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Upside-Down-and-Backwards: Reflection and Challenge on Inauguration Day

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | January 21, 2021

My grandfather was a deeply gracious man. A Southern gentleman to the core and pastor of a large church, he was loving and compassionate toward everyone he met, and he was also uniquely talented at making each and every person with whom he interacted feel loved and heard. He truly cared, and he had an amazing ability to communicate the depth of that concern. In the 40 years I knew him, I never heard him raise his voice or speak a harsh word, with one dramatic exception. So itā€™s no surprise that the story of Granddaddy, hospitalized and delirious after major surgery, raising his voice at Gran has gone down in family lore. His agitation at her that day was so great, and so perplexing. He was intensely frustrated with her driving, despite the fact that he been in the hospital and nowhere near a car for days. He finally burst out, in his resonant Southern voice, “You insist on driving upside down and backwards just to irritate me!” Needless to say, it did not ease his distress when the entire family burst into laughter. But some things are just so funny you can’t control yourself.

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Be Prepared. Not Scared.

By Tim Lawton, MD, MS (Human Nutrition), FAAFP | April 14, 2020

As a board-certified family physician and hospital medical director with over 25 years experience in emergency, hospital and nutritional medicine, I want to encourage you to do everything you can to stay as healthy as possible during this devastating epidemic.

As the U.S., state and local governments and healthcare professionals labor tirelessly in compassionate and effective efforts to protect American citizens from the spreading COVID-19 Coronavirus, governments in certain countries instead are reportedly exposing persecuted religious groups to the threat.

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Becoming Patients Ourselves

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | July 20, 2023

How and when did we become cynical and emotionally unengaged with our patients? And what can any of us do to fix it?

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Not Progressive, Not Conservative, But Christian

By Amy Givler, MD | September 28, 2023

Whenever I hear the word ā€œpolarization,ā€ I canā€™t help but think of cell division. Specifically? Anaphase, which perhaps you remember from high school biology. All the organelles have been doubled and are bunched at the edgesā€”in moments it will split down the middle and become two cells.

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Pride Kills

By Steven Willing, MD | October 23, 2023

Pride deceives us in many ways. One of the more dangerous expressions is to overestimate our competence and skill. In high-risk situations, the consequences can be disastrous. Too often, greed is offered as a simplistic explanation. The truth runs much deeper.

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The 100th Birthday Party

By Amy Givler, MD | November 22, 2023

Permit me to humbly suggest the following: If you are ever invited to a 100th birthday party, consider attending. And if the centenarian is one of your dearly departed motherā€™s most treasured friends, do whatever you can to attend.

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Church Resources

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | November 3, 2020

Be an advocate for Godā€™s Word and speak truth into todayā€™s ethical issues. These resources will help you learn how to answer difficult questions with grace, kindness and truth.

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Project Medsend Grant Scholarship

Scholarship | Project MedSend Grant

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 8, 2018

MedSend awards grants to repay student loans owed by healthcare professionals while they serve as healthcare missionaries in medically underserved areas of the world. Three times each year, the MedSend board reviews completed applications for healthcare professionals headed for career missionary service.

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Sophisticated Lies Endanger Everyoneā€”Black, Brown, White and Other

By Nicole D. Hayes | March 4, 2024

Language can be cloak and daggerā€”particularly when that ā€œold serpentā€ is speaking who is none other than Satan. He is the father of lies, as noted in John 8:44. He is the original liar. Adam and Eve experienced Satanā€™s craftiness firsthand when he asked Eve in Genesis 3:1, ā€œDid God really say, ā€˜You must not eat from any tree in the gardenā€™?ā€ and then went on to lie and say to her in Genesis 3:4, ā€œYou will not certainly dieā€ (NIV).

