July 7, 2016

Abortion

You Won’t Believe This Front-Page Headline A Day After Whole Woman’s Health by Jay Hobbs – “A mother convicted for killing her baby without the help of Planned Parenthood understands the abortion end-game: ‘No more baby.’”

Is It a Baby? by Pastor Mark Jesk

Bioethics

Subtle Verbal Splicing by Pastor Robert Fleischmann

Devotional

Fruit Pies by Rev. Ken Klaus

Family Living

Luther on changing a baby’s diaper by Gene Veith

31 days of proactively praying for your kids (and grandkids!) by Linda Buxa

Teenagers: listen first, talk later.

God and My Legacy by Pastor Mark Jeske

The Millennial’s Six-Step Guide To Financial Independence by Cody Boorman – “If you’re motivated, you can flip your finances from a dismal cycle of paycheck to paycheck to an impressive investment in your present and future.”

Fetal Development

9 Months That Made You

Political

First They Came for the Florists – The Threat to Pastors’ Religious Freedom in Iowa by John Stonestreet – “A so-called ‘clarification’ on anti-discrimination laws in the heartland makes the state the arbiter of sermons and services.”

American Minute on Slavery and Marriage

Sexual Purity

CDC: African-American teens are embracing abstinence by Kiley Crossland – “Experts confounded by drop in sex rate, especially for males.”

After Abstaining Until Marriage, NFL Star Russell Wilson and Ciara Get Married: “We Did It Jesus’ Way” by Micaiah Bilger

Worldview and Culture

A Good Word From Camp—St. Petersburg Russia June/July 2016 – Leif Camp was an instrumental part of Dr. Lamb’s 2012 trip to Russia.