Excellent! Very familiar (and still unsettling because of sometimes-contradictory but deeply-ingrained assumptions) territory for many people who were raised in a conservative evangelical church context in the 1950s and 1960s, at least in the US.
Stressing people out is my principal goal in life. So I'll count this as a 'win'. :P
Good point, though. I'm not saying all healings need to happen in a cupboard, hidden away somewhere. Merely that the assumption they should all take place in a 'healing meeting' amidst hullaballoo and preachers haranguing at length is (not only appalling, but) hardly what happens in the NT.
Excellent! Very familiar (and still unsettling because of sometimes-contradictory but deeply-ingrained assumptions) territory for many people who were raised in a conservative evangelical church context in the 1950s and 1960s, at least in the US.
Kept me under stress till the end.... :)) Did Jesus make some shows while healing? At least in Gadara...
Any connection between pigs and healing today? What about resurrection of Lazarus?
Stressing people out is my principal goal in life. So I'll count this as a 'win'. :P
Good point, though. I'm not saying all healings need to happen in a cupboard, hidden away somewhere. Merely that the assumption they should all take place in a 'healing meeting' amidst hullaballoo and preachers haranguing at length is (not only appalling, but) hardly what happens in the NT.