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The Surgeon Who Handed Over the Scalpel - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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The Surgeon Who Handed Over the Scalpel

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In 2019, Dr. Rana Awdish, a critical care physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, collapsed in the hallway of her own ICU. A ruptured...

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Luke 5:1-11

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