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The Hymn Writer Who Thanked God for Blindness - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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The Hymn Writer Who Thanked God for Blindness

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Fanny Crosby was six weeks old when a country doctor in Southeast, New York, applied a hot mustard poultice to her infected eyes. The treatment...

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John 9:1-41

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John 9:1-41 — Progressive/Social Justice (classic)

John 9:1-41 Colossians 3:1-11, love becomes public: the kingdom confronts systems that crush the vulnerable—today, not someday.

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John 9:1-41 — Christocentric (pastoral)

John 9:1-41 18:9-14 invites us to look again at Christ until fear loosens its grip—today, not someday.

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John 9:1-41 — Arminian/Wesleyan (classic)

John 9:1-41 1:2-10 joins personal faith with practical holiness that touches neighbor and society—today, not someday.

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John 9:1-41 — Anabaptist (edgy)

John 9:1-41 2:6-15 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

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John 9:1-41 — Progressive/Social Justice (classic)

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John 9:1-41 — Christocentric (pastoral)

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