John Dunlop - Wellness for the Glory of God: Living Well after 40 with Joy and Contentment in All of Life

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This is a fascinating book filled with rich, practical wisdom from the Bible and from a lifetime of treating thousands of patients. Highly recommended!

Wayne Grudem, Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary

This book is full of strategies for lifes second half. Its advice is practical and priceless.

David Stevens, CEO, Christian Medical and Dental Associations

Dr. Dunlop speaks from a wealth of personal experience as a beloved physician to countless older people, watching them live and die welland poorly. A lifelong and careful study of the Bible has given him an invaluable perspective on how to run with endurance the race that is set before us. We long to keep up, and even to excel, but how? If you want a wealth of biblically sound and immensely practical strategies for staying well, youve come to the right place. This book is a treasure!

John F. Kilner, PhD, Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture and Forman Chair of Ethics and Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

In todays busy medical practice, doctors rarely have the time to sit down and share all the advice needed to keep patients well. Here, in one volume, Dr. Dunlop has collected everything I wish I had time to teach my patients.

Harry Kraus, MD, board-certified surgeon; best-selling author, Lip Reading and Domesticated Jesus

A deep reading of the book reveals many pearls that the disciplined and attentive physician John Dunlop has uncovered over the years of taking care of elderly patients and observing their lives, as well as his own. This book will challenge your thinking and your doing.

D. Joy Riley, MD, MA, Executive Director, The Tennessee Center for Bioethics and Culture; author, Outside the Womb and Christian Bioethics

The desire to be well and the reading of Dunlops book run on parallel tracks. Heading into their senior years, readers who dont have the time or the expertise to thoroughly research the issues facing themissues about which they must make decisions before its too latewill find this a well-organized and right-sized aid. I found his brief section on dementia and memory loss especially helpful.

Sam Crabtree, Executive Pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota; author, Practicing Affirmation

Refreshingly holistic and consistent with the biblical concept of shalom, rather than the material-spiritual dualism so common in contemporary Christian thought, Dunlop addresses not only physical and mental wellness but also social, financial, spiritual, and emotional wellness. Im already applying some of its lessons and pray many others will use it to help them improve the extent to which they live well for the glory of God!

Sharon A. Falkenheimer, MA, MD, MPH, Associate Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, Trinity International University; Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, The University of Texas at Galveston

Drawing from decades as a caring and compassionate physician, Dr. Dunlop shares insights and strategies about life choices that result in successful aging. He provides actual patient vignettes, which clearly illustrate the biblical basis for wellness and wholeness that go beyond just physical health. He challenges readers to prayerful self-examination that can lead to sound and lasting change. His tone is pastoral and personal, as if he were sitting alongside the reader and gently counseling. The chapters are sprinkled with humor and include many good references for those who want deeper understanding. This book encompasses all we need to hear from someone who is wise and godly.

Clydette Powell, MD, MPH, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health

Also by John Dunlop:

Finishing Well to the Glory of God: Strategies from a Christian Physician (2011)

Wellness
FOR THE
Glory
OF
God

LIVING WELL AFTER 40
WITH JOY AND CONTENTMENT IN ALL OF LIFE

John Dunlop, MD

Wellness for the Glory of God: Living Well after 40 with Joy and Contentment

Copyright 2014 by John Dunlop, MD

Published by Crossway

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Material by Jonathan Edwards is taken from Gods Passion for His Glory by John Piper, 1998. Used by permission of Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, IL 60187, www.crossway.org.

Cover design: Faceout Studio

First printing 2014

Printed in the United States of America

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright 2001 by Crossway. 2011 Text Edition. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-3812-4
ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-3815-5
PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-3813-1
Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-3814-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dunlop, John, 1947

Wellness for the glory of God : living well after 40 with joy and contentment in all of life / John Dunlop, MD.

1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN 978-1-4335-3813-1 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-4335-3814-8 (mobi) ISBN 978-1-4335-3815-5 (epub) ISBN 978-1-4335-3812-4 (tp)

1. Middle-aged personsReligious life. 2. Well-beingReligious aspectsChristianity. 3. Quality of lifeReligious aspectsChristianity. I. Title.

BV4579.5

248.8'5dc23 2014020601

Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

To my patients and
coworkers in Zion who
have been my friends
and teachers.

Henry came into the examining room huffing and puffing, using his walker to get down the hall. I shook his hand and asked, How is it going my friend? Smiling, he gave me a strong handshake and said, Praise the Lord, Im well, thank you! As pleased as I was to hear his response, it caught me just a bit off-guard. I was sixty-five; he was ninety-five! I found myself wanting to be like that thirty years from now. Then all kinds of questions began to pop into my mind:

• What does it mean to be well at ninety-five: short of breath and using our walkers?