January 25, 2019

Abortion

New York State’s Abortion Law by Rev. Michael W. Salemink

LCMS President’s statement regarding gubernatorial actions expanding abortion in New York, Illinois

Cartoonist Gary Varvel on New York Abortion Law

New York’s Until-Birth Abortion Law Is A Sign Of America’s Decline by Sarah Telle – “The top of Freedom Tower was lit in pink to celebrate the signing of a bill that promises to kill more humans than terrorists ever will.”

New York Expands Culture of Death by Jordan Candler – “The Empire State is set to move most restrictions on abortion in the state.”

New York lights up pink to celebrate extreme abortion bill

New Law Makes It Easier For New Yorkers To Get Third-Trimester Abortions by Liz Wolfe – “Doctors in New York state already perform a staggering number of abortions annually, but sure, let’s expand opportunities for abortions at a gestational stage when babies can survive outside the womb.”

Vermont Bill Pushes Abortion Without Limit by Wesley J. Smith

United Kingdom: 15,000 babies killed in late term abortions in 5 years

The “Right” to Abortion by R. J. Rushdoony

Video/Article: Choice by Emeal (“E.Z.”) Zwayne

Adoption

Single Mom Unknowingly Adopts Her Son’s Sister: “God Told Me to Say Yes” by Jeannie Law

Devotional

Victory in the courts by Linda Buxa

The Fear of Love by Abbot Tryphon

Family Living

Breaking the Silence: Redefining Marriage Hurts Women Like Me – and Our Children by Janna Darnelle – “The push to present a positive image of same-sex families has hidden the devastation on which many are built. We must stand for marriage—and for the precious lives that marriage creates.”

Fetal Development

Dysart “miracle” twins, born 18 weeks premature, making history by Meta Hemenway-Forbes

Worldview and Culture

Suffer the Children by Margaret Manning Shull

Vintage Secrets to Being a Good Conversationalist

Today’s Left Now Openly Aims To Make Christians Second-Class Citizens by Nathanael Blake – “Centuries ago, the British imposed penal laws on Irish Catholics and dissenting Protestant minorities. Might we be moving in a similar direction here?”

The Bigotry At The Heart Of The Covington Affair Belongs To The Left by John Daniel Davidson – “After days of outrage and condemnations, the Covington affair has revealed a disturbing bigotry among far too many media figures and outlets on the left.”

How Americans’ Social Distrust Points The Way To Religious Revival by Lewis M. Andrews – “Given that a lot of what passes for objective reality turns out to be only slightly more accurate than palm reading, it is hardly surprising that Americans mistrust their social institutions.”

Pastor, Why Are You Hiding? by Chuck Degroat – “Sin-management strategies rarely work. It’s time to risk moving out from the shadows.”

An accident, a janitor and a Lakeville school’s unexpected gift by Erin Golden – “More than two years after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a car crash, Myron Peterson has morphed from an average doodler into a prolific, talented artist.”