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I’ve been watching an argument play out on news channels and the Internet. Bono, the Irish singer who leads the rock band U2, has been appearing on talk shows and podcasts, urging Americans to restore some of the foreign aid projects that have been canceled. This stirred up memories of my visits to faith-based clinics and hospitals around the world…
I’ve been speaking to various groups about my recently released book with Dr. Paul Brand, Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God’s Image. An orthopedic surgeon by training, Dr. Brand served as a medical missionary in India, where he became a specialist in the disease leprosy. Wherever I go, I find that people have … Read more
This month IVP has released a new, revised version of my writings with Dr. Paul Brand, Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God’s Image. Gratitude was the one quality that most impressed me about Paul Brand. For him, the universe was God’s own work of art, and the human body God’s masterpiece. He kept … Read more
I recently listened to a speech by Peter Singer, the world’s most influential living philosopher, according to The New Yorker. Much of our compassion and charity is misguided, Singer argued. We should be focusing on how to do the most good for the most people. As an example, Singer mentioned the noble cause of providing … Read more
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