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Obedience

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 23, 2023

Trish Burgess, MD shares stories from her time as an ER doc about lessons learned in suffering, both for the patients and herself. Then she expands that with example of the obedience Christ showed in His suffering leading to His Crucifixion.

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Lessons from a U.S. Surgeon General

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 23, 2023

Dr. Jerome Adams, the 20th Surgeon General of the United States, talks about his journey to serving in public policy and his efforts to lead American through pressing health challenges, like the opioid epidemic.

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It Isn’t Hate to Speak the Truth

It Isn’t Hate to Speak the Truth

By Amy Givler, MD | March 23, 2023

I am one of those parents who didn’t let her daughter (though she begged and begged) read the Harry Potter book series when she was 10…and 11…and 12. Even though her friends were reading them. Even though the whole world seemed crazy about them, and she was an avid reader.

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Center for Well-being Who we are and What we do

Center for Well-being | Twelve 12

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 22, 2023

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Courage

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 21, 2023

David Stevens, MD shares about where we can find the Courage to face the Giants in our lives and be examples for others in their walks with the Lord.

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Center for Well-being Who we are and What we do

Center for Well-being | Mentoring | Contact Us

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 21, 2023

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Promises

Promises

By Al Weir, MD | March 21, 2023

“Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations…” (Romans 4:18, NIV).

“I got my hug!”

I had not seen her in a while. Her husband had been one of my dear friends with medical problems that complicated COVID and took his life last year.

“I was so blessed,” she said. “I was dreaming about him, just like when he was healthy. In that dream he gave me this wonderful hug.”

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Protecting our Healthcare Conscience Freedoms

Pushing, Pulling and the Tension in Between

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | March 16, 2023

Just today in a text exchange about job hunting, a CMDA friend reminded several of us that God can lead us in a variety of ways. Many times, God calls us, or pulls us, into the roles He has for us. We feel clearly instructed, and we feel certain we are following His leading as we step into a new chapter, be it a job or school or church or a new family decision. As American Christians, we are used to thinking about decision-making this way, I think. We feel that we must not know the right thing to do if we don’t feel pulled to one of the options. We pray for clarity, and we seek advice because we want that sense of calling, of being pulled in the direction God would have us to go.

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How to Speak Spiritual Truth w/o Being a Jerk

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 16, 2023

Scott Ledford shares ways that we can bring spiritual truths to those around us without coming off like a jerk.

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All The King’s Horses

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 16, 2023

Gene Rudd, MD poses the question “If the problem (our broken world) is rooted in sinful hearts, can governments, courts and social systems ever be the solution to our rebellion against God?”.

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9 Life Changing Lessons

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 16, 2023

Keith Waldrop shares 9 life changing lessons on leadership, relationships and life.

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Every Piece of Peace

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 16, 2023

Nicole Hayes shares about how to go from poise to peace as we rely more completely on God. 

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Making an Impact on Campus

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 16, 2023

3rd year medical student Ryan Orlando talks about how CMDA is making a difference and impacting him as he journeys through healthcare training.

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Center for Well-being Who we are and What we do

Center for Well-being | Mentoring | Training & Events

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 15, 2023

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Center for Well-being Who we are and What we do

Center for Well-being | Mentoring | Resources

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 15, 2023

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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How to Flourish in your Faith while in School

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 15, 2023

Caroline Doherty, a third-year MD-PhD student at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota discusses how she is able to flourish in her faith in med school and why campus ministry is so important for every Christian.

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Car Thief

Car Thief

By Al Weir, MD | March 14, 2023

“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing” (1 Peter 3:9, NIV).

My patient has just retired, and I was curious how he was handling it.

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The Soul of Desire

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 9, 2023

Dr. Curt Thompson shares about how our desire for spiritual connection with God and deeper connections with each other can lead us to living more fully integrated, connected lives.

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Scholarship | MAP International Health Fellowship

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 7, 2023

MAP provides travel scholarships for up to $3,000 to healthcare students from any discipline who are planning to participate a in global health missions experience. Preference is given to those doing a trip or rotation that is at least 4 weeks in duration. For questions, please refer to the website or contact ballison@map.org.

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Stinky

Stinky

By Al Weir, MD | March 7, 2023

“And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:2, ESV).

Yesterday morning one of my colleagues, whose office is next to mine, walked into my office just before clinic started.

