“So … how far can we go?” asked the e-mail I received from a participant in one of my teen chastity talks. I’ve responded to this question numerous times and I’ve even grown to expect it following my talks. But this time, it suddenly hit me that this question is a symptom of a much larger phenomenon in our culture today.
Pro-life means much more than opposition to abortion. My wife Gloria and I learned this lesson personally when we received a call that our 21-year-old grand-nephew, Justin, was hospitalized after a serious motorcycle accident.
The box for the “Breakfast of Champions” always showed a picture of a champion. I firmly believe that many of today’s generation of young people are worthy of such distinction. More and more of them are realizing that chastity is the choice of champions.
When a man remembers the Word of the Lord, he is equipped to protect vulnerable and fragile lives.
“I came back today to talk to someone from Lutherans For Life,” said the young woman standing in front of the LFL booth I was manning at a teacher’s conference. It had been one of those particularly difficult days. My small children were bored, running around and generally creating havoc. Couldn’t I just go home? But apparently God had a different idea for here was this woman standing in front of me …
The woman was scheduled for surgery. One day she called to tell me she was “getting her affairs in order.” I didn’t think much about it as she went on to ask me a few questions about her durable power of attorney. It was not odd for the woman to speak this way because I knew her to be a person of common sense. She understood that the operation would, for all practical purposes, be a routine procedure. Nevertheless, a few days later she called back to say, “Whatever the Lord’s got going here is fine with me.”
Maybe you’ve heard it said of someone, “Look at all they are going through. Wouldn’t they be better off dead?” Maybe you have said it or heard someone else say it. “Why doesn’t God just take me home? I’d be better off dead.” So, is it true? Would we be better off dead?
Much has been made in the pro-life community comparing legalized abortion-on-demand in the United States to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. Some leaders in the Jewish community bristle at this comparison and say that we should not minimize what happened in Nazi Germany to the Jewish people by using this comparison. I agree with them …
Jesus’ earthly existence began by the Holy Spirit. In the way of all children, He was born and raised under the watchful eye of His parents. Jesus had no biological children of His own, but He claimed special ownership of the children of the world. He taught and demonstrated a special love for children.
“Well at least I’m not adopted.” The hurtful words spoken by a fourth grade classmate of my oldest son, Michael, rang in my ears …