Health

The question of suicide has gained a new urgency in our society because it has become a public health problem. The fact that in some countries, physician-assisted suicide is legalized or even societally condoned raises important questions for the Christian believer and how to relate to it. For ...

With the challenge of COVID-19 has come questions and statements about the role of God in natural disasters and pandemic outbreaks. Some question why such disasters occur and whether the 2020 coronavirus is God’s means of drawing humanity’s attention to His sovereignty. Others have said that the ...

New state laws on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, recently approved in some countries, prompted the Ethics Committee of BRI to discuss and suggest revisions to the document “A Statement of Consensus on Care for the Dying” (approved by the executive committee of the GC on October 9, 199...

Based on Genesis 9:3—“Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you” — would it not be correct to conclude that after the Flood humans were allowed to eat the flesh of both clean and unclean animals? The passage does seem to support your suggestion, but only if its context is ignored...

There are two extremes with regard to the human body. One is neglect and abuse of the body. The other is an overemphasis on the body. Two examples may be enough: There are people who ruin their bodies and therefore themselves by the use of narcotic drugs and alcohol, while others pay excessive at...

Worldwide more people die by suicide than by homicide and war. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth and young adults (ages 10-24). It is also one of the leading causes of death for adults (ages 25-44). Many people think about suicide at some point in their lives. In 2004 the est...

In many societies the greatest problem with addiction is not the various illicit drugs that people somehow get and use but the consumption of alcohol which is more easily available. Because of alcohol abuse great damage is not only done to society and economy but also to unborn life (foetal alcoh...

Introduction The law on clean and unclean animals in the Pentateuch divides all animals into two groups: clean which can be eaten, and unclean which are not to be eaten. This law has been followed by many Jews for thousands of years. It has also been accepted as a rule to follow by some Christian...

Approved by BRICOM, May 5, 1983 Approved by BRIAD, May 12, 1983 Foreword During the past decade there has developed, particularly among charismatic Christian bodies in various places, a movement that has come to be known as “deliverance ministry” in which evil spirits—believed to control human be...