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Visiting the Sick

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  • H. Hofman

How should a visit to the sick be done? Be ready to listen, have the right attitude, and share a relevant message with prayer.

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“So What Are You Doing Here?” The Role of the Minister of the Gospel in Hospital Visitation, or a Theological Cure for the Crisis in Evangelical Pastoral Care

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  • Michael A. Milton

This article sees hospital visitation or visitation of the sick as a necessary part of the calling of the pastor. In particular, this author calls for an intentional re-orientation in the training of pastors toward a more biblically faithful and vocationally satisfying approach to the visitation of the sick and dying.

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The Consolation of the Sick

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  • Gerald R. Procee

This article looks at the consolation of the sick through the ages. The author also discusses a treatise, The Consolation of the Sick, that was written for the purpose of guiding people on their death bed. The article ends with important pastoral guidelines when counselling a dying person.

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Comfort While Living in a Dying Body

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  • Cornelis Pronk

Everyone who is sick longs for healing. What happens if healing does not come? How can a Christian live with sickness? This article gives comfort by pointing us to the hope we have in Christ.

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Sevenfold Mercy (6): Visiting the Sick

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  • P. W. van de Kamp

This series of articles calls Christians to display the works of mercy described in Matthew 25:31-46. This article focuses on the call to visit the sick.

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The Elder and the Visiting of the Sick

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  • A. N. Hendriks

Part of the task of elders in caring for the church is visiting the sick. In this article the author shows why such a house visitation is needed, and what should be the purpose of it. The author discusses the role of the elder in bringing the Word and praying for healing for the sick.

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The Practice of the Ministry of Mercy

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

The work of the deacons is primarily to show how God addresses the needs of His people through the Word. Therefore, their work is linked with the Word. This article shows how the deacons must bring the Word to the needy, the poor and the sick.

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Pastoring the Dying and the Mourning

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  • Joel R. Beeke

Caring for the dying and the mourning is the pastor’s and the church member's loving duty.

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The Hospital Visit

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  • Richard Aasman

This article is about showing the love of Christ for someone that is ill or in hospital. It talks about the effects of hospitalization, and good etiquette when visiting the sick.

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Guido de Brès & Communion for the Sick

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  • Wes L. Bredenhof

This article is about the position Guido de Bres had on the possibility for the sick to have the Lord's Supper outside of the normal worship service, with approbation of the church.

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Should the Sick have the Lord's Supper at Home?

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  • Jakob Geertsema

This article is about the question if the Lord's Supper must be administered to sick people at home, and also discusses the relation between the Lord's Supper and the communion of believers.

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