The church is not primarily a building or a service time. It is a people—those who belong to Christ and to one another. Buildings…
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Analogy
gospel accounts of Jesus’ healings
When Jesus healed, He frequently did more than repair a body. He restored people to community, pronounced forgiveness, and addressed the deeper isolation that suffering had created. Physical healing matters. In the gospels it is often a sign of a larger restoration already underway.
How you’d preach it
Jesus often addressed more than the physical symptom. Wholeness included forgiveness, restoration, and return to community.