today. More specifically, I do not deny that God heals (miraculously) today. He may choose to do so, no matter how hopeless and terminal a prognosis is medically, in response to the individual and corporate prayers of his people. James 5:14–16, for instance, points us to that, no matter how we settle the details of their interpretation. I do question, however, whether the gifts of healing and of working miracles, as listed in 1 Corinthians 12:9–10, are given today. I note here at least two factors