Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn examines the limits of faith
At the Christian high school I attended—which was affiliated with a local church of the “health and wealth gospel” flavor—plenty of people took literally the Bible verse that reads, “By his stripes, we are healed.” If you prayed hard enough, the thinking went, God would heal you of physical ailments. If you weren’t healed, you […]
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