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Head of CMF Public Policy Susan Marriott is joined by Trevor Stammers and Julie Maxwell. They explore Julie's new CMF File on Teenagers and sexual identity (linked below). Trevor Stammers previously authored a CMF File on the same topic (linked below). They come together to share their knowledge on the issue.

Julie Maxwell worked as a community paediatrician for 25 years. She is now the Deputy Director of Lovewise, a charity that seeks to support parents, churches, and schools to teach on marriage, sex, and relationships from a Christian perspective. Julie is also a part of CMF's Sex, Identity, and Ethics Working Group.

Trevor Stammers previously worked as a GP for 30 years before going on to teach Medical Ethics at St Mary's university in London. He is also a part of CMF's Medical Study Group.

Resources:
CMF Files to read:

https://www.cmf.org.uk/article/cmf-file-79-teenage-sex-sexual-identity/

https://archive.cmf.org.uk/resources/publications/content/?context=article&id=2184

https://lovewise.org.uk/

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Ever-accelerating AI capabilities raise the question of what it means to be human.  What exactly are human beings? Are we advanced apes? Are we machines? Are we souls confined to a body?

In this plenary session, Sharon Dirckx helped us to consider questions of core human identity from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, and neuroscience.

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In the second talk of CMF National Conference 2026, main speaker Piyush Jani takes us through Philippians 2:1-18 and the patterns of joyful serving.

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In the first talk of CMF National Conference 2026, main speaker Piyush Jani takes us through John 15:1-17. We learn that Jesus is the True Vine, and when we abide in him, we will bear much fruit, and experience the source of joy.

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CMF Head of Public Policy Susan Marriott is joined by guests Michael Trimble and Abbie Englund.

Michael Trimble is a clinical academic based in Belfast.

Abbie is a third-year medical student based in Edinburgh.

The three sat down to discuss the widely taught and used ‘four-principles’ approach to medical ethics. Read Michael's CMF File - Ethics: a matter of principle below:

Ethics: a matter of principle

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In this episode, Head of CMF Communications Steve Fouch sits down with the main speaker from this year's CMF Student Conference: Dr John Greenall. They discuss what identity means and why it has become a huge issue over the past couple of decades.

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In the last of his talks for Student Conference, John Greenall looks at what it means to be sent out by God and what that looks like as Christian health professionals.

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In his second talk from the CMF Student Conference (2026) Dr John Greenall looks at what happens when our sense of belonging and identity is tested. Who am I when the pressure is on? When my faith is tested? When I find myself struggling and alone?

John looks at how we are shaped, transformed, and healed in our identity through our wilderness experiences.

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In Dr John Greenall's first talk at the CMF Student Conference 2026, he addresses the questions, Who am I?' What defines me? What does the gospel have to say to me about who I really am? And where do I belong?

Focus passage: Matthew 3:13-17

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Dr John Greenall, CMF's former Deputy CEO and Head of Student Ministries, speaks about his own journey of faith, his years of ministry of CMF, and begins to outline why a relationship with Jesus is so fundamental to our careers, lives, and identities.

This is an introductory session at CMF's Student Conference 2026. Stay tuned for follow-up episodes with the main talks from the conference and more related content!

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