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Understanding the Mifepristone District Court Ruling

By Steven A. Foley, MD | June 5, 2023

As an OB/Gyn, I would like to understand why the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) came out against the ruling in Texas by Judge Matthew Kaczmarek regarding Mifepristone in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine vs. FDA. ACOG says it is safe and effective in all their talking points, and it says that it is healthcare. According to Websterā€™s Dictionary, healthcare is ā€œthe maintaining and restoration of health by the treatment and prevention of disease especially by trained and licensed professions.ā€

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CMDA’s The Point

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 15, 2018

A weekly blog keeping you updated on emerging topics relevant to today’s issues in healthcare written by CMDAā€™s staff and members. Perspectives and Opinions on Issues and News Topics is a publication of Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ®. Join the conversation with The Point, CMDA’s blog focusing on breaking news stories in bioethics and healthcare. CMDA’s experts contribute to the blog and also recommend additional resources and information.

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CMDA Matters

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | December 16, 2019

Christian Doctor’s Digest is the premier audio resource for Christian healthcare professionals. Hosted by CMDA CEO Dr. David Stevens, it is an audio magazine released six times each year to all of our members. It includes a variety of interviews with experts in various fields pertaining to Christian healthcare professionals.

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Scholarship | Johnson Short-Term Mission

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 7, 2018

Encouraging MD/DO residents and fellows to serve the underserved cross-culturally and in doing so to seek the Lord’s will for their lifetime involvement in medical missions.

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James P. Owen Mission Scholarship Information

Scholarship | James P. Owen Mission

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 7, 2018

James P. Owen had a keen interest in missionary medicine. He died in 1981 while a senior medical student at Southwestern Medical School. The James P. Owen Memorial Endowment Fund was established by his wife in loving memory of her husband. Medical students at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas are eligible to apply.

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Scholarship | Minority Short Term Mission Scholarship

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 14, 2021

This scholarship seeks to encourage and enable non-white students and trainees to participate in mission rotations outside the United States.

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Regretting Transition for Gender Dysphoria

By AndrĆØ Van Mol, MD | June 23, 2022

Supporters of gender-affirming therapy (GAT)ā€”transition affirmationā€”are doubling down on claims that regret and detransition are rare. From state-level bills in my home state of California to national policy initiatives from the federal administration, the assertion that transitioning for gender dysphoria is all but regret free is used as a promotional tool for the proposed mandating of GAT essentially on request. However, the sales pitch does not hold up to inspection.

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Finding Precedent, Perspective and Our Place in the ā€œUnprecedentedā€

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 14, 2020

Renowned British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge once said: ā€œAll news is nothing more than new people experiencing old things.ā€ Over the last weeks accumulating into months, the word ā€œunprecedentedā€ has quickly become a favorite and frequently used description of the COVID-19 times we are living in.

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Giving

By Al Weir, MD | July 5, 2023

I wish his statement was more true of me. One of our gospelā€™s major principles is that followers of Christ are called to give. Itā€™s clear in the teachings of Jesus, ā€œGive to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from youā€ (Matthew 5:42, NIV).

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CMDA Ethics Statement on Transgender Identification

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 28, 2022

In this ethical statement, CMDA provides biblical, biological, social, and medical support for an understanding of gender dysphoria that aligns with Scripture and includes an extensive glossary of terms. While gender dysphoria is not addressed directly in the Bible, Christians affirm the biblical understanding that humankind was created male and female. After detailing the biological, social, and medical evidence, recommendations are made for the Christian community in general as well as for Christian healthcare professionals regarding their interactions with individuals suffering from gender dysphoria. The statement concludes with recommendations that Christian healthcare professionals should not refuse care to patients with gender dysphoria but should also not be forced to assist patients in gender transition.

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What’s in an Age?

By Al Weir, MD | September 12, 2023

I was visiting a patient in the rehab center who had undergone a knee replacement. He was fine except for the slow pace of rehab. His wife was there, vivacious, energetic, appearing far younger than her stated age, which I will not share. I asked her how they had met.

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ā€œWe actually met in church,ā€ she shared. ā€œYou know, I am older than he. When we started dating, he wouldnā€™t tell me how old he was. I called the church office to find out, but they wouldnā€™t tell me either. By the time I found out he was five years younger, I was already in love, and the rest is history.ā€

What difference does age make anyway?

