In this article, Scott Allen shows how the Biblical concept of wholism holds the power to free us from a debilitating mental dualism and can enable us to enjoy embodied human life in all its wonder. It liberates us to explore vocational alternatives outside of “full-time Christian service” and still know that we are both serving and glorifying God. As churches gain a wholistic perspective, they begin to infiltrate the culture, taking with them the power of God’s Word lived out in human flesh.
