Reviewed by Pendra Lee

   SPRINGFIELD—A child suffers for more than a decade with an unexplained, disabling illness. Desperate for answers, his mother embarks on an intensive search for answers amid confusing and often conflicting medical data. The result? The discovery of seven biblical principles that author Ricki Pepin, of Springfield, Ohio, believes is God’s prescription for healthy living.

   When I first picked up Ricki’s book, my first thought was “Oh no, another one of those Christian health books that reads well, but is hard to implement.” I was wrong. Ricki answers key questions about environmental causes for illness, what the Bible specifically says about food and clean living and then she manages to draw a direct connection between our misguided behavior and our diseased modern culture. This is the first book of its kind that I’ve read that gives a rational cause and effect for many diseases, then lets the reader take charge by following through via the extensive resources she provides.

   The author has done extensive research whether it hormone replace therapy or vaccinations to physical and spiritual detoxification. Practical and well documented, all the information one needs to start the “audacious journey to a better life” is contained in this one book.

   Ricki Pepin is a wife, mother and grandmother. A former homeschool teacher to her children, she was introduced to the Principle Approach® to education in 1991 and developed an enthusiastic vision for entire families to learn and apply the seven principles to every area of their lives. She does not set herself up as an expert on health, but rather equips the reader with the tools necessary to search out their own answers, as she did. Bill Gothard, President of Institute in Basic Life Principles utilizes material from her book in his teachings.

   According to Ricki, “God’s health plan is not just about ‘not being sick,’ it’s about wholeness and restoration of mind, body and spirit. It’s about adding life to your years, not just years to your life. God has a plan and destiny for every individual, and to whatever degree we are sick or dying prematurely from self-inflicted neglect or poor lifestyle choices is the degree we are falling short of fulfilling that God-ordained destiny.”

   The seven principles encompass food choices; medical care alternatives, and environmental stewardship practices that will create healthier lives and a replenished world, Pepin says. She believes society is at the beginning of a medical paradigm shift from fighting disease to maintaining health, but individuals face enormous frustration as they begin to take charge of maintaining their own health.

   Pepin says. “It is my hope and belief that this book will assist other ordinary people to sift out the fads and fallacies and find God’s principles on health, which can lead to their own physical and spiritual restoration.”

   To order a copy or to find out more go to www.rickipepin.com for more information.