From Polishing God’s Monuments: Pillars of Hope for Punishing Times by Jim Andrews: Just as the Lord forewarned Moses, so the Scriptures forewarn us that the Christian life is not going to be a walk in the park, that we should not be surprised when fiery trials come upon us (1 Peter 4:12), that through [...]
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Ours is not an abnormal Christian existence
Posted in Quotes on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Mission Field Created by Abortion – John Ensor
Posted in commentary on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you have not already read this entry by John Ensor on the Desiring God blog, please take a minute to do so. I have lingered over these sentences in particular: The blood-guilt of abortion festers under the surface of all Christian endeavor. It needs lancing. It needs to be outed. It needs to be [...]
We learn more through pain than prosperity
Posted in News, Quotes on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Contagious Christian Living by Joel Beeke, p. 85: If God doesn’t leave his mark on you, you will not be blessed with lasting profit from your afflictions. We must learn to welcome both pain and progress in our walk with God, realizing that we learn more through affliction than prosperity. Both are part of [...]
Do you have a broken spirit?
Posted in Scripture on February 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Do certain words ever leap off a page at you? My reading through the Bible yesterday had me in Exodus 6. God has heard the prayers of the people of Israel and seen their oppression. Moses has spoken to Pharaoh, and his response is to make it significantly worse for the people of Israel. Even [...]
Maybe our experiences are the normal ones.
Posted in Book Commentary, commentary on February 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Old books remind me how unusual our ‘normal’ experiences are today. In The Death of Ivan Ilych, on page 53, is this simple statement: Though the salary was higher the cost of living was greater, besides which two of their children died and family life became still more unpleasant for him. It seems very normal for [...]
What’s a little snow when you get to pray for friends overseas?
Posted in News, Scripture on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This really doesn’t have anything to do with disability – except for this reminder to you Minnesotans to shovel your walk! Those with mobility issues and blind individuals using canes (and your neighbors) will appreciate not having to trudge through a foot of snow. Use some ice melt as well. South Carolina and Kansas transplants [...]
The ‘Any/Particular Distinction’ for our unborn babies with disabilities does not protect them
Posted in Book Commentary, commentary, Quotes, Scripture on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The first time I read the ‘Any/Particular Distinction’ argument in defense of unborn children with disabilities, I knew it had to have its origins in a university or research institution. It sounded academic, but it is built on a house of cards that cannot stand. I don’t know if I’ve found the origins of that [...]
How will we prepare the young people?
Posted in commentary, Prayer Requests on February 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As I write this I’m sitting about 200 yards away from more than 200 junior- and senior-high aged young people at a retreat in northern Minnesota. Next to me is a book, Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights, that just makes me want to weep in frustration. It is full of illogical conclusions from some very [...]
D.A. Carson on how to avoid being pastorally insensitive and theologically stupid
Posted in commentary, Quotes on February 19, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I hate the health, wealth and prosperity gospel. Pastor John does as well: In D.A. Carson’s book, How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil, Carson goes directly at the question of sin, sickness and death. These are hard subjects, but he looks at them through a Biblical lens. And in a few short [...]
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“There is nothing merciful about mercy killing” – Dr. Grace Vuoto
Posted in Book Commentary, News on February 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Horrendous arguments don’t usually begin in the public eye. They begin in smaller circles, between very smart people. And then one day we begin to see the actual results. Let’s take infanticide. 1973: “Of 299 consecutive deaths occurring in a special-care nursery, 43 (14 per cent) were related to withholding treatment.” Duff and Campbell, New [...]
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