It is time to alert all that the medical profession does not hold a monopoly on preventive medicine. Far more important are the beliefs of the population, for it is these which give rise to fruitful or disastrous economic systems, to governments, to customs, to healthy or unhealthy practices, to family strength, etc. Biblical teaching in its fulness has more potential influence on physical health than modern narrowly-conceived "medical" ministry. Although the two approaches are actually complementary, we have allowed medicine to become a materialistic discipline which has supplanted godliness as a health measure. Personal holiness of Christian practitioners is no substitute for God's rule in medical practice. Relegating health maintenance to the medical profession is not a biblical option of the pastorate.
Excerpt from "How Would God Have Us Practice Preventive Medicine?"
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