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Our
African friend Kenneth says
his church depends on spiritual power
because
they've no money for medicines.
Our sceptical analysis is nothing more
than
the
reasoning of the rich, who have placed
their faith in the NHS and BUPA
to
insure
against such acts of God.
These healings are
like
early blossom of a coming summer:
this is his nursing love, to ease
the
symptoms of a dying world, where health
is a mercy and not a right; and where although
the
antidote was given long ago, it still appears
sin's virulence must run its bloody course.
Our African friend Kenneth Ononeze is pastor of the Winners Celebration Chapel in Jos, Nigeria. All income from the sales of my books and albums since about 2000 has gone to support the building of a new church and two schools there.
health is a mercy and not a right I got this phrase from Dr Tim Billington in conversation with him in Southampton.