What is wrong with simply accepting her son for who he is? What kind of message does she give him, that his being deaf makes him less than acceptable to her?
God sends handicapped children to people so that they can demonstrate the generosity of their souls. At least, I believe that.
Is this from the Onion?
He is simply parroting back the question she asked him: “What am I doing wrong?” He is using the term/phrase she used.
Pat’s celestial butler.
You can cast out devils and thereby cure ailments and illnesses including deafness, using Jesus’ name, according to the Bible.
Or so I’ve been told.
I'd like to see the person and or persons Pat has healed of any disease. It would make a compelling episode of the "700 Club". All one second of it.
Pat Robertson.... is he still alive????
It is this type of thinking and attitude that drives good and decent people away from the arms of the church. I think of Joni Eareckson Tada and her story when things like this come to light.
Sometimes life just is and our challenge is to find the joy that is there through our relationship with God.
Giving people either false hope or suggesting that their ‘faith’ isn’t strong enough or their prayers ‘good’ enough is just so wrong. Talk about blasphemy
Sometimes God answers a prayer for healing with a no. Ask the Apostle Paul.
God always answers prayer, but sometimes the answer is “no” or “later”.