Part One
THE BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE

I. T he Two DIAGNOSES -- 11

2. STUDYING THE BIBLE AS LAYMEN -- 17

3- T HE BIBLE AND SCIENCE -- 25

4- T HE MEANING OF THINGS -- 33

5- THE MEANING OF NATURE -- 42

6. MED ICINE AND NATURE -- 47

7- THE BIBLICAL ATTITUDE -- 54

8. T HE MEANING OF THE INSTINCT OF SEX -- 62

9- THE MEANING OF DREAMS -- 70

10. T HE MEANING OF EVENTS -- 76

Part Two
THE PROBLEM OF MAGIC

11. BELIEF IN MAGIC -- 87

12. Science AND MAGIC -- 96

13. THE BIBLE AND MAGIC -- 104

14. THE TEMPTATION OF MAGIC -- 111

15. THE PERSONALISM OF THE BlBLE -- 121

16. THE INTEGRATION OF THE PERSON -- 128

Part Three
LIFE, DEATH, DISEASE AND HEALING

17. The Meaning of Life 139

18. Vitality 146

19. DIVINE BLESSING 154

20. THE MEANING OF DEATH 162

21. THE MEANING OF DISEASE 169

22. THE MISSION OF THE DOCTOR 178

23. SIN AND DISEASE 188

24. THE MEANING OF AFFLICTION^ 197

25. THE MEANING OF HEALING 205

26. THE MEANING OF MEDICINE 215

Part Four THE CHOICE

27. LIFE OR DEATH 227

28. THE HIGHEST GOOD 236

Indexes 247