Health & Faith

Is your body a possession or a gift? Interesting question. We chat this week with Dr. Bob Cutillo, a Christian physician from Colorado, who’s recently written a book called Pursuing Health in An Anxious Age. We talk about the book and why he wrote it, and engage some specific issues involving our understanding of health. For one, in the current age when medical technology is highly advanced, why are more and more people anxious about their health? Shouldn’t we be less stressed? And why do many Christians leave their faith at the door when they walk into a clinic, doctor’s office, or hospital? Also, Dr. Cutillo draws from a famous character, Humpty Dumpty, to help illustrate where a lot of people are at when it comes to their bodies. Enjoy this friendly, interesting, and informative conversation about a topic that we, as Christians, don’t often think about.

 

Who’s Our Guest?

Dr. Bob Cutillo (MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons) is a physician for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless in Denver, Colorado, an associated faculty member at Denver Seminary, and an assistant clinical professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He has also served as a missionary to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bob currently lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife, Heather, and they have two married children.

Episode Links

Dr. Bob Cutillo’s book is called Pursuing Health in An Anxious Age. It was published by Crossway.

Also, Dr. Bob works at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Check it out!

Read It

*Below is an edited transcription of the audio conversation.

With me today is Dr. Bob Cutillo. He’s a physician for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, and an associate faculty member at Denver Seminary, and also an assistant clinical professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Thanks for coming on the show today, Bob.

It’s good to be on your show, Isaac. Thank you for inviting me.

First thing, before we jump into our conversation, Bob, how did you meet Jesus?

Well, just in brief, I come originally from an Italian family in northern New Jersey. I was born in the greater New York City area and attended medical school in New York City. I had the great blessing, thanks be to God, of realizing the truth of the gospel and the goodness of God for me right before entering medical school. That’s when I first realized that Jesus was my Lord and Savior and that I wanted to follow him.

That was a very wonderful timing on God’s part because for me it was a monumental change to leave behind the despair and confusion of my life on my own and see the great difference in seeing things from a Biblical world point of view. There I was becoming a new Christian and then immediately entering into becoming a doctor and entering the world of sickness and death.

For me, it was just so important that I had that foundation to begin to reflect upon my life there. Basically, I’ve spent most of my time as a doctor in mostly larger centers of the United States caring for disenfranchised populations. I did spend a few years in Central Africa as a missionary. In fact, it might be interesting because I know we’re speaking to a heavily Canadian audience, I actually learned French to speak in French-speaking Africa.

No way!

At Laval University in Quebec, Canada for a year. My son was born in Quebec.