About me

I am a retired physician, boarded in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine. I practiced as a staff physician in a trauma center before moving back to my hometown and opening a private Internal Medicine practice. I was president of a multi-specialty physician group and was on staff at two general hospitals and a rehabilitation hospital, as well as working as a hospitalist and admitting physician at rehab units and a Long Term Advanced Care Hospital.

Having Jewish friends growing up, I developed a deep interest in the Old Testament, which was heightened by John Sailhamer’s book, The Pentateuch as Narrative. I have also been aided in my study by Rabbi David Fohrman and staff at Aleph Beta. Other teachers who have influenced me are Charles Spurgeon, Oswald Chambers, Charles Simpson, and Chuck Swindoll.

Today, I live on eighty acres in the outskirts of Pettyview, Arkansas (just south of Hot Springs) with my wife, Sarah, in a timber frame house that my sons and I completed (the frame was done by a friend and his crew). We were assisted in the construction by Lyndon Lamb, a carpenter, patient, and friend.

My oldest son, Cody, also a physician, and his family live with us on the farm, while Matthew, Joshua, and David and their families live in La Mirada, CA; Charlottesville, VA; and Tucson, AZ. We have eleven grandchildren.

I have been invaluably assisted and encouraged in my studies and writing by two pastors, Dan Warthen and Dru Dodson.