Health

Medicine in the Ancient World, by Sarah Yeomans

Posted: August 16, 2024

August 11, 2024 Many Emergency Medical Service departments use the Star of Life – an image which is derived from ancient images of Asklepios. Snakes were believed to be sacred… Read More

InsideOut 2024 (Christian Counseling Conference)

Posted: July 9, 2024

Back to Basics Clinical and Spiritual Strategies for Anxiety and Depression Friday, October 18th andSaturday, October 19th,2024In-Person (Atlanta, GA)AND Online Register Now (please go to https://www.insideoutccc.com/)) ABOUT THE CONFERENCEOctober 18th… Read More

Assessing the Arguments for and against Physician-Assisted Suicide

Posted: May 9, 2024

May 04, 2024 by: Wayne Grudem 4 Arguments against Euthanasia In addition to arguments that can be made from the Bible against physician-assisted suicide (Ex. 20:13, “You shall not murder”),… Read More

2024 Broken to Beloved Summit

Posted: January 20, 2024

https://www.brokentobelovedd.org/ THIS WEEK (23-26 Jan 2024):  BROKEN TO BELOVED SUMMIT Have you experienced hurt, abuse, or trauma at the hands of the church or its leadership? Do you want to… Read More

Cannabis in Canada: Mixed health results after legalization

Posted: October 13, 2023

Sushmitha Ramakrishnan October 10, 2023 Canada legalized cannabis use five years ago, hoping to improve safety and reduce crime. The law change has been a mixed bag of increased health… Read More

Reflections on Depression

Posted: July 19, 2023

…above all, do not despair. No. 009 – 18 July 2023 Hello friend, I’m setting aside my “think … do” framework this week for one important reason: I’m sharing a bit of personal… Read More

Alcohol Is a More Destructive Drug – Does God Exist? Today

Posted: November 22, 2022

The media and medical profession pay a great deal of attention to the damaging effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, and opioids, but alcohol is a more destructive drug. In 2019, alcohol… Read More

Free–How to Lead a Grief Journey Group!

Posted: August 20, 2022

Free–Learn how to lead a Grief Journey group! The Grief Journey: Finding Peace in All of Life’s Losses Our time at the World Discipleship Summit in Orlando was amazing. Hundreds… Read More

Sobering new study says that those under age 40 shouldn’t drink alcohol at all

Posted: July 16, 2022

New study from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle reveals that risk of sickness, accident and death far outweigh any benefits of alcohol consumption for those under 40…. Read More

For Lessons on Closed Houses of Worship, Look at the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Posted: April 29, 2020

But not until the COVID-19 crisis hit did I learn about the global influenza pandemic of 1918 — known colloquially as the Spanish flu — and my family’s connection to… Read More

CRISPR babies?

Posted: October 2, 2019

What should we think of DNA experiments and developments? Jim Stump ponders the most recent developments in the realm of gene editing, including CRISPR babies, the problem of chimeras, and more,… Read More

Cannabis use linked with psychosis (Lancet)

Posted: March 31, 2019

Various factors feed into psychosis, like stress and personal genetic makeup. Yet there is strong evidence that use of cannabis is leading to significant mental health problems in Europe—the higher… Read More

Transgender suicide

Posted: June 15, 2018

A friend of mine who is a medical doctor passed along an article on Transgender Suicide Rate. The article is interesting. Equally interesting was his analysis of the article. “Research on… Read More

Q&A 1421 – Is contraception biblically permissible?

Posted: August 16, 2015

What does the Bible say about contraception? I belong to a church that forbids it. Can you please help me figure this out? I would like to invite you to… Read More

Is Homosexuality genetic?

Posted: July 31, 2013

In popular thinking, homosexuality is increasingly viewed as a justifiable, even somehow unavoidable, lifestyle, for those biologically predestined for it. One often hears in the media that one’s sexual orientation is due to a… Read More

Stem Cell Research

Posted: July 2, 2011

Here are a podcast and notes on Stem Cell Research (15 minutes). To download the podcast, right click on “download” and select “save link as” or “save target as” and… Read More