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Incorporating Spiritual Interventions Into Your Practice

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 6, 2023

Dr. Cathie Scarbrough talks about bringing your faith into healthcare by incorporating spiritual interventions with Dr. Mike Chupp and Dr. Bill Griffin in this month’s Dental Sound Bytes podcast, which is a re-release of a prior CMDA Matters episode.

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On the Side: March 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 2, 2023

It has been said that all the world is a stage, and the people are mere players. If that is true, then sometimes I feel like a supporting character in my own life. My husband’s career has been center-stage for so long, I can’t remember a time when our life didn’t somehow revolve around it. It determined where we lived, and how long. It determined when dinner was, and when we could go on vacation. It was the reason we moved away from home, and the reason we moved again, and again, and again. And I have been the one making sure all the endless “little things” got done along the way. I am pushing the plot of our lives along—but standing outside the spotlight.

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Cultural Engagement on a Daily Basis

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 2, 2023

Dr. Darrell Bock from The Hendricks Center at Dallas Theological Seminary talks about the importance of listening and cultural engagement in today’s world.

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How to Find Success as a Christian Going into Residency

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | March 1, 2023

In this episode, Dr. Cara Buskmiller discusses what residency interviews are like for Christians and others making decisions based on their consciences and convictions. Also Cara addresses what medical students and pre-medical students should know about how to prepare for residency interviews and how to address challenges they may face during their residency.

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Awakening of 1792 Onward

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 28, 2023

Bill Reichart shares a video of Dr. J. Edwin Orr about revival seen through the lens of history and points to a road map of how we can begin the process again.

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On His Blindness

On His Blindness

By Al Weir, MD | February 28, 2023

“Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel” (Philippians 1:12, NIV).

He was beaten down by loneliness and a cancer that brought him pain, but he loves Jesus the Christ. When I asked him how he was doing on this visit, he said, “Not so well.” I was surprised at his continued response, unrelated to the issues above: “The main reason I’m not doing well is that I want to serve the Lord again, and I just can’t.” He was too weak and too displaced by his circumstances to have a solid foundation from which he could serve, and his heart was deeply committed.

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Rev. Bert L. Jones, CCLC

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 27, 2023

Pastor Bert serves as the Vice President of Missions & Member Care for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) in Bristol, TN.

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Protecting our Healthcare Conscience Freedoms

Protecting our Healthcare Conscience Freedoms

By Jeffrey Barrows, DO, MA (Bioethics) & Anna Pilato, MA | February 27, 2023

We have been privileged as American healthcare professionals to practice medicine according to our sincerely held beliefs, at least until the relatively recent past. However, as many of our members know from personal experience, those conscience freedoms are coming under increasing attacks from several quarters. In this post, we want to remind the reader of the conscience protections that exist at the federal level and explore why those protections are currently endangered.

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By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 25, 2023
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International Pushback Against Medical Interventions for Gender Dysphoria

By Andrè Van Mol, MD | February 23, 2023

The case for gender (transition) affirming therapy—which is more realistically termed gender imitating medical intervention—for gender dysphoria and incongruence is precipitously weakening.

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Celebrating Human Dignity and Purpose

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 23, 2023

Ryan Bomberger, the founder of the Radiance Foundation, talks about his work to create a culture that believes every human life has purpose.

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Top Ten Myths of the Sexual Revolution: Part 4

By Steven Willing, MD | February 22, 2023

Continuing our series on the Top Ten Myths of the Sexual Revolution, we now come to the contentious issue of homosexuality, or, if you prefer, same-sex attraction. This is a highly sensitive subject, and for better or worse, LGBTQ issues have consumed most of the “oxygen” over the last 30 years.

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Asbury Revival

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 21, 2023

Bert Jones shares about the revival at Asbury University and asks the question “What would it take for CMDA to experience a Revival”?

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Impractical Decisions

Impractical Decisions

By Al Weir, MD | February 21, 2023

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18, NIV).

I’ve worked with him for years, through his aggressive cancer, allogeneic transplant, now doing well except for lung damage from the graft versus host disease. He always brings me homemade beef jerky that I hand off to those who love it. Today he had a special request: “I need a letter to go to the Philippines.” He had met a young lady online and had been online dating for four months, now planning to marry her there and bring her home to the U.S.

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Our Relationship with God pt. 1

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 16, 2023

Gene Rudd, MD discusses the first 4 of 7 types of relationships with God and how we should approach each type to grow closer with the Lord.

