[Norm]

I guess this quote should have been posted on another thread; probably should have started a new one. The quote was not meant to be a pro or con defense related to the local ground. It is fairly clear where most on this forum stand, one side or the other. This was not to be fuel on that fire.

The book “Sickness and the Gospel” does not purport to be a dissertation on that topic. I read it in relation to my questionings on the practice of healing in the church, which study I began six years ago. Healing was always looked down upon in the “local churches” related to LSM. I have been seeking to have a proper understanding of how it should be part of the Christian life today, for me and for the believers I now meet with.

The quote in my previous post was a very minor point in a book of 90 pages.

Otto Stockmayer, in his day, was a very prominent and world traveled Christian. He had an active ministry in healing and worked with such Christians as Andrew Murray, AB Simpson, DL Moody, Mary E McDonough, and possibly Jessie Penn-Lewis. He spoke at Keswick, Mildmay, and many other know conventions. His writings influenced T Austin-Sparks, Watchman Nee and many others.

When preparing the book for publication on my web site the quoted passage stood out afresh. I did not desire to defend or debunk the local ground. I wished to point out that the thought that Watchman Nee was the originator of such a thought or teaching was not true; that Nee and Lee basically recovered very little. They mainly synthesized many of the thoughts and teachings of their day into one body of teaching.

I prefer research over personal irrational opinion.