We’ve been going through an extended difficult season with Paul’s overall health. I appreciate firm reminders that God’s wisdom is guiding things to the best possible eternal result. From Wayne Grudem’s Making Sense of Who God Is: One of Seven Parts from Grudem’s Systematic Theology, p. 83. God’s wisdom means that God always chooses the [...]
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God chooses the best goals – every time
Posted in Book Commentary, Quotes on April 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Read this book and participate in ‘table talks’ with Pastor John
Posted in Book Commentary, Special Events on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After more than 26 years of being associated with Bethlehem, I can say that Pastor John’s preaching has been his primary influence on me. But a close second are his books. And of his books, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist lays the foundation for all the rest that are to come. Through April [...]
The sad history of the United States Supreme Court
Posted in Book Commentary, commentary on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned the bio-ethicist Peter Singer before, and his arguments to kill infants with disabilities. Members of the Supreme Court of the United States have also held such views about people with disabilities. Paul Lombardo’s horrifying history of a case brought before the Supreme Court, Buck v. Bell, includes this statement from Oliver Wendel Holmes, [...]
“The source gives its own product” – Mary Beeke
Posted in Book Commentary, Quotes on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Years ago, when Paul was still very young, an older saint stopped to talk with me at church. She didn’t use any of the ‘right’ words to describe Paul’s disabilities; in fact, she used most of the wrong words! This was in the days when I was hyper-sensitive about anything connected to my son or [...]
Evidence of what fearlessness looks like
Posted in Book Commentary, News, Quotes on March 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dianne won’t like me writing this, but I’m going to do it anyway. She gave a great presentation to the MOMS (Making Our Mothering Significant) group at the Downtown campus on Tuesday. I know it was recorded; I’ll point to it when it is available online. It was God-honoring and ‘as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.’ [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“It is the highest privilege of my life. . . ‘ – Dianne Knight
Posted in Book Commentary, commentary on February 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes I read Dianne sections of things I am reading. On Saturday I asked what she thought of this statement following a description of the burdens placed on families experiencing disability: These are not trivial burdens, and the desire to avoid them does not indicate a character flaw, any more than wanting to avoid a [...]
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Get Paul Miller’s Book – A Praying Life – for free on Kindle!
Posted in Book Commentary on May 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
At least it was free on Tuesday. You can download it here. And if you don’t have a Kindle, you can still read it on a PC, Mac, iPad, etc. You can get more information about how to do so here. This is a fantastic book, and the author understands what living with disability is [...]
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