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Our Relationship with God pt.2

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 16, 2023

Gene Rudd, MD continues his discussion about our relationship with God and the importance of obedience and submission are in creating a good friendship with the Lord.

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Moral Injury of a Different Kind

Moral Injury of a Different Kind

By Craig Nakatsuka, MD | February 16, 2023

Much is being made of the “moral injury” healthcare professionals suffer, which, rightly so, has been exposed and highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moral injury consists of an accumulation of a number of things, such as straining to care for the overwhelming number of incredibly sick patients, having to make wrenching decisions on prioritizing use of medical resources, etc. The focus on the subject is to address a practical need, like workforce supply in the face of increasing burnout among healthcare professionals, but it also addresses a personal human desire to ensure the personal well-being of another, which is the healthcare professional in this case.

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Conscience Freedoms with Becket

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 16, 2023

Luke Goodrich from Becket Fund for Religious Liberty shares about the key and important role CMDA plays in protecting conscience freedoms in healthcare.

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Experiencing the Awe of God’s Passion

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 15, 2023

Mike Chupp, MD shares from John 15 about the incredible sacrifice God made to redeem and restore us to Him.

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From Campus to Clinic: How to Protect Your Christian Conscience

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 15, 2023

Dr. Monika Potocki speaks about the work and organization of Conscience in Residency as it helps students and residents navigate the ethical and moral dilemmas they face in healthcare.

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Louder

Louder

By Al Weir, MD | February 14, 2023

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes…” (Romans 1:16, NIV).

He sat across from me and had time to chat while I was ordering some complex treatment for him, a part-time pastor with theology as good as a ThD professor. We were talking about how much the world needs Jesus.

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Celebrating and Defending the Freedom to Care

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 9, 2023

Dr. Farr Curlin gives a keynote address to celebrate and affirm the value of conscience freedoms in healthcare.

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Pulling Back

Pulling Back

By Al Weir, MD | February 7, 2023

“The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever” (Psalm 19:9a, NIV).

She has issues with chronic anxiety and depression, which are reasonable in her case, with a history of three different cancers and a family that rejected her. She is healthy today and was sharing with me her dependence on Jesus. “I just bring Him along with me. Sometimes I get so worried, and He comes in and just makes me feel warm and comfortable in spite of things.” She added, “Sometimes, though, I get too close to Him, and it scares me. I have to pull back.”

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Master Dentist, Philanthropist and More

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 3, 2023

 Dr. Perry Stamatiades is a lecturer and author and the creator of a philanthropic entity, Servants of Smiles.

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On the Side: February 2023

On the Side: February 2023

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 2, 2023

Kicking and screaming…most of the time. Protesting in the loudest and most ridiculous ways imaginable. Much like a disobedient child, who is being drug from a store by a parent; misbehaving just because they didn’t get what they wanted. That’s me. Why? How do you follow Jesus?

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By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 2, 2023

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Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 2, 2023

Katy Faust, the founder of Them Before Us, shares about her new book and gives a special preview of her talk at the upcoming CMDA National Convention.

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The Challenges and Rewards of Being a Christian OB/GYN

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 1, 2023

Dr. Skop discusses the challenges and opportunities of Christians going into OB/GYN residency as well as the current state of abortion and life issues post Roe v. Wade.

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Law and Love

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 31, 2023

Alan Waldecker discusses how we are free to pursue Holiness while living under Grace.

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Crying Out for Momma

Crying Out for Momma

By Al Weir, MD | January 31, 2023

“As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work” (John 9:4, NIV).

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Take Two

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 26, 2023

Mick Williams shares about how the our God is the God of second chances.

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Precious in God’s Sight

By Amy Givler, MD | January 26, 2023

When I was a child—maybe six, maybe seven—I went through a phase of suspecting the entire world existed as a massive play with one star—me. That is, I was the main actor and the rest of humanity played supporting roles. That is, the universe revolved around me. That is, I was all ego.

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Three Steps to Help Human Trafficking Victims

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 26, 2023

Ashleigh Chapman discusses three steps for healthcare professionals to get involved in helping victims of human trafficking.

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A Call to Holiness

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | January 25, 2023

This week, our kids’ Christian school published The Statement. They sent it out with The Letter. And they asked for The Signature. And once again, our family began the now-familiar dance of shame, grief, anger, prayer, isolation, indignation and so many other emotions that bubble in the toxic stew Christian organizations often throw onto families like us.

