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Healing Is A Team Sport, Not An Individual Event

One of the least emphasized elements in modern writings on healing is the degree to which, with a few notable exceptions, healing is almost always portrayed in the Scriptures as a community event. Note the community orientation of the admonition … Continue reading

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What Can I Say to Comfort Someone Who is Sick?

Want to avoid saying something foolish to someone who is sick and instead bring genuine and well grounded comfort? Commit Robert Herrick’s 17th Century litany to memory. (Extra credit if you learn the tune that goes with it.) His Litany … Continue reading

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Why Doesn’t God Heal Everyone?

Actually, he does. Most assuredly. It is a cardinal article of our faith. I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will … Continue reading

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