Topic
Diet
Sports Illustrated Can't Turn Us into Swimsuit Models
How the beauty culture blasphemes our bodies.
February 19, 2013
Being Skinny Is Not a Christian Virtue
Finding the right motivations for caring for our bodies.
January 23, 2013
God Has a Wonderful Plan for Your Body
It includes sex, diet, and sports—but so much more.
August 12, 2011
Chasing Methuselah
Exercise, technology, and diet help us live longer than ever. Should those who look to eternal life care?
December 30, 2010
Pass the Casserole
Losing control over your eating—like, when you can’t cook after surgery for cancer—has a way of turning anxiety into gratitude.
November 24, 2010
Losing It on TV
Ruby Gettinger, a Sunday school teacher in Georgia who weighed 700 pounds, battles her obesity — and leans on God — on national television.
November 14, 2008
Vegetarians in Paradise
Based on Isaiah 11:6-7 and 65:25, will we be vegetarians in the new heaven and earth as Adam and Eve were before the Fall?
October 1, 2004
The Weigh and the Truth
Christian dieting programs—like Gwen Shamblin's Weigh Down Diet—help believers pray off the pounds. But what deeper messages are they sending about faith and fitness?
August 25, 2000
Diabetes diagnosis motivates 'Tennessean' reporter to change his life
A preacher once told me that the New Testament Greek word “metanoia” — which my Bible translates as “repentance” — really refers to a complete transformation or metamorphosis. He said that it literally means to stop walking in one direction, to turn around, and begin walking the opposite. Diabetes for me has meant that kind of transformation. (Bob Smietana, The Tennessean)
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