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Healing in the Lowlands Philippine
Johnson, Dave
Johnson, Dave
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"In a recent seminar that Debbie and I conducted for pastors and mature lay leaders in the Bicol region of the Philippines, I posed the following question: “Suppose you prayed for someone who came to you for healing and when they were not healed, they went to a witchdoctor down the street and were made completely well. Afterwards, they come back to you and asked ‘why could the witchdoctor heal me, but you could not?’ How would you respond?” While the responses were not recorded, all understood the importance of the question and the worldview questions that lay behind it. Can witchdoctors heal? What is the source of their healing? Does God heal? What are the implications of healing? These are some of the questions that must be answered because behind these questions is the cultural reality that one’s allegiance is given to whoever delivers the goods. How low-land Filipinos answer these questions, and many more like them, reveal a culture deeply rooted in animism and has enormous implications for Christian discipleship. This paper will attempt to at least outline answers to these questions from a biblical perspective and deal with the worldview issues that lay behind them."
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