Quite a bit, actually…

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Eutychus

By Al Weir, MD | February 20, 2024

The battle between faith and science is a battle in peopleā€™s minds, not between two great opposing forces. In my discussion with her, she shared her faith in God and the spiritual. ā€œIā€™ve seen spiritual healing,ā€ she said. I then tried my best to lay out for her my understanding of the integration of faith and science in healing.

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Gracefully Broken

By Al Weir, MD | March 26, 2024

ā€œThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despiseā€ (Psalm 51:17, ESV).

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Hanging By a Thread

By Al Weir, MD | April 2, 2024

ā€œFor our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them allā€ (2 Corinthians 4:17, NIV).

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Mentoring With A Coach Approach (May)

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 20, 2024

May 31-June 1, 2024
This 2-Day Intensive introduces a framework that utilizes a “coach approach” to mentoring, with an emphasis on a reflective process that nurtures well-being.

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Mentoring With A Coach Approach (August)

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 3, 2024

August 23-24, 2024
This 2-Day Intensive introduces a framework that utilizes a “coach approach” to mentoring, with an emphasis on a reflective process that nurtures well-being.

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Mentoring With A Coach Approach (October)

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 3, 2024

October 3-31, 2024
This 2-Day Intensive introduces a framework that utilizes a “coach approach” to mentoring, with an emphasis on a reflective process that nurtures well-being.

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Fickle Faith

By Al Weir, MD | March 12, 2024

He is one of our few remaining World War II heroes at 97ā€”a retired pastor, still alert, able to walk with a cane, writing great stories about his life and sharing wisdom that only comes with experience.

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Ethics Hotline

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 24, 2018

We are dedicated to serving as a Christian voice and a resource for our members on today’s bioethical issues. Have you encountered a difficult patient care decision at your hospital? Do you have a question about how to maintain Hippocratic traditions within your work as a healthcare professional?

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Continuing Education

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 26, 2018

Through CMDA’s Department of Continuing Education, you can earn continuing medical and dental education credits at a variety of CMDA events around the country. The Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for healthcare providers.

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Member Search

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | December 17, 2018

Christian Healthcare Professional Search Find a CMDA Member Healthcare Professional Select an area of the map by typing a zip code, city, or state. You can zoom in on the map and select pins to look at practices and healthcare members in an area.Ā  If you search for a specific professional by name, the results will display below the map. Be sure to check proper…

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Center for Well-being | Mentoring | Training & Events

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | 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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Advocacy

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 22, 2023

ā€œSpeak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushedā€ (Proverbs 31:8-9, NLT).

That scriptural challenge is a driving factor for the work we do in advocacy here at CMDA. As one of the core aspects of CMDAā€™s ministry efforts, we are dedicated to serving as a Christian healthcare voice in the public, to the media and to the government. And we do that through our grassroots advocacy efforts on both state and federal levels as we stand together to bring the hope and healing of Christ to the world through advocacy.

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Membership Dues

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 22, 2023

One of the most common reasons healthcare professionals give for not joining or renewing their membership is that they do not have time to be involved. Membership does not obligate you to participate in any of the ministries of CMDA. These ministries are there when or if you need them, either serving you or serving others.

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2023 Year End

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 23, 2023

Developed by expert healthcare professionals, this new small group study is designed to ask difficult, thought-provoking questions as we seek the truth found in Godā€™s Word about the ethical issues facing Christians today. This curriculum will help you courageously stand up for whatā€™s morally right according to your beliefs.

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Dr. T. Bob and Janis Davis Dental Student Scholarship Fund

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 14, 2024

Dr. T. Bob and Janis Davis Dental Student Scholarship Fund

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GCDC

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 2, 2024

This inaugural Great Commission Dental Conference will feature over thirty presenters, speaking on a wide range of topics ā€“ short term mission trips, long term ministry, teaching trips, private practice ministry, community clinic involvement, missionary dental equipment, funding missionary activity, et cetera. There will be something for everyone at this meeting, including sweet fellowship with others of like mind from across the country and around the world. All dental personnel and students are invited to join us for this unique meeting of Christian dental professionals!

