April 19, 2018

Abortion

Key Pro-Abortion Study Is Refuted by Bradley Mattes

Grieving father tells story of his aborted son to persuade others not to abort by Sarah Terzo

Adoption

Try Not To Cry While Watching This Mom Talk About Choosing Adoption For Her Baby by Kelly Harkness – “The stories of birth mothers who choose to place their children for adoption have largely gone untold. Filling that void is an unfair stereotype.”

Devotional

Fake News by Rev. Ken Klaus

Truth (from the Christian Medical & Dental Associations)

He Provides for Me by Pastor Mark Jeske

End-of-Life

Euthanasia and the inevitability of slippery slopes by Margaret Somerville

Family Living

6 Ways to Help Parents Who Receive a Difficult Prenatal Diagnosis by Msgr. Charles Pope

6 Things You Can Do Right now to Keep Your Kids from Leaving the Church by Nicholas Davis

When Your Daughter Tells You She’s Pregnant by Lauren Urrea

Leaving Home . . . And God by Rand Hummel

6 Reasons Raising Kids Costs Less Than You Think by Georgi Boorman – “Financing child-rearing is complicated and messy, just like the rest of parenthood. But there are plenty of ways your costs could be lower than the average.”

Babies Make Families by Grace Emily Stark – “They don’t just add to them. They strengthen our relationships with our own spouses and parents and siblings.”

International

The United States by Abbot Tryphon

Political

Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Gets $540 Million of Your Tax Dollars, It’s Spending $30 Million to Take Over Congress by Tony Perkins

Sexual Purity

How to Engage Your Church on Difficult Subjects Like Child Sexual Abuse by Church Resources Staff

This Man Rescues Children From Sex Slavery And Wants You To Know This About Backpage by Bre Payton

Parents Organize “Sex Ed Sit Out” to Protest Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Classes Targeting Kids by Micaiah Bilger

Worldview and Culture

The Collapse of Manners by Gracy Olmstead – “Winsomeness and gentlemanliness are being undermined by the online race to rage.”

A Puff-Piece Memoir from the President of Planned Parenthood by Alexandra Desanctis – “Cecile Richards sanitizes the brutality of abortion with deceptive talking points and self-aggrandizing anecdotes.”

John Oliver’s Lies about Abby Johnson and Crisis Pregnancy Centers by Timothy Brahm

I’ve Got Your Back by Jim Sedlak

Progressivism is a cult: John Oliver edition – Bloodlust by Steve Deace 

Video: The Absurdity of Richard Dawkins REVEALED by Ravi Zacharias

On the Lighter Side …

Big Name Showdown by Drew Dyck, Contributing Editor, CT Pastors

We named my son Athanasius after the 4th Century Church Father. It was a strategic choice. We figured we could use it for leverage when he wasn’t behaving. “The first Athanasius faced down four Roman Emperors and you can’t even clean one bedroom!” Or, “At 25 years old, Athanasius stood up at the Council of Nicaea, argued for the divinity of Christ, changing the course of church history. Why are you still living in our basement?!”

Hopefully it won’t come to that, but it feels good knowing I have those lines at my disposal if it does.

Well, it seems his big name is already going to his head. Last weekend, I overheard a heated argument between him and his little sister. At one point he shouted at her, “You need to listen to ME! I was named after a very important Christian!”

That’s when I stepped in. Um, bud, are you sure you want to play that card? On your sister … Mary?

(Source: Church Humor Newsletter, 4/18/18)