1: Meet the Hosts: Dr. Andy and Doug

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• Currently serving as a physician and professor of medicine and physiology at a local major university

• Also serving as an ordained pastor to the Grace Gospel Church of Sharpsburg, Kentucky.

• Spent 20+ years as:• an OB-GYN doctor, • emergency room doctor, and • a professor.

• In his younger years, Dr. Wyant played bass guitar, lead guitar and sang for the heavy metal bands, “Miriah” & “Shirley Bizarre”. Later he played in a popular Rock Band with a group of fellow doctors in “Bad Medicine”- this band still gigs in Indiana

• Dr. Wyant has the following degrees:• BS in Chemistry• M.D. in Medicine• M.Div. in Theology, divinity & medical ethics

• Author: Textbook- Medical Imaging- essentials for physicians, published by Wiley-Blackwell 2013

• Currently writing a medical textbook for FA Davis- 2015

Published: multiple peer-reviewed journal articles in medicine & health

Health-Matters Radio ShowLived as an agnostic/atheist until age 39Conversion to Christianity: after being convinced

by a 3 year academic search- ‘concluded, there must be a God’- life was radically changed

Great-great Grandfather: in Ripley's’ Believe it or not for being left for dead in Civil War- found alive in morgue and a Silver dollar placed in his head: went on to have 6 children: one of which was my great-grandfather, Wihelm Weyandt: changed name to Wyant

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• Andy has been married to the beautiful Krystal Kama for 9 years.

• Both Andy and Krystal are originally from Vincennes, Indiana- where both sets of parents still live

• They have 3 children together• Loves:

• MLB- Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds: College Basketball, reading, family time, hiking in New England, sports cars, music, theology/philosophy geek (just a geek in general)

• Loves: preaching & serving the local church, writing, spending time with his beautiful wife

• Andy is a medical doctor, a professor of clinical science, and a trained theologian- with all that school he is indebted to the Federal government but must have something to say

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• Mr. Thorpe has spent 30 years in the fields of mechanical, electrical, chemical, & general engineering. 

• Most of his career has been in the aerospace & NASA, department of defense, and energy recovery industries. 

• Mr. Thorpe holds many patents for internal combustion engines, electric motors, concrete building blocks, and others. 

• Mr. Thorpe has published many technical papers in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics organization (AIAA).

• Please find and read Mr. Thorpe's technical papers, which can be found at the Space Propulsion Synergy Team website.

• Please find and read Mr. Thorpe’s political papers, which can be found at theUSAparty.com website.

• Loves:• Solving engineering problems, traveling (has been to all 48

continental states), military history, visiting the Red River Gorge and Great Smoky Mtn, family,

• Doug has attended a Baptist Church since birth on most Sundays, except for a few years right after college.

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• Doug has been married to the lovely Jenny Childers for 23 years and they have 2 sons.

• Doug is originally from Irvine, KY, and Jenny is from Augusta, GA.

• Some things you might want to know about Doug:• One of Doug’s ancestors was one of the first

settlers to the new world, Capt. John “Neptune” Bush landed in 1611 in Jamestown.

• Some of Doug’s ancestors were the first settlers of Kentucky in what was known as the “Traveling Bush Baptist Church” and they settled in areas from Winchester to Torrent.

• Doug’s 4G-Grandmother, Susan Robinson, was an Indian maiden rescued from the Cherokee Trail of Tears around 1838.

• Doug spent 25 years in the Boy Scouts of America and obtained the rank of Eagle Scout.

• In the past, Doug has been a sky diver, scuba diver, and an avid spelunker.

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• Discuss the interface of science & faith• Worldview analysis & critique• Debate, critique, & discuss anti-God / anti-Christian

worldviews with the goal of proving to skeptics or seekers that there really is a God and Jesus was who He said He was: and that matters

• Christian worldview stands up in the world of ideas• Morality, ethics and religion – delve into the most

controversial & challenging aspects• Walk the line between science & religion,, prove

that there is room for both- the world necessitates both!

• Objectify the Christian faith where possible• Discover the place for God in a post-modern world• Debunk atheist claims that seek to disprove God’s

existence

Investigate, debate, and delineate the Christian life in a post-Christian America

Build a case for Christianity- intellectually, winsomely, and effectively Investigate & chat about mysterious & the spiritual: origins, biogenesis,

ancient culture, miracles, OT stories, biblical archeology, life of Jesus, church history, theology, Christian ethics, problems & mis-steps in the church, the nature of the soul, afterlife, and heaven & hell: and do it authentically, honestly, and in an entertaining way

Synthesis & implementation of the role of the Divine in post-Christian America

Apologetics Discussion about other world religions Make a convincing case for conversion to Christianity (digital evangelism) Preach Christ to the world, without ever preaching Define the borders of objective morality Advance the kingdom of God Entertain thinkers on one commute, or treat insomniacs to a great nights

sleep Free brain candy for the thinking Christian, or a bad day for the atheist, a

provocation for the seeking, the lost and the agnostic

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