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Houston

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 19, 2019

CMDA Houston’s vision is to strengthen and equip physicians, PA’s, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, students, and other healthcare professionals with the wisdom and compassion of Christ as they transform their professional fields through holistic care. Through this network of Christ-centered, compassionate caregivers, people receive the latest medical treatment through the transformative power of the gospel.

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Local CMDA Groups

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 17, 2018

Home Regional Communities Local Area Ministries Find a Chapter Near You Resources Leading Others Go On Mission Residents & Fellows Podcasts Find a CMDA Chapter Near You Want to connect with other healthcare students and professionals in your area for fellowship, encouragement and more? CMDA has hundreds of student and community chapters across the country. Check out the map below to see if there’s a…

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Coaching Courses

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | October 29, 2018

HOME TRAINING EVENTS RESOURCES FAQs DONATE CONTACT US UPCOMING COACHING COURSES We offer several opportunities to engage in Coaching Training throughout the year. These are the most current courses we have planned. Please contact misty.carter@cmda.org to join our waitlist 503 Coaching Change, Transition and Transformation May 17-18, 2024 This course builds on the foundational skills in coaching taught in our 501 course to focus on…

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Center for Well-being | Events

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 18, 2019

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

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Resources

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 11, 2022

A ministry of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations.

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Stay Connected

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | May 12, 2022

A ministry of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations.

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Welcome Member – CASE Advocacy

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 16, 2022

That scriptural challenge is a driving factor for the work we do in advocacy here at CMDA. As one of the core aspects of CMDAā€™s ministry efforts, we are dedicated to serving as a Christian healthcare voice in the public, to the media and to the government. And we do that through our grassroots advocacy efforts on both state and federal levels.

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Standing Strong in Training

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | October 16, 2023

As the newest edition to CMDAā€™s long list of resources for our members, Standing Strong in Training is new curriculum that helps healthcare students and residents stand up against the cultural pressures facing Christians within healthcare today.

The curriculumā€™s seven modules are designed for group settings, allowing attendees to solidify their foundational worldview beliefs regarding important issues, such as the beginning of life, end of life and biblical sexuality. Each module also offers ideas of how to winsomely defend biblical values and positively interact with others in developing their worldview beliefs.

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Media

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 5, 2018

Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® Media Resources are freely provided to members and non-members alike.

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Renew Your Membership

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | November 16, 2022

Youā€™ve stood by us during difficult times and we want to return the favor. You can also call this number if your situation has changed (e.g. youā€™re now retired) and we need to update your records. We love to hear from you. And we value your friendship. After all, weā€™ve been through a lot together.

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Fellowship of Christian Physician Assistants

FCPA – History

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 16, 2019

Imagine having an entire army of peers to whom you could turn for advice, ideas and support, from a Biblical, Christian perspective. By joining CMDA, and as a member of the Physician Assistants section, you will become part of a network of fellow Christian PAs, students, residents, doctors and other healthcare professionals who all face similar professional and personal challenges as you.

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By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 17, 2020

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Scholarship | Domestic Short Term Mission Scholarship

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 14, 2021

This scholarship seeks to encourage and enable students and residents to participate in mission rotations here in the United States, working with marginalized, underserved, and vulnerable populations in a Christian healthcare setting.

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Greater New York City

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 16, 2020

CMDA Greater New York facilitates gatherings for students to fellowship with like minded peers and with Christian graduate professionals to build relationships that promote growth professionally and personally.

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CAHM – Long-Term Service

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 9, 2021

A program designed to serve domestic and international healthcare missionaries in their work as well as aid in the recruitment and retention of career medical missionaries. CMM also assists students with scholarships and overseas rotations.

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Why Do I Believe?

By Al Weir, MD | June 6, 2023

My wife had put up with me for many years before I took her to Spain recently on our 50th wedding anniversary. Seville is an amazing town founded by the Phoenicians, developed by the Carthaginians and conquered by the Romans as a sea port in southern Spain before the river connecting it to the ocean silted out.

