June 28, 2017

Abortion

Planned Parenthood Doc Caught Saying She’d “Break the Baby’s Neck” if Baby Born Alive After Abortion by Debra Braun

Why Are Evangelical Women at Planned Parenthood? by Julie Roys – “What a recent Marie Claire report gets wrong—and right—about evangelicals and abortion.”

Activist shares pro-life truth at Google HQ, gets more views than Planned Parenthood chief by Lisa Bourne

“Unwitting stooge” of abortion extremists: BMA votes for decriminalization

Illinois Compels MDs to Discuss “Benefits” of Abortion by Wesley J. Smith

Abortion and Homicide by Greg Koukl – “Greg explains how those with a pro-life view are more in line with the laws of California and other states than many may think.”

“It’s my baby too”: Men and abortion

End-of-Life

Elder abuse is a clear and present danger in the euthanasia debate by Paul Russell – “An Australian report underscores the seriousness of the problem”

Family Living

6 Ways To Love Your Infertile Friend by Mary C. Tillotson – “My friend asked me how to balance honesty about the difficulties of fertility with sympathy for her friends who couldn’t have kids. Here are some ideas.”

Numbed by Video Games – Anesthetic for the Male Soul? by John Stonestreet & G. Shane Morris – “Are video games worthy of all the time and attention they get from young men these days? One writer thinks so. But he’s wrong.”

Why Parents Need To Limit Screens And Make Boredom Great Again by Brooke Shannon – “In the era of the smartphone and tablet, boredom is facing extinction. And that’s not a good thing, especially for our children.”

I’m afraid for my children by Pastor Mark Jeske

Video: Father Records Daughter Every First Day Of School

5 Things My Dad Taught Me That Every Daughter Should Know by Nicole Russell – “For Father’s Day, here’s the best of my dad’s sage wisdom, for all ages and stages of life.”

Video: Girl Sings For Brother With Down Syndrome

International

News from the Siberian Lutheran Mission Society (SLMS) – This is their latest newsletter with an interesting from Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin 

Worldview and Culture

Supreme Court delivers landmark ruling in favor of LCMS church preschool

Supreme Court Victory for Trinity Lutheran – And a Major Win for Religious Freedom by John Stonestreet & Roberto Rivera – “Okay, so government cannot “establish religion.” But can it discriminate against religion? The Supreme Court has decided no.”

Trinity Lutheran Confirms Religious Americans Aren’t Banished From Public Life by Kyle Sammin – “In Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, the Supreme Court gave the lines between church and state some definition and struck a blow for religious liberty in the process.”

How The Supreme Court’s Trinity Lutheran Decision Could Affect Anti-Religious Laws by Christian Sagers

SCOTUS’s Good News for Medical Conscience by Wesley J. Smith

A Win for Religious Liberty — SCOTUS and Trinity Lutheran by Nate Jackson

Why You Can Expect Increased Violence When The Left Is Out Of Power by Paul Burfeind – “Until we begin seeing each other as our flesh and blood neighbors with names and not through the archetypical lenses of media, the political violence will only heighten.”

Podcast: The Slow Death Of European Culture, Politics, And Identity by The Federalist Staff

Killing the City Won’t Save the Small Town by Matthew Robare

A Broken Culture by Erick Erickson