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ShareWhen society wants utilitarian ethics, people on the margins get lost and are forgotten. I salute Joni Eareckson Tada and the Christian Institute on Disability for equipping the church to think biblically about the issues of life.
-- Chuck Colson, Founder of Prison Fellowship, BreakPoint and the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview
I have been deeply involved in research revealing the tremendous void in the Christian Church toward the suffering and disabled. I have discovered that there is nothing comparable to the Christian Institute on Disability for partnering with educational institutions like Dallas Theological Seminary. The CID offers resources with a biblical view of our responsibility for developing and implementing a significant suffering and disability ministry.
-- Dr. Larry J. Waters, Associate Professor of Bible Exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary
Beyond Suffering is a comprehensive discussion of issues facing individuals affected by disabilities and their families. It provides both novices and experienced professionals a deeper understanding of life in general. This study can potentially change the church into a more accepting environment, a more obedient lover of people, and a more fitting model of the best disability ministry practices for the larger community.
-- Dr. Jeff McNair, Professor and Director of the Disability Studies Program at California Baptist University
The Christian Institute on Disability really allowed me to see more than just a methodology of how to help people affected by disability...we were taught about the theology of God’s plan for suffering and disability. I learned that God has a heart for people affected by disabilities, and that they are an indispensable part of the church.
-- Justin Chang, Student at The Master’s College
To answer that question [of suffering] completely would be like figuring God out. I think God wants us to ask, but I don’t believe He always reveals the answer to us. It was through the journey of asking this question in class that my heart was changed.
-- Megan Frost, Senior at Biola University