Visitation and Power

  On the Sunday before Christmas, many Christians will hear an excerpt from the “Visitation” of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56). The story climbs the heights of pro-life philosophy, so I quote a portion here: Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste...
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A Just Man

    Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame,...
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For Us and For Our Salvation

    A pastor who has been at it for a while knows that the main event every December is the Christmas Eve Service of Worship. In that service, Isaiah 9:2-7 is stirringly read; and Luke 2:1-20, on the birth of Jesus, joyfully declared. Then the Word is preached. And Holy...
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Euthanasia, the Looming Frontier

    The reports from Canada are particularly disturbing. “Medical Assistance in Dying” is the term used there—MAiD it is called—and in the few years since the Canadian supreme court found a fundamental right to demand medical assistance with one’s death, the numbers...
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Witness to the Truth

    This year the last Sunday in November (in the Catholic calendar) is the last Sunday of the Christian year, the feast of Christ the King. Twenty-first century Christians believe in Jesus Christ as King though most do so with little understanding of the nature of real...
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Jim and Faith McFadden: Faithful Servants of Truth

    The 50th Anniversary Dinner of the Human Life Review was held on November 13th at the Union League Club in New York City. I was privileged to be present. It was a wonderful gathering of friends who all agree that there is nothing more important in life than to do...
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Into the Silence

    There is something about the deep darkness of a cave that brings a hush over everyone who enters. Last week, in our ongoing effort to explore our new home in the Southwest, we visited Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Seeing the Caverns had been on my husband’s wish...
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Partisan Rivalries and Salvation

    The editors at Human Life Review asked me to prepare this entry for November 4, the day prior to the election. In addition to affecting the country at all levels, federal, state, and local, our elections attract the attention of nations around the world, inasmuch as...
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Attorney General Garland: Ideals without Accountability

  On September 12, 2024, United States Attorney General [AG] Merrick Garland addressed the closing session of the 85th Annual US Attorneys Conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC.  DOJ employees were invited to attend this event, held in the department’s...
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A Prayer for the Vulnerable

  Sometimes it is difficult to know how to pray, and we are helped by the words of others. The following is a prayer for the vulnerable, particularly the unborn, taken from Psalm 35. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with the vulnerable—children who cannot contend for...
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