The Biblical Call To Bodily Care

Christians can often have a strange relationship with the body. Certain Christian traditions have treated the body as if it is no more than a shell for the soul, a material self that is of little importance when compared to the immaterial self. Other Christian traditions have treated the body as if it is of paramount importance and far more consequential than the soul—“Follow the whims and desires of your body, for it reveals your truest self.” Yet as we look to Scripture, we can see that both b