Not exact matches
In reality, most of those working in
healing ministry are more concerned
with winning people to Christ than the finer details of theology.
The pattern of his
ministry with its emphasis on teaching and the reinterpretation of the oral Torah and on
healing the sick is that of an authentic rabbi.
Then she contemplates the
healing ministry of Christ, who also experienced and dealt
with such feelings in his encounters
with others.
With a
healing ministry, just like the lepers Jesus
healed, a lot of them take their
healing and go home... back to business as usual.
He examines the speeches in Acts and also the editorial skeleton in Mark, and he finds that they follow a more or less common pattern: the
ministry began
with the «baptism» of John, that is, his message of repentance and work as a baptizer; following John's arrest, Jesus began his own
ministry in Galilee, and there «went about doing good,» and «
healing all that were possessed by the devil»; then he came up to Jerusalem, where the rulers put him to death by crucifixion; on the third day he rose again, and appeared to his disciples, who were now «witnesses» to the truth of these reported events, namely to his resurrection from the dead.
Not only through the
ministry of his words and works, but through his death in apparent defeat and the triumph of his resurrection to be
with us always as a Living Presence, God has acted for our
healing.
Now, this is not only fully in accordance
with the relationship between sin and suffering as understood by the Jews at the time of Jesus (John 9.2), but it is also the reason for the very existence of an exorcism -
healing element in the
ministry of Jesus.
Jesus could have been blaspheming, his exorcisms could be collusion
with evil forces, and what his opponents, no doubt, regarded as the indiscriminate nature of both the forgiveness (including tax collectors and sinners) and the
healings (Samaritan leper) could be an argument against these aspects of his
ministry, but for faith both are a manifestation of the kingly activity of God.
The courageous work of pro-life groups in vigils at abortion clinics, of street pastors working
with clubbers at night - time in city centres, of those offering prayer
ministry for
healing in shopping centres, of street evangelisers such as the St Patrick's group in Soho - all these examples need to be better known, and imitated.1 Then there's the output of media groups working through radio, TV, internet sites, blogs and video teaching programmes, such as Catholic Evangelisation Services; these too, while offering an independent type of Christian teaching, provide an important stimulus to on - the - ground evangelising.
Drawing on his experience of nearly a half century of
ministry — much of it connected
with retreats — Raines gives a rationale for the offering of retreat experiences to clergy for purposes of sanctuary, nourishment, study, silence,
healing and encouragement.
As Justin enters college, he decides to try ex-gay
ministries — the kind whose Web sites promised «
healing» and «deliverance» from homosexuality, complete
with testimonies from «ex-gay» men and women that included pictures of them smiling
with their families.
In our training programs for community clergymen at the Pennsylvania Hospital Community Mental Health Center we have been interested in mutual exchange: (1) We believe that psychiatry and its allied professions can help the clergyman do a better job
with his
healing ministry (at the bottom of the cliff)(2) We believe clergymen have something unique to contribute to psychiatry in the whole business of prevention (building fences at the top of the cliff)
The clergyman then directed the congregation toward a
healing ministry to the man and his family but
with a heavy emphasis on the man's «sin.»
As the founder of Project Rachel, the post-abortion
healing ministry of the Catholic church in the United States and abroad, I stumbled into the biological science of human bonding while trying to find a way to help women who have had abortions to be able to bond
with their unborn children in subsequent pregnancies.
While People Can Change has never worked
with minors and none of us would ever suggest a minor (or anyone) should be forced into anything, it is puzzling to me that you believe in this bizarre caricature of what
ministry and
healing organizations provide to Christians who struggle
with homosexuality.
Through the
ministry of word and sacrament we are brought into
healing contact
with God.
Collaborated
with the interdisciplinary team to administer the
healing ministry of Jesus Christ to the whole person: body, mind, heart and spirit.
In 2001, the
Healing for Women program combined
with the men's and wives» workshops, which were being offered through other organizations, and the entire sexual addiction workshop
ministry came under the direction of Marnie Ferree in conjunction
with the Woodmont Hills Counseling Center in Nashville.
True to our original purpose, PC & CC remains in close partnership
with local congregations providing professional counseling and consultation in conjunction
with the ongoing
healing ministries of local religious communities.
The House of Hope
ministry is a non-denominational residential program where teenagers can find hope and
healing in a loving, supportive environment as they work toward reconciliation
with their families.
When will Layla sell t - shirts
with «Hope
Heals» on them so we may help in the
ministry and advertise it at the same time?!