Category Archives: “Faith Healers”

MINISTERING TO THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AILMENTS

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Many of us experience awkwardness when we see someone whose physical struggle limits a “normal life.”  They may be paralyzed or missing a limb.  Whatever the problem, I believe a Gnostic-like understanding of the body, even for too many evangelical Christians, makes us unable to minister more holistically to those who battle with daily pain and the limits placed on them by physical problems.