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1 Issues Facing Christian Doctors today CMF Retirees Conference, 2013 Peter Saunders, CEO, CMF UK

2 Evaluating the World Men of Issachar who understood the times and knew what Israel should do (1 Chronicles 12:32) Double-listening Listening to God s world and God s word

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11 Unemployment rates by country 2012

12 Growing healthcare needs Mortality (57m deaths annually) 7m coronary heart disease 6m cerebrovascular disease 17m infectious/parasitic disease 11m children Morbidity 30m blind 33m with HIV/AIDS 40m refugees

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17 The 21 st century Urbanisation Increased IT connectedness Corruption and Debt Growing healthcare need Widening gap between rich and poor

18 The Western world 'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them...' (Ezekiel 16:49-50)

19 Abortion worldwide

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21 ILGA Lesbian and Gay Rights

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24 The Demographic Winter Decreasing family size Increased abortion Growing infertility Expanding elderly Euthanasia

25 Understanding the times 1 Ch 12:32 Olivet discourse signs - Lk 21 (cf Mk 13, Mt 24) The last generation? False Christs (v8) Wars and revolutions (9) Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilences (11) Persecution (12) Jerusalem surrounded by armies (20) Signs in the sun, moon and stars (25) The Gospel preached to all nations (Mk 13:10) Watch and pray

26 False Christs An unfinished task 1,600 million Muslims 950 Million Hindus 950 million Atheists 500 million Buddhist 400 million Chinese and Tribal Religions

27 The two major faith power blocs Islam 1,600 million Atheism 950 million

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30 Atheism worldwide

31 Dawkins critique of Christianity A creator is unnecessary The Bible is unreliable The Christian God is immoral

32 The gods of atheism Personal peace and affluence (Francis Schaeffer) Money Sex Pleasure the pursuit of comfort Personal peace the absence of pain Self absorption and idolatry

33 The fruit of atheism Materialism Sexual immorality Homosexuality Abortion Population control Euthanasia Erosion of Christians rights

34 Wars and revolutions

35 Military expenditure

36 Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilences

37 Christian Persecution

38 The Gospel preached to all nations

39 The growth of Christianity in Africa

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41 The growth of Christianity in Africa

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43 Dawkins critique of Christianity A creator is unnecessary The Bible is unreliable The Christian God is immoral

44 The gods of atheism Personal peace and affluence (Francis Schaeffer) Money Sex Pleasure the pursuit of comfort Personal peace the absence of pain Self absorption and idolatry

45 The fruit of atheism Materialism Sexual immorality Homosexuality Abortion Population control Euthanasia Erosion of Christians rights

46 The triumph of the cross Christ died for our sins (1 Cor 15:3; Gal 1:4; Eph 1:7) Justification Redemption Reconciliation Propitiation

47 The Nazareth Manifesto The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners And recovery of sight for the blind, To release the oppressed, To proclaim the year of the Lord s favour (Luke 4:18-19)

48 The unfinished verse To proclaim the day of the Lord s favour and the day of vengeance of our God (Luke 4:18,19 cf Isaiah 61:1,2) The Jews failed to understand God s mercy in delaying judgement God s grace in giving salvation The scope of God s plan all nations

49 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me But you will receive Power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8) What is God s power for?

50 Jesus ministry Preaching to preach good news to the poor Healing recovery of sight for the blind Deliverance to proclaim freedom for the prisoners Justice To release the oppressed

51 Preaching to preach good news to the poor Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria Smith Wigglesworth Gaining the whole world Hospitals and graveyards

52 Preaching to preach good news to the poor A chain of coins The 10:40 window

53 Today s universities and hospitals 1.2 million medical students in 2,000 medical schools More people go through our hospitals than our churches Access Time Resources

54 Healing recovery of sight for the blind Ophthalmologists!! Isaiah 35:5-6: Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a dear, And the mute tongue shout for joy

55 Deliverance to proclaim freedom for the prisoners (Luke 4:31-37) Who are the prisoners? Dependency on God substitutes bringing pleasure, numbing pain Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sexual sin, illicit relationships, pornography, internet, food, materialism

56 Justice To release the oppressed To proclaim the day of the Lord s favour Isaiah 61:1-2 To be a voice for the voiceless Proverbs 31:8-9: To fight injustice Isaiah 58:6-10: To show mercy and compassion Zechariah 7:9,10

57 Who are the oppressed? The poor (110,000 deaths pa vs 3,000 on 911) The unborn (43 m deaths per year) The dependent elderly Refugees and trafficked women Esther and Mordecai if you remain silent

58 Two ways to live Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy (Ezekiel 16:49) For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9)

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60 Touching lives one by one The girl in the picture Kim Phuc

61 Jesus ministry Preaching to preach good news to the poor Healing recovery of sight for the blind Deliverance to proclaim freedom for the prisoners Justice To release the oppressed

62 The time is short Stanley Browne You can t meet the need but you can show how the need can be met Starfish To this starfish it makes all the difference in the world

63 Korean mission history Yanghwajin Foreign missionary century 145 foreign missionaries and their families Ruby Kendrick ( ) If I had a thousand lives to live Korea should have them all

64 What about us? Are we willing to be part of God s big plan? The harvest fields are ready the labourers are few But he who calls us is faithful and gave us everything

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