CMDA Podcasts

Bill Griffin, DDS shares about how the Gospel can be offensive to believers and offers ways to help them get past that to come into a more Biblically correct understanding of life.

Bill Griffin, DDS shares about how the Gospel can be offensive to non-believers and offers ways to help them get past that to come to a saving knowledge of Christ.

Ben Anderson, a longtime rural healthcare leader with decades of experience helping rural hospitals strengthen and sustain care, joins host Dr. Mike Chupp to discuss the growing challenges facing healthcare in America's rural communities. As hospitals grapple with financial strain, workforce shortages, and increasing demands, Ben shares practical strategies for building resilient healthcare system...

What happens when a family medicine physician trained in China, formed in West Africa, and forged in the crucible of American medical residency decides the Church needs to speak more directly into the lives of healthcare professionals? Dr. Carla Da Goia Pinto joins Bill Reichart on the CMDA Student Pulse Podcast to talk about her book Pray Like This — a 12-week Scripture-based prayer devotional wr...

In this episode of The Voice of Advocacy, host Dr. Brick Lantz welcomes Dr. Joe Rigney to dissect a highly counter-cultural and vital topic: The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits.

Who is preparing the next generation of Christian healthcare professionals? In this powerful discussion on mentorship and discipleship, Christian leaders explore why mentoring is one of the most important—and most neglected—responsibilities in healthcare today. Drawing from decades of experience in medicine, missions, leadership, and education, the speakers share practical wisdom on finding mentor...

George Courtney shares nine traits that God works thru to shape us into the people who He can use in His Kingdom.

Dr. Bill Claytor, recipient of the American Dental Association’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award, speaks on the critical topics of perfectionism, isolation and burnout in dentistry.

Dr. Mike Chupp is joined by three members of the American College of Family Medicine (ACFM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Hippocratic Family Medicine.

In this episode, Bill Reichart sits down with Dr. David Staab, a retired general surgeon and CMDA Member Care volunteer, to talk about what no one wants to talk about. Dr. Staab shares why those in the healing professions are uniquely vulnerable to hidden struggles, what he's actually seeing among students and trainees, why common approaches like informal accountability groups often fall short, an...

In this episode of The Voice of Advocacy, host Dr. Brick Lantz sits down with Dr. Paul Bunge to explore his newly released book, Those Three Years: COVID-19, One Doctor’s Journey and a Prescription for National Healing.

Dave Stevens, MD shares about some of the traits of a Godly father with our Good Father as the ultimate example.

Host Dr. Mike Chupp is joined by CMDA’s Vice President of Advocacy & Bioethics, Dr. Brick Lantz, to answer listener questions from both CMDA members and non-members. Together, they cover a wide range of topics, including conscience protections for pharmacists, the collision of faith and culture in the exam room, caring for patients who are dying, and the spiritual disciplines that help keep Christ...

Mike Chupp, MD shares about God's plan for us within the brief amount of time we have on this earth and how that should spur us to try to obtain wisdom quickly.

Bill Reichart shares from Psalm 8 about the tension between humans being something divine but also something dysfunctional.

Peter Barber shares about the teachings of Jesus and the way He used parables.

In part two of this conversation on GLP-1 receptor agonists, Dr. Mike Chupp is joined by Dr. Kymberli Cook, a systematic theologian, Assistant Director of the Hendricks Center, and adjunct professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, to explore the deeper theological and ethical dimensions of these medications.

What if illness wasn't just something to endure — but a sacred space where God does His deepest work? In this episode, Bill sits down with Dr. Robert Marks, a practicing gastroenterologist, and Dr. Dana Blake, a physical therapist and professor, to discuss their powerful book Crucible of Illness.

In this episode of The Voice of Advocacy, Dr. Brick Lantz sits down with Pastor Zoran Paunovich to explore a unique, highly biblical tool for reaching the vulnerable and sharing the gospel: understanding and interpreting dreams.

Dr. Amy Givler returns to join host Dr. Mike Chupp for the first of two episodes exploring one of the most talked-about drug classes in medicine today: GLP-1 receptor agonists. A family physician who has served patients in northeast Louisiana for decades, Dr. Givler brings both clinical depth and transparency to a conversation happening in primary care offices across the country every single day....

Brick Lantz, MD shares about being relational and conversing with those who are Imago Dei.

Dr. Leah Snodgrass joins host Dr. Mike Chupp for a conversation about the mental health crisis facing children and adolescents today. Rates of anxiety and depression among young people have doubled since the pandemic, yet access to care, especially in rural and underserved communities, remains critically out of reach.

You've spent years in training, but are you ready for one of the most important decisions of your career? In this essential episode of CMDA Student Pulse Podcast, host Bill Reichart sits down with Dr. Linda Wrede Seaman to walk through the critical elements every medical and dental trainee needs to understand before signing their first employment contract. Dr. Seaman brings invaluable expertise in...

Dr. Brick Lantz sits down with Dawn Marie Perez, CEO of Stand Up Girl, and Robin Chambers, Vice President of Advocacy for Children at Focus on the Family. Together, they explore the vital role of modern digital technology in reaching young women facing unplanned pregnancies.

Ed Cannon of FEBC shares about the approach Jesus took with Zacchaeus and lessons we can learn in sharing the Good News.