The Blessing Is a Burden

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on...
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Abortion Is Not About Theology

  Linda Greenhouse’s Thanksgiving Day op-ed in the New York Times, “Sex After 50 at the Supreme Court”  is a telling piece: telling about the thinking as well as the politics that inform it. Greenhouse’s essential argument is this: Fifty years after the Supreme Court...
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Planned Parenthood Vote Flushes Out Pro-Life Pretenders

“Everybody knows [it] is a gesture in futility,” said Harry Reid, the former Senate Leader. It’s “a victory worth fighting for,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List. They were both talking about the bill to repeal Obamacare that was passed by the U.S. Senate...
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Abortion from the Pulpit

  Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. (Psalm 130:1-3) There...
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National Adoption Awareness

  Did you know that November was National Adoption Awareness Month? What did you miss? Unfortunately, not much. That is a shame, because infant adoption deserves the focused attention of those of us who care about the best interests of children—and few are as passionate...
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Christian Colleges and Universities Need to Walk the Walk on Pro-Life Issues: (From Town Hall)

Kristan Hawkins writes: “Is it surprising to learn that many Christian colleges and universities house school administrations that are openly hostile to pro-life students who want to educate their fellow students on abortion alternatives and help students facing crisis...
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The Myth of “Us” and “Them”

  Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts! (Isaiah 6:5) Abortion is perhaps the most polarizing “issue” in American life today. Given the stakes, it is...
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The Uterus: Now Another Hostage to Fortune

  Last week the Cleveland Clinic announced that a medical team there will soon be the first in the United States to transplant a uterus (fallopian tubes and ovaries not included). Eight women have already begun the screening process. One travelled more than 1,000 miles to...
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Holding the Country Hostage? Or Appropriating for Life?

  “Pro-lifers are holding the country hostage because of their feud with Planned Parenthood.” This is a meme we have heard before and may hear again. What does it really mean? It could refer to two separate processes; two separate dramas. Right now in Washington, the...
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