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Dietrich Bonhoeffer SCM Press; new edition (Nov 2001) £14.99 RRP Medical students are overwhelmed by opinions – from professors, consultants, peers, family and the media. These voices may be valuable and well meaning, but they threaten to drown out Christ's call to discipleship. Dietrich Bonhoeffer recognised that Christians through all generations have...
Time management is crucial to surviving medical school. How do we allocate our time between studying, friends, family, church, and relaxation? I often wish that I had a formula for achieving the balance. Indeed, only one person in history used his time perfectly. Peter Saunders considers Jesus' flawless example of...
A major component of my intercalated BSc degree last year was the group project. In the final weeks, we pulled out all the stops to complete it as best we could. My stamina was tested to the limit as we worked late each night. I wonder how I would have...
'Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him' (1 Jn 2:15). This harsh warning makes sense when we realise that Christians need to be distinctive. For Jesus instructs us to 'let your light shine...
Government proposals to ban hybrids challenged Hybrid embryos are to come under scrutiny again after the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) launched a public consultation to ask whether they should license research using human-animal hybrid embryos. This current consultation follows an array of recent government and media discussion on the issue....
The National Students' Conference is possibly my favourite weekend of the year; it fires me up to dedicate my medical career to God. Rachel McCollum writes about the way we were challenged to live differently as Christians in medical school on pp7,8. But I am often guilty of double-mindedness –...
I was about to share my testimony at an Imperial CMF social when I felt a strange concern about embarrassing myself. I told a couple of seniors and received a tart reply, 'Why, because you're used to being Hugh the saint?' It rang uncomfortably true. Much of the time, I...
Introduction: the need to interpret Most of us believe that the Bible can be understood by everyone, even medical students! This Nucleus series, based on the book How to Read the Bible for all its Worth,[1] aims to inform your reading of the Bible. The book has helped me...
I was in Sydney this summer for the ICMDA World Congress that brought together 56 national Christian medical movements. On pages 4-6 Eleanor Romaine describes the conference where John Wyatt was confronted afresh with the greatness of God manifested in the reality of the worldwide church. Whilst there, I was...
When I walk into London underground stations I am frequently confronted with the stark contrast between the Christian mindset and the world's desires. Sex appeal is used to sell designer clothes and beach holidays. Posters advertising the latest films, albums and gadgets to spend money on, pander to our self-interest....
