The Word on Health: A Biblical and Medical Overview of How to Care for Your Body

by Michael Jacobson

We are becoming more unhealthy with each passing generation. As our lives speed by, we turn to fast food, processed dinners, and exercise is replaced with 'vegging out' on the couch. But our bodies belong to God and we are to honor Him with our bodies. How do we do this? According to Dr. Michael Jacobson, good health practices are those that begin with placing the Creator in His proper place. In A Word on Health, Dr. Jacobson argues that the church must lay a biblical foundation for health care, taking seriously the Bible's promises for health and long life. He provides very practical steps every believer should take when facing illness. Dr. Jacobson covers a wide variety of subjects most often debated and wondered about within the Christian church. Some of those topics include: Bible's promises of long life and health, Types of sickness, Diet and doctrine, Nutrition and the Bible, The role of stress and illness, Learn to treat your health in a manner that honors God. A Word on Health will give you a great start!

250 pages, Paperback

First published February 7, 2000

Reviews

[Jaime Schwartz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. I wanted to glean from someone else's comprehensive study of what scripture has to say about health, and this was exactly what I was looking for. Particularly challenging and intriguing to me were-
1. what the Bible has to say about causes of illness and physical ailments, and how we are to respond (more than just visiting the doctor, but not to the extreme that Christians must avoid all modern medicine, as some claim!), and also
2. a biblical case for questioning - and discarding - the scientific method, as it starts with the God-less premise that all we can rely is on what we can observe, as if we never received a revelation of truth from God. I will have to think some more about that case, as well as other points in this book.