Restoring Your Temple – Dr. David Hager on Addiction, Healing and Holy Renewal
In this episode, Faith in Healthcare host Dr. Mike Chupp is joined by Dr. David Hager, a longtime CMDA member, OB-GYN, infectious disease specialist, and award-winning educator whose decades of ministry span clinics, churches, and prisons. Dr. Hager shares transformative insights from his newest book, Restoring Your Temple: Seven Steps to Inner Healing and Peace, and how a quiet morning devotional led to the discovery of a biblical framework for recovery rooted in 2 Chronicles and 1 Corinthians. With deep wisdom and compassion, he unpacks the spiritual and physiological dimensions of addiction, offering a powerful vision of hope, healing, and lasting restoration.
We’ve got exciting news – our podcast has a new name: Faith in Healthcare: The CMDA Matters Podcast. This new name reflects the heart of what we do: sharing real conversations where faith meets healthcare, in clinics, classrooms, operating rooms, and beyond.
We’re building on the deep roots of our CMDA community – and reaching even farther to invite more people into this space. Our prayer is that this shift will grow an even larger, stronger community – one that continues to speak hope, pursue truth, and live boldly for Christ in healthcare. And that many new Christian healthcare professionals will choose to join the CMDA family.
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Meet Our Guest(s):
W. David Hager, M.D. is an obstetrician/gynecologist with a sub-specialty in gynecologic infectious diseases, from Lexington, KY. He has served at the CDC, FDA and NICHD. Hager has been involved in recovery ministry for over 30 years. He is a CMDA member and serves on the Focus on the Family, Physician’s Resource Council. He is a past recipient of the CMDA Heritage Award. He is an ordained pastor at Bethel Harvest Church in Nicholasville, KY. He is married to Pam and they have 4 sons and 10 grandchildren.
