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Exodus 4:11 says He makes the blind, deaf and mute. Scripture indicates that God shows mercy to those who are unable to understand the gospel – even the child who dies shortly after birth. A great example of this is the death of the child who was born to King David and Bathsheba.
The man can only see and touch and so Jesus does not speak with him, but rather simply looks up towards heaven in a physical act. Many Deaf people have explained that this story exemplifies someone who communicates with the Deaf man in a way he would have understood.
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One popular deaf Christian organization, Silent Blessings Deaf Ministries, estimates that as many as 4% of Christians worldwide are profoundly deaf. That number doesn’t include the people who have milder hearing loss, or older adults who experience hearing loss later in life. About 13% of Americansexperience some hearing loss, which can affect thei...
As a result of the challenges they face in churches that emphasize spoken words, deaf people might choose worship servicesled by deaf pastors, or hearing churches whose worship styles engage all five senses of the body rather than focusing on hearing alone. A hearing church that adds a signing interpreter but that maintains reliance on spoken words...
People with hearing loss may find access to faith in the Christian tradition of silence, too. Christian contemplative prayer, which developed among monks in the third and fourth centuries, celebrates silence as an essential part of prayer to God. The 20th-century monk Thomas Merton, who is known for his contemplative and mystical spirit, once obser...
The Catholic Church recognizes some saints who were deaf. Saint Teresa de Cartagena, a nun who lived in 15th-century Spain, lost her hearing in childhood. She wrote “Grove of the Infirm,” a book about disability and faith, sometime between 1450 and 1460. Teresa writes of her deafness as a great goodbecause it leads her toward God. “God has placed s...
Dec 27, 2019 · Rather than fixing hearing loss or seeing deafness as a sign of God’s disfavor, the faith of deaf and hard-of-hearing Christians brings new understandings about God to the world.
Jan 7, 2016 · Three surprising things God does in life's storms Jesus doesn't want people to follow him because he is a healer. They have to understand that despite his authority to perform miracles, indicating his divinity, he has come to suffer and die (as Mark's next chapter makes clear).
May 23, 2021 · Deaf people rely on tangibility and their eyesight to navigate and communicate with the world; this can make learning to read difficult as words and concepts are conveyed differently. To help deaf Christians feel the richness of biblical stories, the ASL translation team recorded a series of videos broken up by Bible chapters or passages with ...
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Jan 1, 2014 · So, How Do We Bring Deaf People to Jesus? First, communicate with Deaf people. As mentioned above, Deaf people are a scattered people group and we do not all live in one geographic location. So, you might meet a Deaf person that those of us involved in Deaf ministry may never meet.