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The Best Life

By Al Weir, MD | June 20, 2023

My wife had put up with me for many years before I took her to Spain recently on our 50th wedding anniversary. Seville is an amazing town founded by the Phoenicians, developed by the Carthaginians and conquered by the Romans as a sea port in southern Spain before the river connecting it to the ocean silted out.

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He is or He Ain’t

By Al Weir, MD | July 18, 2023

ā€œI greeted him in church, a father who had lost his daughter abruptly to cancer. I could not help but put my arms around him and tell him how sorry I was. Six pews down, I was surprised to see a friend who had missed church for months due to a prolonged illness that had stumped the specialists. She shared, ā€œTwo weeks ago, five of our Bible Study class came over, laid hands on me and prayed for me. I have been improving ever since.””

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A Song from the Heart

By Al Weir, MD | November 21, 2023

ā€œHe put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in himā€ (Psalm 40:3, NIV).

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Painful Redirections

By Al Weir, MD | February 13, 2024

There are times we want things badly: good things, even Godly things, that God has not chosen for us. The tearing away of those dreams is painful but not evil if we leave God in charge.

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The Squeeze

By Al Weir, MD | February 27, 2024

Is the juice worth the squeeze? This is a reasonable question to ask about following Christ, and Jesus encouraged His followers to do so.

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I Need to Do Better

By Al Weir, MD | March 5, 2024

He is one of our few remaining World War II heroes at 97ā€”a retired pastor, still alert, able to walk with a cane, writing great stories about his life and sharing wisdom that only comes with experience.

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The Convergence 2024

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | April 2, 2024

September 19-21, 2024
Join us as we integrate theological and medical perspectives on caring for those struggling with addiction.

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The Nudge

By Al Weir, MD | March 19, 2024

ā€œBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earthā€ (Acts 1:8, NIV).

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Heart Words

By Al Weir, MD | April 11, 2023

ā€œI have come that they may have life, and have it to the fullā€ (John 10:10b, NIV).

ā€œIā€™m ready for you to let me go, Doc,ā€ he said.

ā€œYou mean to heaven?ā€ I asked.

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A Second Baptism

By Al Weir, MD | April 18, 2023

ā€œI have come that they may have life, and have it to the fullā€ (John 10:10b, NIV).

ā€œIā€™m ready for you to let me go, Doc,ā€ he said.

ā€œYou mean to heaven?ā€ I asked.

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More Than Conquerors

By Al Weir, MD | May 16, 2023

How does Godā€™s goodness make us ā€œmore than conquerorsā€ (Romans 8:37) when we suffer, whether we ask for the suffering or not?

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Marriage Enrichment Weekend Conference – New Orleans

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 20, 2023

May 10-12, 2024
The effects of todayā€™s healthcare professions have taken its toll on marriages. Increasing time pressures, fiscal burdens, continuing education requirements and countless demands have made building strong marriage relationships all the more difficult.

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Marriage Enrichment Weekend Conference – Grand Rapids

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 2, 2024

October 4-6, 2024
The effects of todayā€™s healthcare professions have taken its toll on marriages. Increasing time pressures, fiscal burdens, continuing education requirements and countless demands have made building strong marriage relationships all the more difficult.

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Reproductive Issues

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 18, 2019

As a Christian healthcare professional, have your colleagues ever looked down at you for refusing to prescribe the morning after pill? Or have you ever been punished for maintaining your religious beliefs instead of believing in evolution? Or have you ever been harassed by an attending trying to force you to perform an abortion?

If youā€™ve experienced any type of hostility or discrimination like this, then you know how important it is for healthcare workers to protect their right of conscience. Right of conscience is defined as the right to practice healthcare in accordance with your deeply held religious, moral or ethical convictions.

