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As doctors we are exposed to suffering in a unique way. For us, it is not something that just happens on a television screen to people we neither know nor meet. We grapple with it in our patients each day. Unless we want to insulate ourselves by becoming cynical and...
Christians and Muslims agree... at least on the reality of God, revelation, scripture, angels and judgment. But they also disagree; about Christ’s identity, death and resurrection and the authority of the Bible. Given these similarities and differences, what evangelistic approach should we adopt? Should we ‘build bridges’ or attack false...
Most remembering the holocaust think of six million Jews, but the tragic drama which ended in the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Belsen and Treblinka had far more humble beginnings; in nursing homes, geriatric hospitals and psychiatric institutions all over Germany. When the Nazis arrived, the medical profession was ready and...
Islam is on the move on British campuses. There are now over 90 Muslim student groups affiliated to FOSIS (the UK Federation of Student Islamic Societies), but less moderate groups like Hizb ut-Tahrir and Al-Muhajiroun pose much more of a challenge, especially when they operate under a variety of names....
There were no Muslims at the time of Christ; but one group, the Samaritans, bore striking similarity to them. First, they shared a common history with Jews, as the Muslims do with us. Second, they were socially and culturally isolated. Third, they worshipped God, often with real zeal, but ‘not...
I was recently asked to speak at a London medical school on the topic ‘Christianity and Islam - a Historical Perspective.’ After I had finished a Muslim Student asked a question which then led on to three hours of dialogue between us: on everything from the Bodmer papyrus to the...
God’s timing is perfect. Have you ever wondered why Jesus came just when he did? In the first century the Greek language, the Roman Empire and the Jewish diaspora worked together to ensure that the the Gospel spread quickly throughout the known world: a common tongue, superb transport and a...
During a quiet tea-break as a surgical house officer, I was summoned to the medical superintendent's office. My O&G colleague was busy. Would I please admit some patients for elective termination of pregnancy? In accepting my appointment I had signed a form saying that I would be willing to take...
There are only two instances of voluntary euthanasia in the Bible. In the first, Abimelech, believing himself to be fatally wounded with a fractured skull after being hit on the head by a millstone, asks his armour-bearer to kill him. His request is granted and the Israelite leader is thus...
The key issue Andrew Thornett has clearly identified the key issue in the abortion debate, namely 'What constitutes a human being?' as Scripture clearly forbids the killing of the same.[1] When does a zygote or embryo become a human being and therefore assume the right not to be killed? He argues...
