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The Christian Community in Society
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Accident of Birth?
As We Think
Being a Doer
Deep Roots
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The Anointing
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A Tale of Two Women
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Are We Special?
Controlling Conflict
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Diversity - Promises Kept and Promises Broken
Do We Hate Our Bodies?
Fasting in the Bible
Getting People to Answer
Learning Many Ways to Communicate
On Disagreements
Open Windows
Our Mechanistic Minds
Physical Beauty and the Christian
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Purging Prejudice
Simple Sabotage
Silence and Solitude in the Bible
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Slaves to the Numbers
Song of Songs - The Mystery and Majesty of Human Love
Spiritual Formation and the Nature of Man
Texting Between Father and Son - the Nature of Causation
The Bible and the Nature of Man
The Death of a Friend
The Fundamental Problem of Human Existence
Third Date Sex
True to Each Other
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Using the Military Decision-Making Process in Civilian Organizations
Why Do People Do What They Do?

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Some Differences in Life Between the Ancient and Modern Worlds
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Paul's Life - Background and Chronology
Paul's Missionary Journeys
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- American College of Sports Medicine (2010 Annual Meeting slide presentation) - Persistent Knee Swelling in an Adolescent (PVS)
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- American Journal of Medicine - Vaccinating health care workers against smallpox in an isolated primary care facility
- Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine - Laser Eye Injuries in Military Occupations
- - Baghdad Now (2003-2004) - 1) 1AD Docs Bring Advanced Obstetrics Knowledge to Iraqi Physicians (15 Nov 2003), 2) A Healthy Weight (15-30 April 2004), 3) Alcohol Abuse (1-15 April 2004)
Black Belt Magazine (Dec 2015/Jan 2016) - How to Maintain Your Ankle Health
Current Sports Medicine Reports - Infectious Disease in Athletes
David Platt's Radical - 1) A Loving and Unpopular Message, 2) Animism and the Mixing of Religions
Conference on Polar and Alpine Medicine - Altitude Medicine - Explorer's Club, 25 Sep 1999 (Sponsors - Frederick A Cook Society, Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society, Wilderness Medical Society, The Byrd Polar Research Center Archives) Journal Polar Priorities - presenter and author
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management - Societal stability, public health and primary care as three pillars of defence in biosecurity
Loma Linda University School of Medicine Alumni Journal - 1) Perspective: From ORU to LLU, July/Aug 1991, 2) What Makes a Christian Medical School Distinct? May-Aug 2016
Military Medicine - 1) Comparison of Nondeployable Hearing Profiles by Army Component (Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserve) and by Gender, 2) Hearing Threshold Comparisons between 2001–02 NHANES and 2003–05 Fort Bliss U.S. Army Service Components, 3) Medical Reference Databases Used by Army Primary Care Physicians in Field Environments, 4) Modeling Hospital Response to Mild and Severe Influenza Pandemic Scenarios under Normal and Expanded Capacities, 5) Preventive Medicine in Task Force First Armored Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Running Medicine (textbook, 2014) - Chapter 30 - Infectious Disease in the Runner, Revision in progress 2022
Springer Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion - 1) Sexuality and the Chinese Religions, 2) Sexuality and the Hebrew Bible, 3) Sexuality and Hinduism, 4) Sexuality and Islam
Stars and Stripes - 1) Hygiene crucial in Iraq, health experts say, 2) U.S. Army doctors helping repair damage done to medicine in Iraq
The 5 Minute Sports Medicine Consult (textbook, 2011, revision 2019) - Periorbital and Orbital Cellulitis

Mark D. Harris, COL (Ret), US Army, SFS,
MD, MPH, MBA, MDiv, PhD, ThM, DECBA
3DanTKD, Firefighter, Fire and Disaster Chaplain
Chairman RCWVGOP 2019-2021, WVGOP 2021-2022
Associate Pastor, Memorial Baptist Church, Beckley WV

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