Question: Can you provide a clear example of these variety shows?
God’s answer:
They are gaudy
“Healing crusade is a type of revival meeting, a gathering of Christian worshipers who meet for the purpose of healing of the sick usually in a large makeshift tent erected specifically for the revival meeting. Typically the crusade is led by a charismatic leader, who moves from town in to town in a known circuit holding the tent revival meetings.” 29
“ A revival meeting is a series of Christian religious services held to inspire active members of a church body to gain new converts. Most groups holding revival meetings tend to be of a conservative or fundamentalist nature, although some are still held by Mainline groups, which formerly conducted them with a far greater frequency. Similar events may be referred to as "crusades", especially those held by Billy Graham and Oral Roberts.” “extravagantly 30
Gaudy means “extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.”31
Charismatic Healing – The Laying of on hands a.k.a praying over someone.
“Christian laying on of hands (Greek: cheirotonia - χειροτονία, literally, "laying-on of hands") is used in Christianity as both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit primarily during baptisms and confirmations, healing services, blessings, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other church officers, along with a variety of other church sacraments and holy ceremonies.
30 'Revival Meeting' (Wikipedia, 2016) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_meeting> accessed 2 May 2016.
31 'Gaudy: Definition Of Gaudy In Oxford Dictionary (American English) (US)' (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2016) >http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/gaudy< accessed 2 May 2016.