Kardiology 101 bible study binder by Julie Gossack
The website Skinny at Heart was inspired by Julie Gossack’s amazing bible study, Kardiology 101. Julie says the term ‘kardiology’ is not a formal term. She simply combined the Greek word used for heart in the New Testament, kardia, into the study thereof.
It is incomprehensible to me that such a term has not been standard fare in the modern English language. Humans have studied emotional sources and symptoms for millennia, long before medical cardiology. And medical cardiology has long blamed emotion for physical heart disease.
The Old and New Testaments consistently refer to the heart not as a blood pump, but as the driving force of human interaction. We all know it’s true. If you think human behavior can be explained completely by psychology, you would have to concede that you have no heart. Good luck with that.
Julie Gossack takes it a step further. She traced the path of most emotional pain and found sin at the source. She went even further. She traced the
In the intro to her bible study, Julie says, “I pray that the Lord will use this material to grow you into a kardiologist — someone who glorifies God by diligently guarding his or her heart.” Her prayer was answered in my case. The Kardiology 101 curriculum showed me something I will never be able to un-see. God made our heart in his image, and he wants it dedicated back to him.
I found Julie online while trying to fix whatever is was in me that my then husband was trying to divorce. Julie had led a women’s retreat which worked through the Kardiology 101 curriculum. Some of her speaking sessions were published on YouTube. The study itself was on YouVersion. But I wanted this wonderful path to God’s heart right in front of me. When I reached out for a hard copy of the bible study, Julie went to the bookstore at her church, packed up the binder, and took it to the post office. She sent emails to encourage me in my faith walk while I rebuilt my life alone. I promised to host her Montana-born bible study in my Florida community once I was settled. Julie thanked me for appreciating her work and spreading her message.
Throughout her work on Kardiology 101, Julie battled cancer in her stomach. It was aggressive and painful despite high-end medical treatments and thousands of prayers from her family and fans. She asked the Lord to let her live long enough to finish the bible study. He granted that wish. She asked to live long enough to see her grandchildren. He granted that wish as well. After a six-year battle, “Julie Carpita Gossack, 49, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Thursday morning, June 20, 2019” (Dokken Nelson Funeral Service).
I trust that Julie is enjoying her new life and meeting all the people who went home before her. One of those people is Christian music star Rich Mullins, who died in a car accident even younger than Julie. Shortly before he died, Rich wrote a wonderful song called That Where I Am, There You May Also Be. He was quoting Jesus in John 14:2-6. The song continues quoting Jesus, “I’ve come down from the Father, it’s time for me to go back up.” This is how I see Julie Gossack. As I read her Kardiology 101 lessons, I hear her saying, That where I am, there you may also be.
Thank you, Julie, for this priceless binder. I’m looking forward to seeing you in our new life.