Healthcare professionals are being pressured and discriminated against by employers and colleagues because of their deeply held religious or moral beliefs. Almost one in four faith-based professionals state that they have been discriminated against by employers, educators or others in the healthcare system. Nearly two out of five have been pressured to violate their beliefs by referring, writing a prescription or doing a procedure.

Abolishing the right of conscience is dangerous. Itā€™s not just dangerous for the physicians and healthcare workers, but itā€™s also dangerous for our country, our healthcare system and every patient. In a recent survey of more than 2,800 faith-based doctors, pharmacists, physician assistants and nurses, 95 percent of them said they would quit medicine before violating their conscience.

CMDA is committed to providing the most up-to-date information on the legislative, ethical and medical aspects of the fight to protect the rights of medical professionals. Weā€™ve compiled a great number of resources that you can use to educate yourself and others about this important issue. So get involved today: talk about the issue with your friends, write your senators and send a letter to your local newspaper to let others know how important it is to maintain the right of conscience.

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Marijuana

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 14, 2019

The Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) has developed this policy on ā€œmedical marijuanaā€ and “recreational marijuana” with both an inherent belief that the Bible is the Word of Godā€”that it speaks into our time and culture and that God gave us his creation to use to its fullest potentialā€”and with the incorporation of scientific evidence which provides a window into the truths about Godā€™s creation.

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End of Life Issues

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 22, 2019

As a Christian healthcare professional, have your colleagues ever looked down at you for refusing to prescribe the morning after pill? Or have you ever been punished for maintaining your religious beliefs instead of believing in evolution? Or have you ever been harassed by an attending trying to force you to perform an abortion?

If youā€™ve experienced any type of hostility or discrimination like this, then you know how important it is for healthcare workers to protect their right of conscience. Right of conscience is defined as the right to practice healthcare in accordance with your deeply held religious, moral or ethical convictions.

Healthcare professionals are being pressured and discriminated against by employers and colleagues because of their deeply held religious or moral beliefs. Almost one in four faith-based professionals state that they have been discriminated against by employers, educators or others in the healthcare system. Nearly two out of five have been pressured to violate their beliefs by referring, writing a prescription or doing a procedure.

Abolishing the right of conscience is dangerous. Itā€™s not just dangerous for the physicians and healthcare workers, but itā€™s also dangerous for our country, our healthcare system and every patient. In a recent survey of more than 2,800 faith-based doctors, pharmacists, physician assistants and nurses, 95 percent of them said they would quit medicine before violating their conscience.

CMDA is committed to providing the most up-to-date information on the legislative, ethical and medical aspects of the fight to protect the rights of medical professionals. Weā€™ve compiled a great number of resources that you can use to educate yourself and others about this important issue. So get involved today: talk about the issue with your friends, write your senators and send a letter to your local newspaper to let others know how important it is to maintain the right of conscience.

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Real Regulation of Human Embryo Experiments

By David Prentice, PhD | July 8, 2021

As we expected, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) issued its revised guidelines on stem cells and embryo experiments at the end of May 2021, and as expected, the ISSCR recommendations are rife with proposed experiments on young human beings. The new guidelines discard the 14-day limit on human embryo experiments in favor of no limits whatsoever, and they allow virtually unrestricted manufacture of human-animal chimeras of any type, as well as creation of genetically altered human embryos and lab constructed human embryo ā€œmodels.ā€ Very little is left in the category of ā€œcurrently not permitted.ā€

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Who Counts? Bioethics, Biomedicine and Exploitation of Nascent Human Beings

By David Prentice, PhD | July 24, 2023

What defines our humanity and what it means to be a human being? Put another way, who counts? Every human life has value, no matter the age or stage of development, size, genetic or acquired characteristics or circumstances of the individual.

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Stopping the Pain and Saving Lives: Successful Treatments for Sickle Cell Disease

By David Prentice, PhD | January 10, 2024

As Christians in healthcare, we must hold fast to the belief that all life holds value, and all human beings are made in the Imago Dei. To veer from that belief is to allow room for the lie that some lives are not worth living.

