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Mental Illness and the Church’s Response

Posted on September 4, 2015January 29, 2021 by ptsblog

Christians care about human suffering. The biblical narrative recounts that Jesus restored sight to the blind, enabled the lame to walk, and drove demons out of the possessed. His disciples carried on that work, and for thousands of years Christians have attended to healing and wholeness for body, mind, and spirit. But, not all shapes…

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