A mercifully short book about a really big problem Kevin DeYoung IVP, 2013, £8.99 Pb 119pp, ISBN 9781783590230 Reviewed by Chris Lavy, consultant orthopaedic surgeon Hands up those who are secretly a bit proud when people say 'you are one of the busiest people I know'. Many Christian doctors run a...
Models in mentoring David Cranston Regnum Books International, 2014, £9.99, Pb 105pp, ISBN 9781908355461 Review by Chris Lavy, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Failing his finals at the end of medical school was, in retrospect, God's opportunity for David Cranston to live with and be mentored...
This book is an honest account from the heart of a man given over to God's service. Simon is not a doctor. He went to Burundi in 1998 as an inexperienced missionary and has since worked humbly with the local church. He has learned many lessons on cost, commitment and...
Malawi is a small, landlocked and very poor country in central Africa. It has been in the world news a lot recently. There has been a severe famine, but it has enormous needs in many other areas. It is estimated that there are 50,000 people who need elective orthopaedic surgery....
The rice pudding had been pushed around my bowl enough times to convince me that no efforts to rearrange or compress it would make it appear that I had eaten anymore than I had. 'Just think of all those starving people in Africa who would love to eat that and...