A teenage girl healed of deafness at an 80,000-person revival? When Philip Anthony Mitchell, pastor of 2819 Church in Atlanta, announced that she had removed her hearing aids at the Access event in Arlington, Texas, the claim spread fast, picked up by Malachi O'Brien and Charisma Magazine.

Justin Peters has questions, starting with the wording of the post itself. Anyone helped by a hearing aid, he points out, was not completely deaf. He explains the difference between a psychosomatic healing, a temporary relief driven by adrenaline, expectation and emotion, and an organic healing that has no medical explanation. Peters credits Mitchell for preaching sin and repentance, but shows how his promise that every sick body could be healed puts him squarely in the charismatic camp.

Along the way, Peters revisits John G. Lake's supposed healing of a deaf teenage girl, which the Spokane Press debunked. He also plays 1990s documentary clips of Benny Hinn showing how easily people are convinced they've been healed. Then he turns to Acts 3 and 4, where a man lame from birth walked, leaped and praised God, and even the Sanhedrin admitted they could not deny it.

As a cessationist, Peters believes God still heals when it is his sovereign will. He also believes no one possesses the gift of healing today. This episode matters because it equips believers to test sensational miracle claims against Scripture rather than headlines.


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