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The Holy Spirit

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 25, 2023

David Stevens, MD shares from John 14 about how the Holy Spirit is each Christian’s connection to God.

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Salt or Savior?

By Al Weir, MD | January 24, 2023

“But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt” (Genesis 19:26, NIV).

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Mentoring with a Coach Approach

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 19, 2023

Dr. Darilyn Falck and Rev. Ken Jones discuss a new course available that incorporates mentoring with coaching in CMDA’s Center for Well-being.

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Can You Be A Christian Healthcare Student And Not Lose Your Faith?

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 18, 2023

Ben Watt grew up in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with two siblings, in the family home where he did school, worked for his parents’ business, and kept chickens. He stayed in the county to start his professional path at a Benedictine liberal arts college. For the last four years, he has been blessed to live in Hershey and Harrisburg during medical school at Penn State. He plans to enter family medicine and is excited to get to know many more people and learn how he can serve well in his communities.

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Experiencing the Awe of God’s Presence

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 17, 2023

Mike Chupp, MD shares about how we can better experience the awe of God’s presence.

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Valueless People

By Al Weir, MD | January 17, 2023

“He said also to the man who had invited him, ‘When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you…’” (Luke 14:12-14, ESV).

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Obstetrics and Gynecology Section

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 16, 2023

The mission of the CMDA Obstetrics and Gynecology Section is to educate, encourage and equip Christian Practitioners in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health demonstrating the love and compassion of the Lord Jesus Christ to patients, to families, to our colleagues, to our communities, and to the world.

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Spiritual Warfare

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 12, 2023

Trish Burgess, MD shares about the spiritual warfare going on around us and why God doesn’t let us see it often.

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The Stormy Waters of Transgender Ideology

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 12, 2023

Dr. Andre Van Mol discusses the latest news in the transgender debate.

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Quiet Time

By Danielle Ellis, MD, MTS | January 12, 2023

When Hagar flees after Abram and Sarai, wary of God’s unrealized promise to make their descendants as numerous as the stars (Genesis 15:5), take matters of procreation into their own hands and take advantage of her in the process, she finds herself in both a literal and physical desert.

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Mentoring with a Coach Approach

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 11, 2023

August 3-31, 2023

Mentoring has been proven to promote the academic and professional growth of healthcare professionals. Coaching is gaining traction as a way of promoting
physician well-being and growing leadership skills. Combining the skills of mentor and coach can result in more satisfying and effective mentor-mentee relationships. This five week course introduces a framework that utilizes a “coach approach” to mentoring, with an emphasis on a reflective process that nurtures well-being. We will utilize If I Should Die Before I Live (book and companion guide) by Ken Jones to help develop this framework and apply to the mentoring relationship.

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Dealing with the word DIFFICULT

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 10, 2023

Pastor Bert Jones shares about how we should learn to embrace difficulties as teachable moments from God.

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Limiting God

By Al Weir, MD | January 10, 2023

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6, NIV).

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The Ghost of Savita Halappanavar

By Steven A. Foley, MD | January 9, 2023

The official journal of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), Obstetrics and Gynecology, (often referred to as the Green Journal because of its traditional green cover) recently featured an article entitled “The Ghost of Savita Halappanavar Comes to America.” The article refers to a pregnant woman in Ireland named Savita Halappanavar who died in 2012 from an inappropriately managed second trimester miscarriage.

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Stopping Touchdowns and Tooth Decay

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 6, 2023

Dr. Terry Schmidt spent more than a decade playing in the NFL before becoming a dentist and CMDA member.

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Cameo of Courage with Dr. Scott Armistead

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 5, 2023

Dr. Scott Armistead experienced the loss of his job as he stood up for the truth of the gospel in his work as a teaching professor on a medical campus.

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On the Side: January 2023

By Eric Willingham | January 3, 2023

It is a foggy morning at my house and I just filled my fourth garbage bag following the departure of my Christmas guests (full disclosure: my mom is still here after airline troubles delayed her flight by a week!) I am not ready to un-decorate yet as we love to savor the Christmas lights for a bit as we enter the new year. The deep sigh of tidying up is truly palpable — getting things back in their place somewhat and organized so that the new year can begin.

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A New Year with God

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 3, 2023

Allen Davis shares about how to make the most of our fresh start as we begin this New Year with God.

