Christian Doctor's Digest

Walt Larimore, MD discusses how to build a Spiritual Team within your practice to assist in ministry to your patients.

The complete May 2018 issue of Christian Doctor's Digest with guests Bob Orr, MD and Walt Heyer, hosted by CMDA CEO David Stevens, MD.

Walt Heyer was a husband, father and corporate executive who underwent gender reassignment surgery at the age of 42, going from man to woman. Eight years later, Walt went back to man again and has been restored to his male gender for over 20 years now. Walt Heyer has a passion to help others who regret gender change. Walt’s mission is to raise public awareness about the incidence of regret and the tragic consequences suffered as a result.

Bob Orr, MD discusses the rights of Physicians balanced against the rights of patients and the history of how we came to this point in Medical Ethics.

The complete April 2018 issue of Christian Doctor's Digest with guests Omari Hodge, MD and Bill Brown, hosted by CMDA CEO David Stevens, MD.

Omari Hodge, MD, a board certified family medicine physician, discusses race relations in the United States.

Dr. William E. (Bill) Brown was President of Bryan College and Cedarville University. Currently, he divides his time among a number of initiatives. He has been recently named Senior Fellow of Worldview and Culture at the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He not only serves the Center but directs the Colson Fellows Program (formerly, the Centurions Program).

The complete March 2018 issue of Christian Doctor's Digest with guests Roger Severino, Sara Hellwege, CNM and John Barnett, hosted by CMDA CEO David Stevens, MD.

Roger Severino is the Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sara Hellwege, CNM, is a Certified Nurse Midwife who in 2014, filed a federal lawsuit, on the basis of discrimination due to her religious and moral convictions.

Dr. John Barnett has been teaching the Word of God for 30+ years. He will be the Bible teacher at the 2018 CMDA National Convention, April 26-29, at Ridgecrest Conference Center. These are excerpts from a sermon titled Love & Compassion delivered to his congregation at Calvary Bible Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The complete February 2018 issue of Christian Doctor's Digest with guests Ben Court and Larry McCrary, hosted by CMDA CEO David Stevens, MD.

Ben Cort’s passion for recovery, prevention and harm reduction comes from his own struggle with substance abuse. Sober since 1996, Ben has been a part of the recovery community in almost every way imaginable; from a recipient to a provider to a spokesperson. Cort has a deep understanding of the issues and a personal motivation to see the harmful effects of drug and alcohol abuse minimized. Ben Cort shares about his book Weed, INC.

Larry McCrary began planting churches in the United States in 1991 and was subsequently part of 8 church plants. Larry is a missional entrepreneur. In 2008 he co-founded The Upstream Collective, which is a non-profit devoted to helping churches learn how to engage people with the gospel at home and in other cultures. He also founded The Skybridge Community which is a global network helping marketplace professionals live strategically as salt and light wherever they are.

The complete January 2018 issue of Christian Doctor's Digest with guests Larry Worthen and Nathan D'Jiim, hosted by CMDA CEO David Stevens, MD.

Larry Worthen, Executive Director of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada (CMDS), discusses the quick change from Physician Assisted Suicide to Euthanasia in Canada.

Nathan J'Diim discusses an intriguing way to witness to those of the Muslim faith.

John Patrick, MD and John Robson discuss the best ways to witness to intelligent unbelievers about the good news of the Gospel.

Dr. Bob Bowers has been a medical missionary for the past forty plus years working in six different countries in three continents. His story of God ’s miracles and leading, perseverance, spiritual care/ministry and surgical care in vast array of different cultures, in areas where the medical knowledge was extremely primitive resulting in rare and advanced surgical disease is told with compassion and humor.

Pat George has been President and CEO of the Valley Hope Association since July 2015 and has served on the Board of Directors since 2003. Pat has a long and distinguished career in business and public service. He was Kansas Commerce Secretary from 2010 to 2015 and served in the Kansas House of Representatives for six years. He is dedicated to helping those suffering from addiction “one person at a time, honorably and respectfully.”

U. S. Representative Joe Pitt served in Congress for 20 years, retiring in 2017 as a respected statesman known for his strong Christian faith and his commitment to advancing Judeo-Christian values in government and society. He served the 16th Congressional District of Pennsylvania and chaired the Values Action Team (VAT) for 19 years advocating pro-life, pro-family legislation and religious freedom for all Americans.