He pioneered the startling idea that the loss of fingers and toes in leprosy was due entirely to infection and was thus preventable. Because leprosy attacks chiefly the nervous system, resultant tissue abuse occurs because the patient loses the warnings of pain – not because of inherent decay brought on by the disease. Paul Brand discovered the gift of pain, claiming that because leprosy destroyed the sensation of pain in affected parts of the body, pain-deprived people inadvertently injured and destroyed themselves.
Tag Archives: Union With Christ
SOME THOUGHTS ON PRAYER …
Placebo Prayers — when our hearts do not bind with our words are not prayers; they are mockeries.
THOSE WHO ARE NOT ‘IN CHRIST’ ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DIVIDED
There is no fundamental disagreement among the world’s Christians. The unbelievers are splintered into fragmented and angry groups.
IF THE SOUL DOES NOT HUNGER AND THIRST, THEN CERTAINLY IT DOES NOT LIVE
Spiritual eating and drinking begins with a hunger and thirst for the Lord Jesus Christ.
CHRISTIANITY IS A RELIGION LIKE NO OTHER
Comparing Christianity to any other religion is a waste of your time.
ONE WITH CHRIST
The unbelieving world has with some success constructed an argument that Christians are utterly divided, but the world is altogether wrong about this.
