Fingerprint of God: The Church as a Living Body

$21.95

Dr. Ron Bryce uses his medical background and his experience as a church elder and teacher to pose a new argument as to how the church should function: as a living, breathing body. This interesting new perspective will open the eyes of readers to see what the church could be with the attention and cooperation of its ministry and members.

In the Bible and in Christian culture, the church is so often described as the "body of Christ" that the words seem to have lost all meaning. Far from being a tired, empty descriptor, however, physician and devoted Christian Dr. Ron Bryce has seen over his decades in the medical field that this popular analogy may be a literal definition of what the church should be. In Fingerprint of God: The Church As a Living Body, Bryce uses examples from science and nature to illuminate how God has placed His signature not only on all living things but also on His church. Bryce argues that by understanding what they are and living cooperatively with one another, the cells of the body of Christ can unite to fight off the diseases infecting the modern church, such as infighting, lack of charity, and lack of forgiveness.

Dr. Ron Bryce uses his medical background and his experience as a church elder and teacher to pose a new argument as to how the church should function: as a living, breathing body. This interesting new perspective will open the eyes of readers to see what the church could be with the attention and cooperation of its ministry and members.

In the Bible and in Christian culture, the church is so often described as the "body of Christ" that the words seem to have lost all meaning. Far from being a tired, empty descriptor, however, physician and devoted Christian Dr. Ron Bryce has seen over his decades in the medical field that this popular analogy may be a literal definition of what the church should be. In Fingerprint of God: The Church As a Living Body, Bryce uses examples from science and nature to illuminate how God has placed His signature not only on all living things but also on His church. Bryce argues that by understanding what they are and living cooperatively with one another, the cells of the body of Christ can unite to fight off the diseases infecting the modern church, such as infighting, lack of charity, and lack of forgiveness.

SPECS

  • Imprint: Brown Christian Press

  • BISAC: Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth

  • Format: Hardcover with dust jacket

  • Page Count: 184

  • Publication Date: Oct 23, 2018

  • ISBN-13: 9781612542690

  • Dimensions: 6” x 9”

  • US List Price: $21.95

  • Carton QTY: 32

AUTHOR BIO

Ron Bryce, MD, is an emergency room physician in Dallas. He earned his medical degree in 1986 from Oral Roberts University's medical school. A former member of the ORU Alumni Association board, in 2016 ORU honored him as Alumnus of the Year. He is a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, and served as CMDA's Texas representative from 2011 to 2015.

A longtime Christian, Dr. Bryce has been a Sunday school teacher, church elder, and church musician, and during medical school played piano for a Southern gospel group. He has been a board member for GeoBound missions and for Abundant Life Missions, an organization started by his parents and which focuses its efforts on Haiti. His community involvement has included serving as mayor of Red Oak, Texas, in 2006-07. He was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Texas Medical Board, and served from 2006 to 2012.

Bryce is married to Lydia Bryce. They have four children: Daniel, Blair, Joseph, and Brooke.

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