About this episode

Pastors Ryan and Tim explore the deeper meaning of Jesus' question to a paralyzed man in John 5, discussing the difference between being healed and being made whole.

Send us Fan Mail Jesus walks up to a man who has been paralyzed for 38 years and asks a question that feels almost unfair: “Do you want to be made whole?” Pastor Ryan and Pastor Tim slow down in John 5 and let that line do its work, because it exposes more than a physical condition. It gets underneath our excuses, our coping habits, and the parts of us that want comfort without surrender. We talk about the difference between being healed and being made whole, and why Jesus presses on desire,...

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Hosts: Pastor Ryan, Pastor Tim

Topics covered

• healing
• faith
• spiritual wholeness
• scripture
• Christianity

Keywords

• healing
• wholeness
• Jesus
• John 5
• faith
• spirituality
• comfort
• surrender

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Books & works: John 5

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