[Faith-talk] being healed from blindness

[Stephanie]

Wow, that's amazing. By the way, does anyone know of some good christian podcasts?
Steph

----- Original Message -----
From: Maureen Pranghofer <maureensmusic at comcast.net>
To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion" <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, December 19, 2013 1:28 am
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness

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> Your church sounds lots like ours.  It's a large church, about 5000 members 
> and they say right off the bat "If you want to get connected, become 
> involved, people won't come to you."  Consequently I have written music for 
> the church, was on worship team for years, have contributed and been in 
> Bible studies, am the scheduler for a ministry doing home repair to widows 
> and abused women and disabled folks, am a hospital and nursing home visitor 
> and in a prayer group.  My husband is taking his 7th trip to Haiti where the 
> church built a home for disabled children.  Even though he is in a 
> wheelchair and born with no arms they let him do this.  So we enjoy giving. 
> The church had done lots of ome mantainance things for us, put up our 
> Christmas tree, has youth come once a month to help with whatever we have 
> need of doing, provided me a reader, and as been involved in our lives in so 
> many ways but it's because the church is not the organization, leadership or 
> building it's the people.  We do exposatory preaching working our way 
> through Bible books week after week just a few verses at a time.  Took the 
> congregation 5 years to study Matthew.  Maybe there is a relationship 
> between ow the church is in the Word and the way people are treated, don't 
> know just wondering.  I apologize for this being so long.
> Maureen
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Poppa Bear
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 10:13 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness
> 
> This is all diffirent for me and sounds a little odd because in my case I am
> usually the care taker for those around me, I invite those who have less
> over for dinner, xmas, and Thanksgiving. We end up being a small refuge for
> quite a few families and have a couple give and take open door relationships
> with members of my Church. I have a gentlemen  who is faithful as a
> grandfather clock to call me every friday to see if I want to go to the mens
> breakfast and pick me up bright and early every time. Another lady picks up
> my girls every morning to take them to the Christian school. The thing is
> that our Pastor really drives home the point of living out active Christian
> lives that consist of faithful Christian service that leads to great
> oppertunities to love and bless others and as people start to listen to his
> preaching from the word they find that the truth that "it is better to give
> then to receive" is a faithful and tru promis. Never the less I am sure that
> there are plenty of broken and lonely hearts in my Church just dying for a
> closer relationship with somebody in the body.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness
> 
> 
> > Unforchantely, that is all to comon place. RJ
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Paul" <oilofgladness47 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
> > <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness
> >
> >
> >> I've an answer to this problem about the church pitying us because of our 
> >> blindness, and I read this statement many years ago in a book about blind 
> >> welfare from the RNIB.  The main reason, as I and the author of the book 
> >> see it, is that there is yet no practical substitution to the human eye. 
> >> For some deaf and hard of hearing people there is the cochlear implant 
> >> and for people who have lost limbs or arms there are artificial ones 
> >> which, although naturally not like the originals in their totality, 
> >> nevertheless work to some extent.  Unfortunately even in my church, even 
> >> though they don't pity me, no one will invite me over to their place for 
> >> a meal and some good conversation.  This happened after our Thanksgiving 
> >> Day service, and I pray it won't happen after Christmas Day services 
> >> either.  Hope that was an adequate explanation.  Paul
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
> >> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:53 PM
> >> Subject: [Faith-talk] being healed from blindness
> >>
> >>
> >>> Dear list, First, as someone wi!th a doctorate in theology, I must say 
> >>> I've not seen anywhere in scripture Christ refur to blindness as 
> >>> something to be looked upon as evil, and yet, the church tens to pity 
> >>> us. I've not seen this in my own church thank the Lord, but I know some 
> >>> of you have. God allowed to be blind, and I don't need some faulse 
> >>> teacher to tell me to claim my healing, just so they can bum money off 
> >>> me
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