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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 I will begrudgingly admit that being a physician can lend itself to arrogance. When disagreeing about almost anything with my wife, whether it’s paint colors or parenting, I’ll often pull out this little argument stopper – Who’s the doctor? I’m mostly joking, but…
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In the beginning, God . . . Genesis 1:1 During the medical school application process, we all sat through personal interviews where everyone was asked the same quintessential question – Why do you want to be a physician? Now, if I’d have answered that I was only interested in money, status, and women, they probably…
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The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. Revelation 22:21* Having put in all the work of going to medical school and residency, it would have been a waste to have abandoned medicine, refusing to practice as a physician. Those seven years after college were transformative, turning me into a medical doctor. If…
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I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and…
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Let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. Revelation 22:17 Working in jail, I frequently take care of some of the most mentally ill patients that I’ve ever met. They cannot function well in the community, and they often do things that get them…
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It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Revelation 21:6 When my children were little, like all children, they didn’t understand time as adults measure time. Minutes and hours meant nothing to them. So, on a long car ride, when asked how much longer, like many of you,…
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Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. Revelation 22:7 Working in addiction medicine, every day I meet those whose lives I know would be vastly improved if they stopped using drugs. So, I make my recommendations: Go to treatment, take this medication, address your mental health, abandon your…
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Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. Revelation 22:12 I grew up in an Evangelical tradition, which appropriately taught that we’re saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9). We will never be good enough to earn God’s love and we don’t get to…
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And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. Revelation 22:7 As I’ve mentioned before, I have a list of people and things I pray for every morning. Somewhere in the middle of that list, I pray for those I know who’re seriously ill.…
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But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.  Revelation 21:27 Two nights ago, someone stole a marine battery out of our boatlift’s hydraulic pump. The fact that I’m fortunate enough to own a boatlift means…
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