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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 262 EAN: 9780310354512 Edition: Paperback edition ISBN: 031035451X Label: Zondervan Manufacturer: Zondervan Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: September 01, 1997 Publisher: Zondervan Studio: Zondervan Related Items:
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 Rating: - Move over believers in evolution.One cannot read about the intricacies of the human body and the miracle that keeps us moving as each part works both separately and together. I borrowed a friend's copy, but had to buy my own to take notes. Rating: - Intellectually enlightening - personally challenging Dr. Brand's book can't help but leave the reader feeling as though they are disconnected with what is taking place around them. From a personal perspective, it's impossible to appreciate the complexity of performing even the most routine activities throughout the day. On a large scale, this book challenges all of us to consider what our obligations are to society as a whole, exposing what an isolated perspective most of us are able to maintain living in America. This is an excellent choice for ... Read More Rating: - new way to look at our bodies - physical and spiritualI learned about the functions of the body in an easy to understand layman's discussion: that is, the skeleton, the skin, etc. He tells stories about people he has treated that exhibited some of the illnesses when these areas of the body do not work as they should. At the same time he relates this information on a spiritual realm. Although the book is not new, I liked the way he wrote and found it an easy way to learn about a lot of how my body works. Rating: - Amazing Look at the Human BodyThis is primarily a book about the human body and the startling complexity of what is under (and a part of) our skin. Four main areas of our bodies are discussed; the skin which holds us all in, our cells which make up an intrinsic little universe inside each human body, human bones and lastly motion. The insights into the physical human body are enough to make this book great for it shows that whoever or whatever created the human body was unfathomably intelligent. I prefer to believe that ... Read More Rating: - The World of Medicine Through Spiritual EyesNote: This review refers to an additional book, "In His Image" by the same author that I consider a "companion" to this one. In both these books the authors take us into the world of medicine as seen through spiritual eyes. The parallels between our own bodies and the Body of Christ are fascinating to say the least. Read, for example, how when one area of our physical body is injured an urgent call goes out and hundreds of thousands of cells respond by plugging the holes in the walls, protecting ... Read More 
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