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Saying, ā€œThis is as good as it getsā€

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

I have a dear Christian friend of whom I have finally had to say, ā€œThis is as good as it gets,ā€ and leave him in the Lordā€™s hands.

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Publications

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 21, 2018

We publish a wide variety of informational print, audio and electronic publications that are designed to encourage, equip and motivate our members.

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The Purpose in Pain

By Amy Givler, MD | January 28, 2021

When my husband and I worked at a mission hospital in Kenya for six weeks in 2013, we ate dinner every evening with another volunteer doctor, an orthopedic surgeon. We often discussed the use of opioids, or rather, the seldom-use of opioids in Kenya. After a U.S. surgery, he said his patients would receive opioids round the clock in the hospital, and theyā€™d go home with a prescription for 30 to 60 pills. Yet here, patientsā€™ pain was managed with non-opioid pain medications, and nobody was prescribed opioids after discharge.

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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 ā€œmoral injuryā€ 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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Ample Alternatives to Fetal Failures

By David Prentice, PhD | February 7, 2022

Fairy tales and science usually donā€™t coincide; fairy tales are the stuff of myth and fancy, science of objective fact. Yet the continued push for fetal tissue research is extensively constructed of flimsy fairy tales, with proponents willfully ignoring objective fact in hopes of gaining some taxpayer dollars. The falsehoods about fetal tissue research have been repeatedly debunked by factual evidence, but fetal tissue research advocates continue to apply the Illusory Truth Effect: repeat something often enough, even if false, and people will begin to believe it. Unwilling to let a good crisis go to waste, fetal tissue proponents have even tried to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming that fetal tissue is essential for study of SARS-CoV-2 infections, making humanized ā€œlung-only miceā€ using fetal tissue from abortion. Sadly, the unphysiological and anatomically inappropriate mouse model highlights the lengths to which some scientists will go to justify unethical practices. And while the Biden administration in 2021 removed sound ethical reviews and prohibitions on taxpayer-funded fetal tissue research, clinging to this antiquated research holds back modern, productive science. Here is just a small sampling of the scientifically and ethically superior methods and models that should be receiving attention.

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No Time for Complacency, Speak Up for Ethical Science

By David Prentice, PhD | May 18, 2021

Well, that didnā€™t take long. As predicted, the parade of challenges to human dignity and human life discussed not long ago has already started to come to pass.

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Whoā€™s Calling Who a Blob?

By James L. Sherley, MD, PhD | November 9, 2023

Well, there they go again: science reporters are calling human beings ā€œblobs.ā€ Not blobs as in the classic science fiction movie that wreaked havoc and death on unwitting victims. No, they are back to labeling innocent embryo-age human beings as mere ā€œblobs of cells.ā€

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Faith and Gratitude

By Autumn Dawn Galbreath, MD, MBA | November 18, 2021

As I continue my series on faith and culture, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. But believe it or not, I didnā€™t choose this topic because of its appropriateness for Thanksgiving week. The topic has been close at hand in my own life of late, which has made me even more aware of its cultural applications.

By way of background, I must admit that I struggle to ask anyone to do anything for me. Asking a friend down the street to give my daughter a ride home from school is difficult and makes me think about what I need to do to even the playing field.

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Reginald Finger, MD, MPH

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 11, 2019

Reginald Finger, MD, MPH received the Doctor of Medicine degree in 1981 and a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology in 1983 from the University of Washington in Seattle. For much of his career, Dr. Finger has worked in disease prevention and health promotion in state and local health departments. Dr. Finger has been a CMDA member since 2003.

