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if My people

Posted by mike wittmer on April 17th, 2013 | 6 responses
I was speaking with three friends about the lamentable condition of our country. They mentioned the continued practice of abortion, the rise of homosexual marriage, and the debt crisis. One friend cited 2 Chronicles 7:14,... read more »

mother robin

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on October 23rd, 2012 | 11 responses
Thousands of Indonesian women refer to Robin Lim as “Mother Robin” because she helped them through pregnancy and childbirth. Without her care and access to the clinics she established, the women wouldn’t have been able... read more »

rescued

Posted by regina franklin on July 21st, 2012 | one response
One of the young women in my Bible study group shared with me that an acquaintance of hers had just found out she was pregnant from a one night stand. The pregnant woman had scheduled an appointment for an imminent abortion.... read more »

every creation is unique

Posted by an odj community member on October 6th, 2011 | no responses
When I observe my home garden with attention, I’m amazed to see that although many leaves or many flowers of a plant look alike and conform to a similar pattern, every leaf and every flower is unique in respect of some... read more »

protecting life

Posted by tom felten on May 19th, 2011 | 13 responses
Russell Turnbull was riding a bus one night when a fight broke out. He tried to intervene, but in the process someone sprayed ammonia into his right eye. The powerful liquid scarred his cornea, causing him to lose sight and... read more »

unplanned

Posted by tom felten on November 24th, 2010 | 15 responses
At 17, she was in the midst of a brief season of rebellion. One night, instead of staying at a friend’s house, as she had told her parents, she went to a party thrown by a guy in his twenties. Although drinking and... read more »

speak the truth

Posted by pohfangchia on September 28th, 2010 | 21 responses
Today, most of us live in a highly pluralistic society. Our next-door neighbor could well be Chinese, Ethiopian, or European. And, in the name of harmony, we’re told to respect differing views and opinions. But when... read more »

memory before birth

Posted by tom felten on July 14th, 2010 | 21 responses
Got a good memory? Recent research conducted in the Netherlands and published in the medical journal Child Development reveals that babies can remember things quite well—even when they’re still in the womb! The... read more »