The gentle healer came into a town one day.
He touched the blind and helped the lame to walk away.
But more than that, he forgave the sins of those who stray.
The gentle healer comes into our town today. [1]

A full twenty percent of the gospels deal with the healing ministries of Jesus. Seeing the crowds he has compassion on them and one by one, person by person, individual by individual, he heals their diseases, casts out their demons, forgives their sins, and challenges them to live a life of wholeness. What would Jesus say about medical care in America? We are at the heart of the gospels as we try to unpack that question today. I will not be presumptuous enough to pretend that I can answer that question except to give you some direction for your thinking.

There are three things I want…