William Cutrer, M.D.

Dr. William Cutrer and I wrote seven books together before his sudden death in July of 2013. Dr. Cutrer was a licensed obstetrician/gynecologist, a certified Christian sex therapist, an expert in reproductive technologies, and an ordained minister. At the time of his death, he served as the C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Ministry, and Director, Gheens Center for Family Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) in Louisville, Kentucky.

“Dr. Bill,” as he was called, also served on the faculty of The Institute for Sexual Wholeness, and he staffed the clinic at SBTS. Before his time there, he served as the medical director of A Woman’s Choice Clinic and as the area director for the Christian Medical and Dental Associations in the Southwest. He spent his first two decades as a medical doctor in Dallas, but after graduating from Dallas Theological Seminary, he resigned from his practice and became a senior pastor in Mesquite, Texas. My husband and I accompanied him on numerous medical mission trips to Russia/Belarus and to Mexico (I went as a journalist, my husband as a theologian).

Dr. Cutrer received his M.D. degree from the University of Kentucky, followed by a master’s degree in biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. He was the author of Under the Fig Leaves, Family Building: Fact, Fallacy, and Faith, Choices: A Pregnancy Guide, and The Church Leader’s Handbook. He contributed to several additional works, including Genetic Engineering: A Christian Response; Kregel’s Biobasics series; and FamilyLife’s popular Simply Romantic Nights.

Audio

Forum on Christian Dating
Magnuson, Kenneth; Pierre, Jeremy; Cutrer, William (Bill) (2011–09–27)

A Quieted Soul (Psalm 131)
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2004–02–19)

Panel Discussion: Pornography, A Secret Idol of the Heart
Cutrer, William (Bill); Stinson, Randy; Lambert, Heath (2011–03–24)

How to minister to those struggling with pornography
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2004–0313)

Extreme makeover: Family Building Edition
Cutrer, William (Bill); Glahn, Sandra (2006–03–20)

A Christian response to abortion
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2001–02–24)

Keeper of my soul (Psalm 121)
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2001–11–13)

The process of grief
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2004–11–01)

Issues in pre-marital counseling
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2005–02–14)

Finding God in the Darkness (Psalm 13)
Cutrer, William (Bill) (1999–1104)

Medical introduction to infertility
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2000-04–01)

Gender differences and physiology
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2000–04–01)

Questions about miscarriage; infertility and biblical ethics
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2000–04–01)

Infertility and spiritual discipline
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2000–04–01)

Women’s preventative health care
Cutrer, William (Bill) (2000–04–01)

Examining the impact of a psycho-spiritual educational model of marriage enrichment on seminary couples: A pilot study
Hollis, Kenneth Allen (2003–12–02)

Articles

Two Hearts, One Flesh: Rx for Marital Cardiac Asynchrony
Dx: Diagnosis
“Oh, my. I can see that your marriages are in trouble.” I shook my head as I scanned the group of physicians, dentists, and spouses gathered to attend my Medical Marriage workshop at the CMDS National Conference. I explained, “How do I know? Because you married a sinner . . . and so did your spouse.”
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The Family – Baptist Faith & Message
The Bible is replete with family imagery as evidenced in the many wonderful verses cited for the Baptist Faith and Message Article 18. We are indeed “brothers and sisters” in Christ, adopted as children by our heavenly Father. The importance of the marriage relationship unfolds symbolically in the Old Testament with God as husband and Israel as wife, and in the New Testament with Jesus as the bridegroom and the church as the radiant bride. Clearly, marriage and family are distinctly theological.
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Family Practice: Hope for Medical Marriages
He claims she’s just a “special friend,” but I know better. The goofy eyes, the affectionate glances, her pictures plastered across his truck visor next to the paper heart she made him—my son categorically denying he is in love. Yet he’s smitten, in the eyes of his old dad.
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Some Abortion Foes Forgo Politics for Quiet Talk
The New York Times cover story on A Woman’s Choice Clinic in which Dr. Cutrer is quoted (January 16, 2006)
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Books We Coauthored Together