December 11, 2017

Abortion

U.S. Department Of Justice Finally Starts Investigating Planned Parenthood by Nicole Russell

Waiting Outside an Abortion Clinic Years Ago Was Worth It by Karen Swallow Prior – “The mother of an almost-aborted baby reached out with this letter about her son.”

Chemical Abortion Drugs Found “Dangerous or Ineffective” by Bradley Mattes

Writer Andy Kopsa Is Right: “Partial-Birth Abortion” Is A Terribly Misleading Phrase by James Silberman

Why I Would Never File A Lawsuit Saying My Child With Cystic Fibrosis Should Not Have Been Born by Mary Vought – “Jen Gann wants to win a ‘wrongful death lawsuit’ based on her son’s cystic fibrosis. She says with better diagnosis, she would have aborted him so he wouldn’t be alive today.”

Eight myths of choice by Andrea Mrozek – “Autonomy is not the highest value in life.”

Adoption

Video: Couple Shares The Beauty Of Adoption In Video 

Devotional

When Bad Things Happen

End-of-Life

Living Will denying basic care cited in case of woman “kept alive against her will”

Sliding towards euthanasia in Oregon by Bradley Mattes

Basic Care, Human Dignity, and Care for Medically Vulnerable Persons by Bobby Schindler

Family Living

Boy Makes Incredible Video for Classmates to Describe His Life with Autism

Political

European Union Warns Poland Not to Pass Pro-Life Legislation by Jonathan Abbamonte – “The move marks an unprecedented intervention into the democratic process of a Member State” 

Movies – Television – Video

Movie Review: Wonder by Ted Giese

Sexual Purity

Rethinking “Relations” – A Return to Virtue in the Wake of Scandal? by Eric Metaxas & Stan Guthrie – “Given the headlines today, lots of secular folks are starting to wonder if they ought to rethink sex. Wow—ya think?”

Thank Separating Sex From Morality For The Great American Sexual Meltdown by Curt Anderson – “The sexual abuse and harassment sweepstakes we are witnessing today is the direct result of our society deciding that Christian morality is narrow, repressive, and above all, not cool.”

The Crisis of Masculinity is One of Scarcity, Not Excess by David Masciotra – “‘Are we not men?’ is a more salient question than ever.”

Worldview and Culture

This Progressive 1970s Kids Album Sounds Reactionary Now, But Should It? by Melissa Langsam Braunstein – “Social norms have changed so completely that what was radical in 1972 more closely approximates the cultural right than the cultural left in 2017.”

4 reasons why Christians don’t care about changing the world – a response to Libya by Isaac Borquaye

8 Assumptions Pastors Can’t Make In A Post-Christian Culture by Karl Vaters – “The so-called Christian culture is going… going… gone. We need to get ready for what’s next.”