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Exclusion

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 3, 2023

“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me” (Revelation 3:20, NIV).

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Reflecting Back on 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 29, 2022

George Courtney, CMDA’s Vice President of Stewardship and Legacy Giving, joins Dr. Mike Chupp to discuss how God has been at work through CMDA during 2022, while also looking ahead to opportunities for ministry in 2023.

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Pregnancy Resource Centers’ Life-Affirming Work Exposes Murder Without Accountability of the Abortion Industry

By Nicole D. Hayes | December 29, 2022

On October 31, 2022, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published an issue brief claiming pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) use various “tactics” such as “misleading information” and “emotional manipulation” to dissuade pregnant women from seeking life-affirming help.

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Steroid Mania

By Al Weir, MD | December 27, 2022

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29, NIV).

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Christmas on the Mission Field

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 22, 2022

Several missionary members of CMDA to share their Christmas and holiday memories from the mission field.

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Christmas Lights

By Al Weir, MD | December 20, 2022

“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms” (Deuteronomy 33:27a, NKJV).

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Top Ten Myths of the Sexual Revolution: Part 3

By Steven Willing, MD | December 15, 2022

In the third installment of this series, we examine the connection between the sexual revolution and the formation of sexual predators, the social harm of pornography and why children are its biggest victims.

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The Gift of Live Organ Donation

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 15, 2022

Dr. Stuart Knechtle and Margaret Frothingham discuss the gift of live organ donation.

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Mary Moments in a Martha World

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 14, 2022

Nicole Hayes shares how to take time in our busy world to choose the best thing, sitting at the Master’s feet.

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PRAISE

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 14, 2022

David Stevens, MD shares how praise is the public expression of worship and its importance in our spiritual lives.

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Saving the Coach

Saving the Coach

By Al Weir, MD | December 13, 2022

“How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14, NKJV).

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Saying, “This is as good as it gets”

By Robert E. Cranston, MD, MA (Ethics) | December 8, 2022

I have a dear Christian friend of whom I have finally had to say, “This is as good as it gets,” and leave him in the Lord’s hands.

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The Next Generation in Healthcare

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 8, 2022

Dr. Katie Howe and Dr. Jake Morris discuss their involvement in CMDA throughout their training and their next steps to become long-term healthcare missionaries.

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Giving

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 6, 2022

For more than 80 years, we have pursued one goal—to transform the lives of healthcare professionals so they can transform the world. Through more than 40 programs including campus and community ministries, medical missions, public policy and much more, CMDA continues to be a driving force in healthcare—enriching hundreds of thousands of lives each year.

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Commitment Touch

By Al Weir, MD | December 6, 2022

“Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man” (Mark 1:41a, BSB).

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Center for Well-being Who we are and What we do

Center for Well-being | Mentoring

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 6, 2022

Who we are and what we do. The CMDA Center for Well-being helps Christian healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being and maximize influence.

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Waiting for the Gift

On the Side: December 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 5, 2022

The Christmas season is upon us! I love the smells, the lights and the traditions. One tradition we have in our family is to not put any Christmas gifts under the tree until after the kids go to bed on Christmas Eve. It is a tradition born out of practicality: we had curious toddlers in our house for more than 10 years. But even now, when our youngest is 11, we still keep all the gifts safely tucked away until late Christmas Eve. It is so much fun to see the surprise on their sleepy faces Christmas morning!

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The Star of Bethlehem: A Mystery of the Ages

By Steven Willing, MD | December 1, 2022

One of the most beloved Christmas symbols, the Star of Bethlehem has historic connections appreciated by few. This is a review and comparison of the newest theories.

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CMDA in Nigeria

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 1, 2022

Dr. Kayode Iyun, President of CMDA Nigeria, talks about how Christian healthcare professionals are making a difference across the continent of Africa.

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Christian Medical & Dental Associations celebrates victory in federal court that sets nationwide precedent

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | November 30, 2022

Bristol, Tenn.—November 29, 2022—Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), which is the nation’s largest faith-based professional healthcare association, today is celebrating a final victory in its federal court case to protect the religious beliefs of healthcare professionals from being forced to perform gender-transition procedures or abortions against their conscience and best medical judgment.

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Tri-Cities Recovery

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | November 29, 2022

Mark Mitchell shares about Tri-Cities Recovery and has two guests share about their experiences.

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