When it comes to health, people are looking for safe, reliable information.

In the world of Alternative Medicine, it's not always easy to know where to find it!

The choices range from life-giving to bizarre, so how can a person be sure what is helpful, harmful or downright horrid?

Alternative Medicine - medical therapies that are used either to complement or replace conventional medicine - is no longer a fringe market. This 4 billion dollar business presents many new health care options - and many  more questions. Additionally, some holistic approaches contain a spiritual component which raises even more issues for Christians.

CCN invites your congregation to find the evidence-based, biblically reliable answers that they've been looking for in the new program, Introduction to Alternative Medicine: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Together, Dr. Walt Larimore and Dr. Donal O'Mathuna combine their expertise to explore Alternative Medicine from every angle: scientific, medical, spiritual and ethical.

"We should all investigate the claims made about the remedies we put into or onto our bodies, the therapies we allow to be practiced on us, and the practitioners in whom we place our trust," say Larimore and O'Mathuna.

According to Drs. Larimore and O'Manthuna, in order to make wise decisions, we need to gather information that is medically reliable and biblically sound, weigh the options, seek sensible counsel, pray carefully, and then make as an informed a choice as possible.

Come explore the questions:

• What are the risks and benefits of Alternative Medicine?
• What are some helpful criteria in evaluating different therapies?
• What does the Bible say about health?

Equip your community live a healthy life: emotionally, physically and spiritually!

Walter L. Larimore, M.D., educator, teacher, best selling/award-winning author and medical journalist, is America's best known family physician. He hosted over 850 live daily episodes of the daily National Cable TV Show Ask the Family Doctor (1995-2000) on America's Health Network and later on Fox's Health Network. From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Larimore hosted the nationally syndicated Focus on Your Family's Health. Dr. Larimore practiced small-town family medicine for over 20 years (delivering over 1,500 babies) prior to moving to Colorado Springs in February 2001 to become Vice President and Family Physician in Residence at Focus on the Family until November 2004. His books include, The Highly Healthy Child, Supersized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat, and Alternative Medicine (co-authored).

Dr. Donal O'Mathuna is Professor of Bioethics & Chemistry at the Mount Carmel College of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio. Donal is originally from Dublin, Ireland where he received a BS in Pharmacy at Trinity College, followed by his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry at Ohio State University and an MA in Theology at Ashland Seminary, where his studies were focused on Medical Ethics. Dr. O'Mathuna delivers numerous lectures and papers on the topic of medical ethics including: alternative medicine, assisted suicide, and genetics. He faithfully applies the Bible to these issues, and in 1997 he was named a Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity in Chicago, a Christian bioethics center. Dr. O'Mathuna is the author of The BioBasics Series which offers concise answers to troubling medical ethical questions and with Dr. Walt Larimore, co-author of Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook.