Anionting with Oil, Pray

Here we have a statement regarding a rule and practice for our faith. It is to be our normative response to exhausting sickness or significant physical weakness. This is not a command to call off the visit to the doctor or the emergency room. But it is a call not to rest there. Instead we are to avail ourselves of the means of grace found in this unique ministry given to the church for the needs of your body. What follows is a careful study into a controversial passage that lets the words speak for themselves.