Word: christly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cleland's success with laymen is rooted in his respect for them. He urges his students to remember Paul's words about Andronicus and Junia: "They were in Christ before me." When ministers find in their parishes "the old Christians of both sexes, who gave themselves to Christ and to his God before we did," he advises, "sit at their feet . . . ask them to pray with you and for you; give thanks to God that they are not only your flock but also your shepherds . . . Their name is legion, and they come from all classes and walks...
...train wreck who, given almost no chance to live, rallied to eventual recovery while his church congregation was praying for him. The flood of mail that resulted opened Zelley's eyes to the fact that vast numbers of ordinary churchgoers were being deprived of the "healing touch of Christ...
...receives her health back. Whether her ailment was purely physical or psychosomatic, the pain was real-and she was healed! What right do we of the Protestant Church have, by our shortsightedness or our blind spots, to deny this woman and many others the embracing love of the healing Christ and the help of loving fellow Christians who will take time to pray for their healing...
...word.' In the same breath he said, 'Heal the sick.' Certainly he did not intend for all of us to study medicine and become physicians or psychiatrists. But he did intend for us to have enough faith to bring the healing presence and power of Christ sanely and worshipfully to those in need...
...traditionally phlegmatic Britons did not come to just sit; they stepped forward to "make decisions for Christ" at twice the rate of any U.S. audience Graham has known. The two-week conversion total: 3,687. Unlike Graham's U.S. converts, a good majority (60%) of his British audience do not belong to any church. Sometimes as many as 80% of those who have come forward say it is the first time they have ever made a conscious Christian affirmation. Women decision-makers outnumber...