I came across this article: An Ibuprofen Parable - The Tragedy of Christian Dualism, written by a fellow regent student. It struck a cord with me. My wife, a family physician, often feels that her valuable work as a physician is obscured by dualistic thinking in the church.

When we hear testimonies of God’s miraculous intervention, it’s the “doctors” who often end up with the short end of the stick. It usually goes like this. The “doctors” told me I had one year to live but God healed me! Or the “doctors” couldn’t do anything for me, but we prayed and God brought about a miracle.

I believe God works miraculously and I celebrate these stories of God’s provision. However, I also believe God works through doctors like my wife. When God heals through medical care, I believe it ought to be as celebrated as much as when he intervenes with a miracle.

When the church forgets to do this, it is divides life into compartments. About one part the Church says, "Here, God works!" About the other part it says, "Here, God is not present." It is this implicit dualism that corrodes the faith of millions of Christian health care professionals who trust God to help them do their best at work.

It is a blight on faith at work and needs to be exposed! Thank you to Rob Barrett for doing just that!