ICMDA Recordings

Recorded on 17 December 2020 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Gene Rudd How can Christian healthcare workers best find joy in their vocations? Is your life marked by joy? Why is it that most of our neighbours in the western world (including our healthcare colleagues) report being dissatisfied/unhappy? We will look at the underlying causes and the solution. Dr. Gene Ru...

Recorded on 30 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with Dr Andy Bannister Muslims are wonderfully easy people with whom to start conversations about faith. But when we try and share our faith with Muslim friends and colleagues, how do we answer the questions or objections they raise about Christianity? In this webinar, Dr Andy Bannister will draw on his 25 years experience...

Recorded on 7 January 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Trevor Stammers Dr Trevor Stammers was Editor of The New Bioethics journal. He was formerly Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary's University and was a family doctor for 27 years before going into academia. His latest book is The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition . ⁠To listen live...

Recorded on 23 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Yaw Perbi Africa is the most Christian continent in the world today. This talk will celebrate this momentous occasion in world history tracing God’s goodness to Africa in scripture and throughout history, clearly demonstrating that Africa and Africans have always been central to God's missional purposes, not...

Recorded on 16 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rev Dr Stephen Ko In 1 Corinthians 6:19 we are reminded that our 'bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit'. Christ incarnate is deity in flesh, and His spirit is incarnate in us. Living and worshiping incarnationally is consciously embracing what the Creator has designed in His image, from the finest, microsc...

Recorded on 14 January 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Karen Rispin Many faith-based health providers intend to follow in the footsteps of Jesus when they reach out to heal. If you look carefully, most of those Jesus healed were people living with chronic disabilities. Yet this population is often neglected by many faith-based health providers. The World Health Org...

Recorded on 21 January 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Vinod Shah Hear a personal overview of Tony's work in Africa over the last 25 years with his experience in Maxfac across 10 countries, working initially on board Mercy Ships, then with teams on land. For the last 5 years he has been mainly working alongside mission organisations with an emphasis on one-t...

Recorded on 4 February 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Vinod Shah A set of three sacred/secular dichotomies are being presented that have caused schism in our understanding of life and mission including medical mission. These are: The Heaven and Earth dichotomy (the primary dichotomy) Body and Soul dichotomy  Sacred and Secular work dichotomy These in turn have...

Recorded on 9 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with Prof Raman Bedi Infant oral mutilation (IOM) is a traditional practice that is prevalent in many African countries but practised most often in East Africa. IOM involves extracting an infant's unerupted primary teeth or ‘tooth buds' without anaesthesia.  This practice does not have any health benefits. It is typi...

Recorded on 11 February 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Adrian Warnock Adrian Warnock is a medical doctor who worked in the UK’s NHS as a psychiatrist for eight years. Adrian was diagnosed with blood cancer in May 2017. He is a published author, the founder of Blood Cancer Uncensored, and has written a Christian blog since 2003 at Patheos. He is passionate about...

Recorded on 25 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Paul Adams Dr Paul Adams qualified in dentistry and medicine at Guy’s Hospital, London.  He was Registrar in Maxillo-Facial Surgery until becoming a Pharmaceutical Advisor in Industry and Government Medicines Regulator. A teacher/evangelist at heart, Paul has spent 30 years in full time pastoral ministry, g...

Recorded on 4 March 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr James Paul Dr James Paul is director of the English branch of L’Abri Fellowship and before that he practised as a doctor in London, specialising in hospice care for the terminally ill. Many of the questions raised in his recent book  What on Earth Is Heaven?  are ones that people have asked him in these setting...

Recorded on 2 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Laura Bryant Hanford In December 2023, the WHO announced a committee to develop an official “guideline” on gender transition. Most members are transgender activists, and only half are medical professionals. Churches and clinicians need to be aware of the highly organized, well-funded Western activism working through...

Recorded on 25 April 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Richard Harvey The Elephant and the Ant: Mutual Understanding and Blessing? explores the experiences of being a Jewish disciple of Jesus in a church that has been majority world-based for the last 1800 years. What are the biblical theological and cultural differences in understanding Yeshua (Jesus), the church...

Recorded on 11 April 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Larry Worthen The swift advance of euthanasia and assisted suicide (MAiD) in Canada and its corresponding effect on conscience rights should be a cautionary tale for the rest of the world. Nova Scotia doctors are currently fighting to practice medicine against regulators who are trying to normalize the practice o...

Recorded on 11 April 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John Gibson This webinar offers a personal story of the devastating impact of suicide on family, friends and colleagues and asks how we might do better in preventing suicide at home, in education, at work and in our communities. Following attendance at this webinar, delegates will: Understand the devastating...

Recorded on 4 April 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Felicia Wong chairs a webinar with Dr Emil Shehadeh Emil Shehadeh was born in Israel and educated mainly in the UK, achieving BSc Hons (Medical Biology), MSc (Biochemistry), MB ChB (Medicine), and a Diploma in Dermatology and MRCGP. Growing up in Israel, he accompanied his parents all over Galilee, spreading the Gospel amongst all communities includi...

Recorded on 28 March 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Felicia Wong chairs a webinar with Dr Patti Francis Women have become a large sector of medical and dental schools since the mid 80s. Before that time, it was tough for women to be accepted in these fields. God created us male and female and we each bring different gifts to the field of medicine. This webinar will explore those gifts and needs of wo...

Recorded on 21 March 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Kallie Fell. The infertility industry around the globe has grown to a multi-billion dollar business changing the modern family and profiting off of a women’s body. Through film, this presentation will explore third-party reproduction with a specific focus on the main commodity: human eggs. It’s no secret that young...

Recorded on 14 March 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Jeffrey Pang. This talk delves into the pervasive use of pornography within church communities, acknowledging the growing concern and the need for awareness. It explores the harmful effects of pornography on mental health, relationships, and spiritual well-being. The discussion also delves into the neuroscience o...

Recorded on 7 March 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Pablo Martínez Vila. Prayer is the highlight of our spiritual life, but we are more than just "spirits", we are a unity of body, mind and spirit. Our personality and temperament have a great influence on our spiritual life and our prayer life in particular.  This is why it is important to get to know...

Recorded on 29 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John Wyatt. We live in a sex-saturated culture and it seems obvious that romance and sex provide the most powerful, vital and fulfilling aspects of human living. By comparison non-sexual friendship can seem either weak and unimportant, or potentially abusive. Yet the Bible celebrates committed covenantal...

Recorded on 22 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Richard Cunningham University is often considered the last 'best' opportunity to become a Christian - it is a mission field that is ripe for the harvest. This webinar will consider some of the challenges facing university evangelism, including current attitudes and culture wars, how we can best underst...

Recorded on 15 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Andy Bannister ⁠ How to talk about Jesus without looking like an idiot ⁠  is a no-nonsense, panic-free guide to having natural conversations with your friends and family about your faith. This webinar will explore why you don’t need to be afraid or uncomfortable, the four questions that help people open up,...

Recorded on 1 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Doug Fountain & Carolyn O'Brien Informing Advocacy: Filling Gaps in Data About the Christian Health Landscape Christian health assets are sometimes overlooked or excluded from programs that strengthen health systems, train health workers, conduct research, and fund services. This is in part because gove...