Abortion
Pro-Abortion Group Thinks It’s Really Funny To Kill Healthy Babies by Bre Payton – “That kid is slapping his dad in the face … Yeah, we don’t need more of those in the world.”
New Video Exposes Planned Parenthood’s Illicit Baby Parts Trafficking Scheme by Steven Ertelt
Poland aims for total abortion ban
Video: 10th All Ireland Rally for Life – Belfast 2016 – Thousands marched for Life – Also see: Rally for Life hears abortion push will fail both north and south
The new colonial masters in Africa by Antonia Tully – “African countries may have won independence from their political colonial masters in the 20th century, but a new type of colonialism is oppressing Africa today. It is an oppression by wealthy Western countries which fund organisations such as International Planned Parenthood and Marie Stopes International to impose contraception and abortion on African women. This new colonialism is attacking the values and families of African people.”
Video: Former abortion worker: “God’s forgiveness is amazing” by Claire Chretien
Adoption
“My name is Carolyne” by Joe Dejka – “When an American couple adopted an infant from a Russian orphanage, it seemed that fortune had smiled upon the 13-month-old girl. But within three years, Carolyne’s adoptive parents in Nebraska gave her up to the state. Authorities placed Carolyne in emergency foster care with an uncertain future. But one family’s tragedy was another family’s blessing.”
Bioethics
Top experts tells BBC that “fatal foetal abnormality” not a medical diagnosis
Creation
A Second “Debate” With Bill Nye, “the Science Guy” by Ken Ham
Devotional
How to Have a Happy Life by Phillip Holmes
Christ is Our Model by Pastor Mark Jeske
Family Living
When “Normal” is Not Enough by Rev. Robert Fleischmann
9-year-old girl called “guardian angel” after finding abandoned newborn in Indiana by Fr. Mark Hodges
It’s Possible: Gays and Lesbians Can Have Happy Marriages by Doug Mainwaring
Why Gender-Neutral Child-Raising Is A Terrible Idea by Rachel Lu – “Under the label ‘gender-neutral parenting,’ liberals are now trying to liberate boys from boyhood.”
OMG by Pastor Mark Jeske
Preventing Teenage “Faith Drift” by Kara Powell – “Our research underscores the crucial role of intergenerational relationships.”
Political
The Federal Government Is Ignoring Pro-Life Consciences by Roman Tausz – “The current administration is illegally coercing health care providers into participating in abortions and denying their rights to bring lawsuits, testifiers said at a House forum on Friday.”
Most Of All We Hate The Experts Because They’re Always Wrong by Greg Scandlen – “If the experts got their remedies right, we would be a happy country with few problems, and they would deserve to feel superior.”
Sexual Purity
Hugh Hefner: GOP nominating Trump is sign of ultimate victory of sexual revolution by Fr. Mark Hodges
Worldview and Culture
Treating People Like the Image Bearers They Are – And the Difference It Can Make by John Stonestreet – “Think all is lost? Feel like you don’t know how to make a difference in our crazy world? Here’s a personal story that just might change your mind.”
Benham Brothers: Bloodshed in the Womb Leads to Bloodshed on the Streets by Samuel Smith
Can white and black America ever be together? by Pastor Mark Jeske
The Gospel in the Aftermath of Dallas, Baton Rouge, and Falcon Heights – Where to from Here? by John Stonestreet – “Last week seems like a bad dream, but it wasn’t. Is it even possible to make sense of such cultural chaos?”
Christians Must Mourn Philando Castile’s Death by Nate Shurden
Police by Abbot Tryphon
The Gospel of Christ is the Gospel of Life by Rev. Paul T. Stallsworth – These remarks were presented at the 2016 National Right to Life Convention. “The workshop was titled, ‘Providing Support and Leadership in Churches’ and featured leaders from the National Pro-Life Religious Council (NPRC).”
Sometimes a Question is Better than an Answer – Winsome Converstations about Tough Topics by John Stonestreet – “Ever left speechless on these tough conversations about social issues? Ever think afterwards, why didn’t I say that? Well, here are six questions for your conversational toolkit.”
How Facebook Makes You Miss Out On Life by Gracy Olmstead – “We swear that tomorrow we’ll read a book instead, or maybe call an old friend. But all too often, when tomorrow arrives, we’re exhausted and burned out. Facebook deserves some blame.”
Garrison Keillor Says Farewell – Lessons from Lake Wobegon by John Stonestreet – “Garrison Keillor has walked off the stage, but there’s much we can learn from his God-haunted and persistently excellent career.”