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DTS Webinar

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 6, 2023

A webinar series hosted by Christian Medical & Dental Associations and The Hendricks Center at Dallas Theological Seminary. Through The Convergence, CMDA joins together with The Hendricks Center at Dallas Theological Seminary to discuss topics important to today’s leaders in healthcare and in the church. Each webinar includes a panel of experts to discuss topics such as the beginning of life, pregnancy after Roe v.…

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Day of Prayer

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 26, 2018

ā€œThis is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according
to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears usā€”whatever we askā€”we know
that we have what we asked of him.ā€
ā€”1 John 5:14-15, NIV

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Protected: Event Form (INTERNAL USE ONLY)

By Eric Willingham | November 21, 2022

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Making God Smile

By Al Weir, MD | October 24, 2023

It was a number I didnā€™t recognize and answered too late. When I called back, no one picked up. Later the same number called me and said, ā€œDr. ___?ā€ I recognized her voice from the past immediately. I called her name and said, ā€œYou must have butt dialed me.ā€

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Donā€™t Use Ice Picks for Brain Surgery

By Amy Givler, MD | September 22, 2022

The first time I ever heard of a lobotomy was in the early 1980s. I was a medical student, but I didnā€™t learn about it in class. Instead, I was in a darkened room with a bunch of other family members, watching a family home movie filmed 30 years earlier. The scene was some kind of a garden party, and in the midst of the lively antics of my parents, their siblings and my great-aunts and great-uncles, there was a late middle-aged woman who justā€¦stood there. Eventually someone took her arm and led her to a chair where she justā€¦sat there. Completely still, no facial expression, no interaction with anyone else.

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Tucker Gets Itā€”Abortion is Child-Sacrifice

By JC Bicek | November 6, 2023

In case you missed it, political commentator Tucker Carlson was speaking at an event hosted by The Center for Christian Virtue back in September in Cleveland, Ohio, where he brought up two key ballot initiatives Ohioans will be voting on in early November.

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Cincinnati

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 11, 2022

CMDA Cincinnati exists to encourage, strengthen, and equip healthcare professionals to: live out the character of Christ in their homes, workplaces, communities, and around the world; cultivate communities to reach, mentor, and partner with healthcare professionals; pursue professional excellence and compassion through Christ-centered care; and provide spaces of dialogue to address relevant healthcare issues.

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Join CMDA – Retired & Friends

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 26, 2023

When you become a member of CMDA you are joining the largest community of Christian Healthcare professionals in the world! Welcome Retired Healthcare Professionals & Friends of CMDA.

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CMDA Houston Student Ministry

Join CMDA – Students & Residents

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | September 26, 2023

When you become a member of CMDA you are joining the largest community of Christian Healthcare professionals in the world! Welcome Students and Residents.

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Lifetime

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | February 13, 2024

When you become a member of CMDA you are joining the largest community of Christian Healthcare professionals in the world!

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What if Christians Led the Way Out of This? ā€“ Redefining our Freedom According to the Cross

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | July 22, 2020

ā€œIt is for freedom that Christ has set us freeā€¦Youā€¦were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: ā€˜Love your neighbor as yourselfā€¦ā€™ā€ (Galatians 5:1a,13-14, NIV 1984).

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Pregnancy Resource Centersā€™ 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 ā€œtacticsā€ such as ā€œmisleading informationā€ and ā€œemotional manipulationā€ to dissuade pregnant women from seeking life-affirming help.

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Welcome Member – CASE Service

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | June 20, 2022

The core of CMDAā€™s ministry happens in local communities where healthcare professionals, residents and students live out the character of Christ. Just like it says in Proverbs 27:17, ā€œAs iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.ā€

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Scholarship | WPDC Mission Trips with GHO

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | March 8, 2018

In partnership with Global Health Outreach, WPDC women are invited to go on mission trips which offer participants an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of refugees, orphans and human trafficking victims around the world.

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Scholarship | Good Samaritan Scholarship

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | January 25, 2022

To introduce diverse health care students to Christian medical missions allowing them to not only become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental problems in developing countries, but also to obtain the skills to participate, in training and mentoring the next generation of missionaries in the name of Jesus.

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Thrive

By Christian Medical & Dental AssociationsĀ® | August 29, 2022

Join Dr. Mike Chupp, Dr. Bill Griffin and Pastor Bert Jones from CMDA headquarters on a multi-city tour for an engaging event highlighting CMDA resources Faith Prescriptions and Bridging The Gap along with an in-depth overview of the expanding, impactful ministry of CMDA across the nation.

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