are there miracles where God stepped in but did not want people to know, after Jesus?
A host shares a painful story of faith healers who prayed over a friend with MS and then shamed him for lacking faith, and the room agrees this kind of story 'doesn't smell like God's glory.'
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes
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Is Jesus always the example?
- Is Jesus always the example? Is there anything Jesus does that we are not meant to emulate?
Ben poses the series question: is there anything Jesus does that we are not to exemplify, whether from inability or lack of intent?
From No. 407 · Can We Always Be Like Jesus?