This headline in the Telegraph says it all: Haiti ‘faces amputee generation’. In another article, The Miami Herald reported that Healing Hands for Haiti, the only prosthetic limb manufacturer in Port-au-Prince was destroyed. Does anyone know of agencies preparing to serve the thousands of newly disabled people of Haiti? Please add a comment if you [...]
Archive for January, 2010
“We have thousands of disabled people. . .”
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
“My child stayed blind.”
Posted in Sermons on January 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Pastor John answered two possible objections in his sermon, Born Blind for the Glory of God. Here is the first: Someone might say, “But this blind man got his eyes and was able to benefit himself from the work of God. My child stayed blind.” Pastor John’s answer can be found in the sermon link [...]
“All children, of every degree of ability, are conceived for the purpose of displaying the glory of God.”
Posted in Sermons on January 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »
If have any doubts about God’s goodness and sovereignty in disability, please watch, listen or read this past Sunday’s sermon from Pastor John. Born Blind for the Glory of God – Sermon by John Piper, January 24, 2010 Here’s an excerpt: So when Jesus said in verse 3 (of John 9), “It was not that [...]
I’ve cried at church, but this was a first
Posted in commentary on January 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It isn’t unusual for me to have tears come to my eyes at church. Usually it is in response to prayer, music or preaching. Yesterday morning, tears came as I looked at the bulletin: Here’s what got me going: The sermon will be posted at Desiring God on Monday. As you [...]
Technology is good, but not enough
Posted in commentary on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On this pro-life Sunday, please trust in God and his word more than technology. My family has benefited greatly from research and scientific advancements. And technologies like ultrasound are responsible for saving increasing numbers of babies. But technology alone isn’t the answer if we want to protect the lives of unborn babies with disabilities: The [...]
Everyone knows they are killing a child
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today marks the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade. I’m grateful for this video from Abort73.c0m on what is obvious: from conception, there is life. The Psalmist saw it long before he could know all that we know today: For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my [...]
Pastor John has been paying attention to disability longer than I have
Posted in Sermons on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From a sermon Pastor John gave in 1991, He Saw the Grace of God and Was Glad: If anything is clear from the Bible it is this: the grace of God does not spare his people suffering in this age, but rather uses suffering to bring people to himself. The Son of God himself suffered [...]
“Adults should know better.”
Posted in commentary on January 20, 2010 | 9 Comments »
People stare. Which is why you should pray for the siblings of children with disabilities as much as you do for moms and dads. My Hannah is a ferocious protector of her older brother. She is known in our house as ‘she-who-can-do-no-wrong’ because Paul trusts her completely about everything. Her antenna is tuned to any [...]
Pastor John was right in his sermon, and Noel was right in her advice
Posted in Sermons on January 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If that headline doesn’t make sense, go to Desiring God and listen to this week’s sermon, “Help the Children Love the Different People.“ Here is what Pastor John had to say about disability in the context of this sermon: So I am going to explicitly apply what I say to racial differences, and trust those [...]
Registration open for Desiring God’s Conference The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability on November 8
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Jesus of the Bible is more interesting than Jesus of The Shack
Posted in commentary, Scripture on January 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thank you to Jan Lacher for pointing me to Dr. Al Mohler’s blog for Wednesday. Dr. Mohler provided a critique of The Shack by William Paul Young. More than 10 million copies have been sold. Because Pastor John just preached on the subject of Jesus and the man born blind, this paragraph from Dr. Mohler’s [...]
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