“Bioethics provides a revelatory snapshot of deep worldview divides in our society today, as well as a nearly unparalleled opportunity for outreach and faithful witness. As a result, it is a topic of great importance and bound to become only more so in a culture increasingly bereft of resources to take principled stances against abortion on demand, problematic transgender policies, and embryonic stem cell research. More positively, a distinctively Christian bioethic can, in contrast, effectively posit grounds for understanding human persons as infinitely valuable and ends in themselves, whose worth is neither a function of their abilities nor diminished by handicaps.
My dear friend and former colleague Mark Foreman, with invaluable assistance by Lindsay Leonard, have written Christianity and Modern Medicine: Foundations for Bioethics, and in the process have contributed an important, powerful, and persuasive voice—and eminently readable book—into this vitally important arena. It is with enthusiasm that I endorse their project and recommend their excellent and laudable work.”
— David Baggett, Professor of Philosophy & Director of the Center for the Foundations of Ethics, Houston Baptist University
Fred considered love central to all parenting, all relationships, all learning, but he also recognized love as work. It takes work to learn to love people without conditions, accepting them as they are, and loving them into greater wholeness and health.
