"The Bible in Today's World" - Favorite Bible Verse - Ep.38
Welcome to "The Bible in Today's World", the show that compares today's world with the Word of God.
In general and specifically, are we following the Bible in our daily walks? Is society demanding that we follow the Word of God in all that we do?
Does our Almighty Father look upon us and frequently say, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" - or is He thinking of us as He thought/thinks of Sodom and Gomorrah?
On today's show, we will explore "Your Favorite Bible Verse".
We will also play Part 2 of my interview with DR. ROBERT RASCHKE.
DR. ROBERT RASCHKE, a clinical professor of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Informatics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, will join us to discuss his battle with COVID, while he was on the front lines in the Intensive care Unit. Plus, we will discuss his book, written under the name of "DR. ANTHONY ECKSHAR", "One Hundred Prayers: God's Answer to Prayer in a Covid ICU".
FROM HIS WEBSITE:
"On March 20, 2020, anticipating the struggle of a lifetime against Covid pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where I worked, I resolved to say a prayer a day for a hundred days. Over the next two years, my partners and I witnessed the deaths of over 400 patients from Covid pneumonia despite the highest levels of life support we could provide. I survived the fear, exhaustion, dehumanization and anger I experienced along the way only through my commitment to prayer. In this book, I record 272 of these prayers and the story of what happened to our patients, their families and our ICU team. I learned that the only thing required to receive the gift of faith is to pray for it, and that even a regular person like me can call forth miracles in God’s name."
Exploring life since 1960, Anthony Eckshar MD has practiced Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine in the Phoenix Metropolitan area since 1986. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, and although predominantly a bedside provider, also an author of over sixty peer-reviewed research articles. He has taught well over a thousand resident physicians and 500 medical students during the course of his career, has received several teaching awards and was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society by the medical students at the University of Arizona. Anthony is happily married since 1984, with two adult children.
Anthony Eckshar MD was raised in the Catholic faith (even served as an altar boy) and became a born-again Christian in 1993. He always had an abiding sense that God loved him – one of the greatest gifts a person can receive. Although his faith has waxed and waned over the years, it became increasingly and inexorably inter-twined with his patient care. Dr. Eckshar’s prayer life blossomed under the strain of the Covid pandemic. In the spring of 2020, he started praying in ernest. At first, he prayed mostly for his own safety, but as the months went by, he began focusing on others, culminating in praying for every ICU patient every day. Many only pray during adversity, and Eckshar has come to believe that is why adversity is allowed. He believes we were created to share the love of Jesus, but in our stubbornness, we sometimes need to be forced to make a choice. When we chose the path of prayer, “in all things God works for the good of those that love him.”
Eckshar sees his job as a holy vocation. Even when incredibly discouraging things are experienced in the ICU, love is stronger. To survive the job, and to provide the best medical care to his patients, Anthony Eckshar MD has learned to love them, in whatever way he can find. He believes Dr. Francis Peabody’s words, from almost 100 years ago, still hold true:
“The secret of the care of the patient, is in caring for the patient.”
https://www.100prayers.org
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