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career. He has been published in the medical textbook “Medicine and
Surgery for Lawyers” and served on state medical panels associated with the Victorian Law Courts. Other books he has published are “Eucalypts for Enthusiasts”, “The Good News of Revelation” and “Historic and Significant Bridges of Australia”. He also served on a surgical team during the Vietnam War.
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and issues related to her health message and claims of visions from God contributing to her health advice. In 2005 he published his analysis in "Acquired or
Inspired." In it, he compares Ellen White to other health authors of her era and compares their accuracy according to his understanding of
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of the most powerful arguments that can be presented for the inspiration of Ellen White. When people read this book they will be pondering the question 'how could a relatively uneducated woman living in the 19th century be so right at a time when her more educated contemporaries were so wrong?"
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Inspired? Exploring the Origins of the Adventist Lifestyle." Signs Publishing Company, Victoria, Australia. 2005
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