“But to Your Name Give Glory”

June 24, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory

Roe v. Wade at 40 Years — 55 Million Lives Lost

January 22, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973. Since that day over 55,000,000 unborn babies have lost their lives to abortion. – – On January 22, the Pro-Life Action League will mark the 40th Anniversary of the […]

Lament and Lullaby

January 22, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. It’s also the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973. The Coventry Carol is both lullaby and lament, sung by the women of Bethlehem to their children before an enraged Herod had […]

Esther 6–10

December 27, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 52: Tuesday “Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually, […]

Esther 1–5: God’s Providence & Esther’s Courage

December 20, 2011.Reading time 12 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 51: Tuesday Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you […]

Psalms 137–139: Grief & Praise

November 30, 2011.Reading time 8 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 48: Wednesday “By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs […]

Proverbs 31: Open Your Mouth & Defend The Unfortunate

October 20, 2011.Reading time 6 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Thursday Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. Proverbs 31:8–9 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 31. Derek Kidner divides this last chapter of Proverbs into two sections: […]

Judges 17–21: Idolatry & Degeneracy

March 1, 2011.Reading time 7 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Tuesday “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:35 This last sentence in Judges aptly summarizes the book. The events in Tuesday’s Bible reading of Judges 17–21, recount idolatry, wanton lasciviousness and homosexuality, gang rape, […]

Coventry Carol: A Song For Our Time

January 23, 2011.Reading time 2 minutes.

“Since 1983, Americans have observed Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (SOHLS) as a day to celebrate the intrinsic value of all human life…. Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is held on the Sunday in January that falls closest to the day on which the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions were handed down […]

January 22, 1973

January 22, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

“On the 38th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade decision, we hold heavy in our hearts the 52 million lives lost and the countless mothers hurt by the horror of abortion,” said Dannenfelser. “But with this great sadness comes great optimism. Americans have shown in poll after poll, and especially in the last election, […]