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A minister, preaching upon the text, “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no healer there?” (Jer 8:22) made the remark that Christ is a good Physician. “Christ is not like those doctors who come and say they are sorry for you, whereas in their hearts they are glad you are ill, for if you and others…

Sometimes, when a physician has a sick man before him—suppose it is on board ship—he may have to say to him, “I think I could cure your disease if I could get such-and-such a medicine. But, unfortunately, I do not have the drug within my reach.” Or the doctor might have to say to the sufferer, “I believe…

We may not ask for any witness to begin with beyond the testimony of God, nor will any other witness be given. I charge you not to say, “I will believe in God when I obtain the inward witness.” No, you are bound to believe in God first, on the sure testimony of His Word. If you believe His Word you shall…

When I go to the sunny south in the winter for my health, I am advised by the physician to keep myself as much as possible in the sun. I am told to let my rooms look towards the sun rising and to keep clear of sunless streets and courts. This is the advice of wisdom, for if you lodge in rooms upon which…

You have a friend who is ill, and the doctor says he cannot last long; he must die. You have called a great many times expecting to hear of his departure, but he is still alive. Now the frequent errors of the physicians do not prove that your friend will not die one of these days. And so, though the…

I have heard of persons who have been physicians who were ill or weary and needed rest. An accident has happened, and they have felt inclined to get out of the way if they could because they were very hard-worked and worn out. They have told their servant to say, “My master is not at home!” But my Master…

The doctor feels your pulse. “I will send you some medicine,” says he, “that will be very useful, and besides that, you must take a warm bath.” He comes the next day; you say to him, “Doctor, I thought you were going to heal me. I am not a bit better.” “Why,” said he, “you do not trust me.” “I do, sir;…

Do you not know that plain dealing is more precious than rubies? Would you not say to your physician, “Put me under the severest examination, and let me know the truth”? Would you pay him a fee so that he might deceive you? As to your soul, do you not desire to know the very worst of your case? If you…

Suppose you go to a surgeon because you have some deadly cancer growing upon you. You want to have it removed, and you know there are a great many physicians who will profess to cure such things, but in reality only give temporary ease. You keep clear from all these. You are well aware that if only a…

When the SpaceX capsule returned safely to earth in September 2021, returning four amateurs after a three-day journey in space, the group made history as the first space tourists. The four crew members included a billionaire who paid for the trip and his three guests who hoped to show that ordinary people…

David Woodhouse of Truro, Cornwall, told the BBC that he made his initial request to see a dentist in mid-2017 after complaining about tooth pain. After waiting more than 18 months to see a dentist, a 62-year-old British man opted to pull his own tooth. Using his own needle nose pliers he tried to ease…

Gosnell, The Trial of America’s biggest serial killer, is an independent film covering the trial and conviction of Kermit Gosnell, an American Physician, who owned and operated an abortion clinic for over three decades. Through an uphill battle, the film made its way to the public eye during the fall…

Michael Jackson is widely regarded amongst the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. He sold over 350 million records worldwide being on the top of the best-selling artists in music history. Although Michael Jackson reached incredible success, he suffered from an overwhelming anxiety…

Hospice is a ministry of death. Hospice workers care for patients in their last days of life. They focus on symptom relief and giving quality to the patient’s last days. In her new book, With the End in Mind (Little, Brown, 2018) British physician Kathryn Mannix gently introduces readers to hospice.…

Trying to discover the best foods to eat for our health is not always easy. In the 18th century an Italian physician recommended ice cream as a food for different ailments. Later advertisements touted Ice Cream parlors as alternatives to saloons. In 1921 the Evening Missourian urged readers to eat ice…

In the culture wars it looks like the church is losing. Our culture is moving further from Biblical morality. In its annual Values and Beliefs survey, the Gallup polling organization found that record percentages of U.S. adults believe it is morally acceptable to get divorced (73%), engage in opposite-sex…

The prevalence of loneliness “is surprisingly high,” says John Cacioppo, director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. Hiding loneliness makes it difficult to solve but when “you feel isolated, you feel as if there is no one who you can trust. The brain goes…

The California legislature has passed, and the governor has signed an “End of life Act” legalizing assisted suicide. On the same day it was signed the Southern Medical Journal published a study connecting physician-assisted suicide with an increase in overall suicide rates. Since assisted suicide became…

An Australian hospital had a lot of apologizing to do after mistakenly sending out notices that 200 of its patients had died. Austin hospital had inadvertently changed the templates that the hospital typically sends out to notify doctors that a patient has been discharged. The result was that rather…

Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, was arrested and charged with murder after allegedly shooting three people and terrorizing many others at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and the nearby Village Shalom assisted-living facility. Cross has a background of bigotry. In the 1980’s he led a KKK organization.…

In Washington State, Vermont, Oregon, and Montana it is legal to for a physician to assist a patient commit suicide. Under this law, 83 Washingtonians died in 2012. When a person despairs to the point of having no hope suicide can look like a reasonable solution. Grace calls us rely on the sufficiency…

Physicians can use the latest medical technology to examine our internal organs, but one of the biggest health concerns people face cannot be seen. Research indicates emotions can impact a person’s health as much as problems with various organs can. Among the links that have been discovered are a link…

Published January 23, 2012 Associated Press LONDON – Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time. Seven years ago, he suffered a paralyzing stroke. Today he can only move his head, cannot speak…

Surgeon Paul Brand tells a story that provides a gripping picture of the work of the paraclete. He was a junior doctor in a London hospital when one day he came into the room of an eighty-one-year-old cancer patient named Mrs. Twigg. Her cancer was in her throat and, as he describes it, this “spry, courageous…

Jean du Preez, a South African government education official, went to a school after the schoolchildren discovered a snake in their classroom. While attempting to capture the snake, it bit him on the finger. Hoping it was a nonvenomous python, du Preez took the snake to an animal shelter rather than…