We need to talk about death.· Are we in danger of over-medicalizing it?· Can we really see death as a time of opportunity, both for us and for our loved ones?· What do we mean by resurrection hope?John Wyatt focuses on the ars moriendi - quite simply the art of dying well and dying faithfully. He offers clear direction, warm reassurance and rock-solid confidence in the One who has conquered death.We cannot choreograph our own death, but we can die we...

In this engaging and timely book, John Wyatt analyses the arguments in favour of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide and shows how unstable their foundations are. Instead, Wyatt suggests a more humane path forward: one that is both achievable and more honouring to the patient.

We cannot choreograph our own death, but we can die well.This is a book for those who are facing death. It is also for their relatives, friends and carers.John Wyatt looks at recent trends in dying. He examines the 'art of dying', a Christian tradition from the past. We see opportunities for dying well and faithfully, real-world examples of personal growth and instances of reconciliation and personal healing in relationships. On the other hand, there are al...

In diesem aktuellen und informativen Buch analysiert John Wyatt die Argumente, die für Sterbehilfe und ärztlich assistierten Suizid sprechen und zeigt, wie instabil ihre Grundlagen sind. Stattdessen schlägt Wyatt einen humaneren Weg vor: einen, der sowohl realisierbar ist als auch den Patienten mehr Würde erweist.

John Stott would never have called it 'mentoring', but, throughout his life, he instinctively drew alongside younger men and women from across the world, gently pastoring them within the context of a warm, genuine and healthy "Paul-Timothy" friendship. Why aren't these intergenerational friendships more common in the Church today?In Transforming Friendship, John Wyatt acknowledges that recent serious scandals and suspicion prevalent in our culture have made people ...

The case for assisted suicide can seem so compelling. Surely it can't be wrong to help desperate people to kill themselves? Don't we have a right to take our own lives in certain circumstances?There are no trite or easy answers. John Wyatt helps us to navigate the arguments with hearts and heads engaged, and above all with our Bibles open. There are practical and compassionate alternatives to assisted suicide, and as many who have gone before us have found, the end of our lives on ...

Should doctors be allowed to help terminally ill people kill themselves? How should a humane society respond to those who are suffering terribly at the end of life? What laws are being proposed and what will be the consequences for dying people, for healthcare services and for society as a whole?John Wyatt has worked as a frontline doctor in the UK National Health Service for more than 30 years and brings his clinical, ethical and personal experience to this crucial debate. Assiste...

Conjoined twins dilemma... Suicide of terminally ill patient... Designer baby transplant success... Woman gives birth at sixty-six...Rarely are human dilemmas out of the news. And what medical science can do and ought to do - or ought not to do - impinges on our personal lives, families and societies.John Wyatt examines the issues surrounding the beginning and end of life against the background of current medical-ethical thought. Writing out of a deep conviction that the Bi...

Pase, el robot le espera, de John Wyatt, analiza cómo pueden responder los cristianos a los avances tecnológicos en los próximos años. La última década ha sido testigo de tremendos avances en la inteligencia artificial y en la tecnología robótica, y esto plantea preguntas acuciantes que es necesario responder. Pase, el robot le espera analiza cómo pueden responder los cristianos a estas cuestiones (y progresar) en los próximos años. Una serie de contribuciones de parte de expertos internac...

In diesem aktuellen und informativen Hörbuch analysiert John Wyatt die Argumente, die für Sterbehilfe und ärztlich assistierten Suizid sprechen und zeigt, wie instabil ihre Grundlagen sind. Stattdessen schlägt Wyatt einen humaneren Weg vor: einen, der sowohl realisierbar ist als auch den Patienten mehr Würde erweist.

Terrorism. Same-sex marriage. Debt cancellation. The AIDS pandemic. These are just some of the critical contemporary issues addressed in this book.Issues Facing Christians Today helps thinking Christians sift through and respond to a sweeping array of complex and pressing topics. Thoroughly revised and updated by Roy McCloughry and fully endorsed by John Stott, this fourth edition continues a two-decades-plus legacy of bringing important current issues und...

By the laws of statistics John Lowry should not be here today to tell his story. He firmly believes that someone somewhere was looking after him during those four years. Examine the odds stacked against him and his readers will understand why he hold this view. During the conflict in Malaya and Singapore his regiment lost two thirds of its men. More than three hundred patients and staff in the Alexandra Military hospital were slaughtered by the Japanese he was the only known survivor. Twen...