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"Do No Harm”: How it became Wesley's Prime Directive, and then Standard Medical Practice
If you grew up Methodist — or anywhere near Methodist — you've heard the three General Rules.
Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God.
They sound like a bumper sticker. They're not. They're a protocol. And the ordering matters more than almost anyone realizes.
I used to think "do no harm" was just a nice way to start a list. Like stretching before a run. Important, sure, but the real work was in the next two — do good, stay in love with God. The action stuff. The exciting stuff.
Then I became a hospital chaplain.
Genesis and the Big Bang Completely Agree. Here’s how.
As ministers, we all have those questions that catch us off guard, and for some of us, it’s “The Big Bang.” If you grew up being told that the Bible is the word of God — and it is — and then someone tells you that the universe is 13.8 billion years old and started with a singularity instead of a speaking voice, it can feel like you have to choose. Bible or science. Faith or evidence. God or physics.
You don't have to choose between reason and faith.
Let’s look closer…