Fearfully and Wonderfully

Dr. Paul Brand (1914–2003) grew up in India, studied medicine in London, and practiced orthopedic surgery in India and the United States. He achieved world renown for his innovative techniques in the treatment of leprosy. He wrote Clinical Mechanics of the Hand, still considered a classic in the field of hand surgery, as well as The Gift of Pain (coauthored with Philip Yancey) and God's Forever Feast. Before his death in 2003, he received many honors, including the prestigious Albert Lasker Award and appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Philip Yancey has written twenty-five books. Early on he crafted best-selling books such as Disappointment with God and Where Is God When It Hurts? while also editing The Student Bible. More recently, he has explored central issues of the Christian faith, penning award-winning titles such as The Jesus I Never Knew, What's So Amazing About Grace?, and Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? Yancey's books have garnered thirteen Gold Medallion Awards from Christian publishers and booksellers. He currently has more than fifteen million books in print, published in over forty languages worldwide. Yancey worked as a journalist in Chicago for some twenty years, editing the youth magazine Campus Life while also writing for a wide variety of magazines including Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, National Wildlife, and Christianity Today. In 1992 he and his wife, Janet, moved to the foothills of Colorado where they live now.

Preface: A New Edition for a New Time



Part I: Image Bearers


1: Invisible Made Visible

2: Human Mirrors



Part II: One and Many


3: A Role in the Body

4: Diversity: The Richness of Life

5: Unity: The Sense of Belonging

6: The Ecstasy of Community



Part III: Outside and Inside


7: Skin: The Organ of Sensitivity

8: The Visible You

9: The Most Trustworthy Sense

10: Bone: A Necessary Frame

11: How Bones Grow



Part IV: Proof of Life


12: Blood: Life's Source

13: Wise Blood

14: Breath: Inspiration and Expiration

15: Body in Motion



Part V: The Language of Pain


16: A Sense of Protection

17: The Unifier

18: Chronic Pain



Part VI: The Body's CEO


19: Brain: The Enchanted Loom

20: Image Restored

21: Levels of Guidance

22: God's Likeness

23: A Presence

Discussion Guide, Joannie Degnan Barth and Bridget Woltman