In these highlights from episode 37, guest Patrick Melder explains:

• How Bitcoin has clarified and enriched his Christian faith
• How he is using Bitcoin to enrich the lives of people in Guatemala
• How Bitcoin can be a “conversation starter” to share the gospel

After undergraduate studies at Houston Baptist University and medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Patrick became an Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) surgeon and sleep specialist. He trained at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was on active duty with the US Army for 13 years. In 2006 he left the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and started his private practice career. A serial entrepreneur, Patrick holds nearly 30 US and international patents. He has been involved in church ministry (elder, lay missions pastor), has been on numerous missions trips, and is passionate about God’s mission to the ends of the earth. He has written The Christian Case for Bitcoin and The Philosophy of Bitcoin and Religion.