In the Lion's Den In the Lion's Den Tim Hinks, medical student at Oxford, gives an inside view of the CMF National Students Conference at Swanwick on 22-24 January 1999. This year s CMF National Conference was brilliant, but don t just read about it here. I expect you know someone who went, so if you couldn t go this year, grab them and ask them about it. Medical school is, quite frankly, a nightmare.
Christians are aliens in the world.
Our beliefs conflict with the ideas of our colleagues and friends in regard to ethics, eternal life, sexuality, possessions and life priorities. In every aspect of our lives we are under pressure, from lecturers we respect or close friends whose opinions matter to us, to conform to the prevailing culture. So we don t fit in. We never really will because our real home is in heaven. We might as well be Martians, yet God calls us to serve him as medics, to be salt and light in medical school, and to love and be involved with the wonderful friends he has given us.