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Host Justin Peters · Guest Brandon Kimber
When someone you love is seriously ill, you can ask God for healing and bring your grief to Him. Teaching that healing depends on the strength of your faith can add guilt to an already heavy burden.
Justin Peters welcomes filmmaker Brandon Kimber back to discuss the completed 18-episode season of American Gospel: Spirit & Fire. They examine how teachings about modern apostles, prophecy, and healing have shaped Bethel Church in Redding and the wider New Apostolic Reformation.
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Testing Spiritual Claims by Scripture
Kimber explains why the docuseries brings together cessationists and continuationists to examine claims of spiritual authority. He reads John the Baptist’s words about the Holy Spirit and fire in Matthew 3:11 alongside the image of burning chaff in verse 12. The discussion turns to Isaiah 53 and the claim that Christ’s atonement guarantees physical healing in this life.
Trusting God in Sickness and Grief
Brandon describes the comfort he found in God’s sovereignty while his father was dying. Justin and Brandon reflect on Job’s suffering and Christ’s tears at Lazarus’s tomb. The same Lord who saves sinners by grace through Christ invites His people to cast their anxieties on Him because He cares for them (1 Peter 5:6–7).
Scripture Discussed
- Matthew 3:11–12
- Isaiah 53:4–5
- Job 1:21 and 42:11
- John 11:33–36
- 1 Peter 5:6–7
Resources
This video first appeared at Justin’s YouTube and is posted here with his permission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90LJX0p6_6I
