I read this article because of another blog I follow. It appalled me and I wanted to make my readers aware of it as well. Nancy Flanders writes the original article: The Helsinki Group, comprised of philosophers, scientists, and animal welfare groups have created a declaration of rights for dolphins, which they hope will soon … Continue reading »
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Promote a Culture of Life While Living in a Culture of Death
*Reader Warning: Graphic and disturbing news follows* Yesterday I heard a very heart-wrenching story in the news on my commute to work. It was that the remains of a baby were found in a local city’s sewer. A baby, age determined to be 10-25 weeks of gestation, was found by workers at a Ft. Wayne … Continue reading »
Planned Parenthood: Why I Can’t Retweet Your Tweet
Let’s define my terms: (all definitions located in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary) “pro-choice” – favoring the legalization of abortion “abortion” – the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus; spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation … Continue reading »
Happy Mother’s Day: Can You Love Someone Who Doesn’t Look Like You?
DENNAE PIERRE asks a great question in her blog post over at Together for Adoption: One of the big adoption questions I get asked is, “Can you love a kid that you adopt as much as you love your biological children?” When someone raises a concern about adoption, I like to show how those questions … Continue reading »
For CBC: an article to read in preparation for tomorrow’s sermon
Tomorrow I will be preaching at Calvary Baptist Church in Oswego, IN. I’ll be preaching a sermon continuing our study in Galatians. Our text will be Galatians 4:8-20. The title of the sermon is “Birthmarks of a Believer”. I’ll be touching on orphans & adoption just briefly. Today Tim Challies posted a link to this … Continue reading »
Families Needed for Russian Orphans: Christian World Adoption
I opened my inbox today and read with interest this email from Christian World Adoption ministry. If you are interested in expressing your obedience to James 1:27 through adoption, I would encourage you to research CWA and the need currently in Russia. Dear Families, My name is Anya Rutherford and I am Christian World Adoption’s … Continue reading »
Free audiobook: Adopted for Life
Last Sunday at Calvary Baptist we took some time to encourage our congregation to become involved in ministry to the fatherless. We understand that this involvement is as varied as the individuals that make up our local assembly. We were encouraged to save our spare coins for the “Change for Orphans” ministry, created by Steven … Continue reading »
Thoughts & Summaries from the Adopting for Life Conference – 2010
February 26 & 27 found my wife and I attending the Adopting for Life conference at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. I am adding links to the session notes that I took from the sessions that I attended. They are mainly my thoughts as they occurred to me and may not make total … Continue reading »
