When Healing Fails: Suffering and False Promises | Chino Ross | Episode 428

John and Chino explore the dark history and destructive consequences of Hobart Freeman’s radical faith healing doctrine. They trace its roots through William Branham, John Alexander Dowie, Gordon Lindsay, and F.F. Bosworth, showing how promises of guaranteed healing were built on twisted proof texts and false assurances. Along the way, they discuss real stories of believers who suffered without medical care, the devastating toll on families, and the legal battles that exposed the dangers of this movement.

They contrast Freeman’s formulaic “five steps to healing” with biblical accounts of healing, pointing out the inconsistencies and the blame-shifting tactics that left followers guilt-ridden and without help. The conversation also highlights the lasting impact on children raised in these environments, the cycle of guilt tied to salvation, and the modern continuation of these doctrines in ministries like Andrew Womack and Kenneth Copeland’s. The episode calls for both biblical clarity and honest reflection on lived experience as a way to expose the failure of faith healing extremism.

00:00 Introduction
00:31 Faith Healing Loopholes and the Blame Game
03:12 Hobart Freeman’s Extreme View of Healing
06:03 Court Case: The Death of Pamela Meanie
11:02 Freeman’s Five Conditions of Faith
12:22 Gordon Lindsay’s Endorsement
13:21 Bosworth, Dowie, and the Roots of Healing Theology
16:42 Freeman’s Shift Against Medical Science
20:05 Modern Continuations of Freeman’s Message
24:40 Approaching Survivors of Freemanism
25:17 Biblical Interpretation and Proof Texting
28:11 Survivor Testimonies and Freeman’s Contradictions
32:01 From Dowie’s Sect to Freeman’s Cult
35:23 Cycles of Distrust in Medicine and God
37:06 The Bible vs. Freeman’s Message
42:45 Statistics: Medical Science vs. Faith Assembly
44:00 Testimony: 25 Years Waiting for Manifestation
47:22 Freeman’s Built-in Escape Routes
50:28 The Guilt of “Lack of Faith”
59:51 The Condemnation of “Sin in Your Life”
1:04:02 Sin, Faith, and the Christian Life
1:07:54 Grace, Faith, and Casting on Christ
1:09:10 Closing and Resources
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