Rooted in Jesus Grace

  Few phrases sound more beautiful—or more universally accepted—than this one: “Love God and love your neighbor.” It feels simple. Pure. Unifying. Many people summarize Christianity entirely with these words. Churches repeat them, sermons emphasize them, and believers sincerely try to live by them. And yet, something unexpected often happens. Instead of producing freedom, joy, and healing, this message can quietly become exhausting. People feel guilty, spiritually inadequate, or emotionally drained. Some eventually walk away from faith altogether, convinced they have failed at the very center of Christianity. How does something so good become so heavy? The answer often lies in a subtle misunderstanding of what Jesus was actually doing in Luke 10. When the Command Becomes the Message In the conversation with the lawyer, Jesus affirms the greatest commandment: Love the Lord your God with all your heart… and love your neighbor as yourself. Over time, many Christians have unintentional...

  True Healing Through Christ — Recovering a Biblical View of Change Every counterfeit thrives by imitating something true.   Theophostic Prayer Ministry   (TPM) mimics Christianity’s promise of freedom and healing — but replaces the cross with psychology, and the Word with imagination. What began as a desire to help hurting believers ends up teaching them to search for Jesus in their memories instead of trusting Him by faith. The result is emotional experience without lasting transformation, therapy without theology. As Bob DeWaay observed after years of firsthand involvement in such ministries, “The people who were truly changed were those who were converted — not those who went through deliverance or inner-healing sessions.” That statement captures the heart of the issue: true healing comes not through mystical memory work, but through the gospel itself. Let’s look at what  biblical healing and transformation  actually mean — and how it differs radically from...