Related commentaries – Healing

Preaching Teaching and Healing – Matthew 12:15 – 12:21

What People Believe About Healing

  1. Roughly half of all Americans say they believe in extrasensory perception.
  2. Thirty percent of Roman Catholics and 22 percent of Protestants say they believe in clairvoyance, while 48 percent of Roman Catholics and 44 percent of Protestants say they believe in psychic healing, the poll shows.
  3. The poll indicates that 25 percent of both groups believe the movement of the stars may help govern the affairs of men and women. (Christianity Today, February 10, 1992).