I wasn't sure where to post this but some quick response would be GREATLY appreciated. We have little time...
I'll try and make this short:
My uncle has a very large, aggressive, and malignant, brain tumor. The doctor we talked him into seeing told him that without surgery he will die by or before Christmas. However, with treatment he could possibly add about 1 year to his life. Either way the situation isn't good.
Him and his wife are both very, very, Christian. His wife however, has an extreme dislike for anything medical and puts all of her faith in God for healing. She doesn't take her children (5 in all, all under the age of 18) to pediatricians and they are all unvaccinated. She used midwifes for all of their births. She is strongly opposed to him getting any treatment, but he still leans toward it deep down (he has made small mention of it). His wife thinks that God will heal him (she has been saying this for MONTHS now and he has only gotten progressively worse). He is strongly persuaded by her and she makes most of the calls...oddly.
Are there any verses in the Bible that discuss the benefits of medicine and physicians? I know Luke was a physician. What can we tell them (mainly HER) to help persuade her that surgery could be very helpful and does not mean that they have a lack of faith.
I'll try and make this short:
My uncle has a very large, aggressive, and malignant, brain tumor. The doctor we talked him into seeing told him that without surgery he will die by or before Christmas. However, with treatment he could possibly add about 1 year to his life. Either way the situation isn't good.
Him and his wife are both very, very, Christian. His wife however, has an extreme dislike for anything medical and puts all of her faith in God for healing. She doesn't take her children (5 in all, all under the age of 18) to pediatricians and they are all unvaccinated. She used midwifes for all of their births. She is strongly opposed to him getting any treatment, but he still leans toward it deep down (he has made small mention of it). His wife thinks that God will heal him (she has been saying this for MONTHS now and he has only gotten progressively worse). He is strongly persuaded by her and she makes most of the calls...oddly.
Are there any verses in the Bible that discuss the benefits of medicine and physicians? I know Luke was a physician. What can we tell them (mainly HER) to help persuade her that surgery could be very helpful and does not mean that they have a lack of faith.