Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11097 The question of alternative medicine is more complex than it might initially appear, because the category itself covers an enormous range of practices — from herbal remedies with genuine pharmacological properties to therapies rooted in Eastern religious philosophies and New Age spirituality. The Christian’s task is to exercise discernment, and that requires distinguishing…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11096 This question arises more often than it should need to, and the fact that it does reflects the influence of certain streams of Christian teaching that have set faith and medicine in opposition to one another. Some believers genuinely wonder whether consulting a doctor represents a failure of trust in God. The biblical…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11101 This question generates more anxiety in Christian circles than it should. Some believers feel guilty for taking medication, as though reliance on a prescription is a failure of faith. Others have been told, sometimes by well-meaning pastors and sometimes by manipulative ones, that true Christians should trust God for healing and that taking…