It’s one of Jesus’ more enigmatic sayings. The disciples ask him to explain why he speaks in parables, and he replies: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand” (see Matthew 13 for the whole context). It’s a theme that runs throughout the Gospels, and one that Jesus picks…

I’ve written one final (at least for now) response in this conversation about disability and medical intervention. If you’re just joining the conversation, this post is in response to Ellen Painter Dollar’s piece, “I Want to Be Accepted As I Am, But I’ll Take a Cure Too,” which was written in response to my article,…

Christianity Today has published a response to my recent article (“Considering Curing Down Syndrome with Caution“) by my friend Ellen Painter Dollar. An excerpt from Ellen’s response: As someone who embraces the fallen-world narrative in explaining my own genetic disorder, I was caught up short by Becker’s dismissal of that narrative as explanation for illness…

I have a post with some thoughts on Christian arguments for and against gay marriage on The Park Forum: “Same Sex Marriage and Love.” Also, a number of people have asked me about receiving these blog posts via email. To do so, simply scroll down until the column to the right of this post says…

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