Heavenly Father, in whose hand is life and new life; give Your people the wisdom to see the value Your hands give to life and the love to reflect that value in our living, through Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Waiting Eagerly Student Guide Annie. Oliver Twist. Romanian orphans. We’ve all seen them-visions of homeless and apparently unloved waifs looking with eager anticipation as prospective parents walk through the
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Adoption is not well understood in our culture. After we began adopting our children, I was always amazed at the people who would remark, “Someday maybe you’ll have your own children.” Somehow there seemed to be a dividing line between adopted families and biological families. Those that came together through adoption were not “real” families; the only “real” ones were those that had a genetic component. What makes a family? …
A prayer suitable for use during a worship service.
A prayer suitable for use in a worship service.
Those involved in an abortion decision often do not allow themselves to grieve because they do not think they should. But such sorrow cannot be suppressed indefinitely.
A Collection of resources from the LCMS.ORG Life Library.
“The Meaning of the Presence of Children”
“Real and Abundant Life”
“That They May Have Life”
A Collection of resources from the LCMS.ORG Life Library.
“Abortion and the Gospel”
“Abortion and the Meaning of Parenthood”
“…And So the Toll Begins”
“Children of Light”
“The Economics of Abortion: Dannemeyer and Hyde”
“Faith-based Abortion?”
“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”
“Hippocrates or Hypocrite”
“A History Summary of Abortion from Antiquity Through Legalization (1973)”
“Human Ethics and Animal Rights”
“In Loco Parentis”
“Intensive Snare”
“Next Page Katie’s Story”
“Lawmakers Lawbreakers”
“A Letter to My Birthmother”
“The Many Victims of Abortion”
“Population Implosion”
“Relics of the Saints, Abortion, and Gay “Marriage”
“The Secret Pain”
“Some Theological and Practical Implications of Churches and Pastors Advocacy of Abortion in the Case of a Pregnancy Resulting from an Alleged Rape”
“Theory, not Practice”
“The Vigil”
“What Women Don’t Know Does Hurt Them”
“Will Power”
Actually, the document has been around for a long time. What needs to be discovered, however, is just how pro-life the Apostles’ Creed really is. What we profess so often connects so well to the life issues of our day.