Pastor Robert Foote

The Healthy Don’t Need a Physician – Jesus the Special General Practitioner Cardiologists are specialists.  Many insurance companies require that patients be referred to a specialist by their general practitioner because opening the door to see a specialist also opens the door to spending a lot of money. Insurance companies have grown in their appreciation […]

Old School Surgical Tools Most people in the Church – even those who do not read the Scriptures often or attend Bible study – know something about the Day of Pentecost. This is probably because pretty amazing audio and visual events occurred on that day. If you ask people about what happened on Pentecost, they

Cardioversion – Hard Hearts and the Right Time and Rhythm John’s Gospel gives us the most chapters about the days between Palm Sunday and Easter. Almost ½ of his Gospel is dedicated to that one week, plus a few days after Easter. Scripture and tradition seem to bear witness to the fact that John was

Divisions in the Heart – Part Two  In one way, we can think about the heart with a cross superimposed upon it.   The upper portion of the heart is the two atriums or areas of rest.  The lower portion is two ventricles, the area of work.   Consider, also, the right side of the heart which

Divisions in the Heart The traditional medical graphic for a heart shows the shape of an actual heart quite well.  In the cartoonish picture of a heart, the top portion – the part that is rounded on either side – does resemble the two chambers of the heart called “atriums.” The lower portion of the

Bradycardia Arrhythmia Usually, slow heartbeats are not such a bad thing as long as the oxygen supply and the volume of blood are adequate, and the slow heart rate is a sign of health, not illness. The average heart beats around 109,000 times a day. Typically, athletes have lower heart rates, some as low as

Far Hearts The Luke 15 Parable of the Prodigal Son, sometimes called the Parable of the Two Lost Sons, tells the story of the younger son asking for his share of the estate.  Surprisingly, without a word, his father entrusts one third of all that he owns to this younger son who, in his heart,

Open Heart Surgery – Part TwoThe Train of Trust in the Team According to the NIH, the average size of a surgical team for open heart surgery is eight, including the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, a host of nurses, and support staff. But beyond that, there’s an entirely unseen team – people who designed and manufactured

Open Heart Surgery  –  Part One The title sounds a bit intimidating, doesn’t it?  Surgery is challenging enough, but open heart surgery?  What, exactly, does that involve?   Well, in most cases it doesn’t necessarily mean “opening” the heart itself. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the most frequently done “open heart” surgery does not

Creating a Clean Heart I was amazed to learn that the first artificial heart was constructed in 1937 in Russia by Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikov and was placed in a dog. The dog survived two hours after surgery. For no other reason except to promote Cleveland, I mention pioneering work on various phases of the