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Dec 32 min read
ABORTION: MYTHS, DECEPTIONS AND EUPHEMISMS (Part 1)
MYTH: The Bible says nothing about abortion (so it must not be important). FACT: The Bible says we are made in God’s image (Imago Dei).
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Rev. John S. Sheldon
May 14 min read
Purifying the Bride of Christ
By PPL Board President Rev. John S. Sheldon "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed...
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Patricia Lee June, MD
Dec 1, 20232 min read
Jesus, Incarnate Embryo
As we remember the incarnation of our Lord this Christmas, let us resolve to treat all those whom He loves with compassion.
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Rev. John S. Sheldon
Sep 30, 20235 min read
Respect Life
Rev. John S. Sheldon, President of PPL Board of Directors I don’t know when it became popular to raise awareness about various social or...
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Deborah Hollifield
Sep 1, 20232 min read
El Roi: The God Who Sees Me (Genesis 16, 21:8-21)
By PPL Former Director, Deborah Hollifield "The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?" (Prov. 18:14)...
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Rev. Jonathan B. Leach
Jun 30, 20234 min read
The Good Soldier . . . .Fights!
Rev. Jonathan B. Leach Ruling Elder, Reformed Presbyterian Church in San Antonio At least to my own “Baby Boomer” generation, a Fourth of...
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Rev. Lowell Avery
May 2, 20234 min read
Love, Courage, and Action
Fifty-two years ago three young adults loved God and me enough to pray for me, to alert me to my need for God’s forgiveness, and to tell...
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Rev. Lowell Avery
Feb 2, 20233 min read
What’s the difference between love and lust?
According to what Jesus said were the two greatest commandments, God wants love for Him and for each other to be the dominant motivation in
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Deborah Hollifield
Jan 4, 20232 min read
Spiritual Vertigo
By PPL Former Executive Director, Deborah Hollifield Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen...
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Martha Leatherman, MD
Jan 4, 20234 min read
Awake! Arise!
By former PPL Board Member, Martha Leatherman, MD Say with me the opening words of the Apostle’s Creed: “I believe in God, the Father...
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Rev. Jonathan B. Leach
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Short Days Long on Reflection
These shorter, darker days around Christmas afford us opportunity to think retrospectively
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Rev. Lowell Avery
Jul 31, 20222 min read
Back to the School of Prayer
PPL Board Member Rev. Lowell Avery, shares lessons God is teaching him in the school of prayer.
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Marie Bowen
Jun 3, 20224 min read
A Snippet of Song in the Night
God is revealing the secret...to enduring through this time of caretaking.
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PPL
May 8, 20223 min read
Death, the Last Enemy
It's Easter season, and Christians are supposed to be focused on the resurrection, but for going on 3 years we've been stuck on Good Friday
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Rev. Jonathan B. Leach
Mar 29, 20224 min read
Preserving the Species
PPL Board Member, Rev. Jonathan B. Leach, reminds us that the antidote for our culturally-induced fears is a healthy, optimistic hope...
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Deborah Hollifield
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Jeremiad: Nobody Likes a Prophet
God has a message for the church in the midst of our current cultural crisis
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Deborah Hollifield
Dec 31, 20213 min read
Pregnant With Promise: A call to prayer
The stories of pregnancies in Scripture can teach us how God accompanies us through our uncertain futures and difficult realities.
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Martha Leatherman, MD
Aug 31, 20212 min read
SUICIDE, DESPAIR and COVID
Much of our pandemic behavior has been driven by fear, and much of our pandemic behavior has been detrimental to our mental health.
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Patricia Lee June, MD
Apr 29, 20215 min read
The Abortion Pill
By PPL Board Member, Patricia Lee June, M.D “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you,...
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PPL
Apr 16, 20213 min read
Divine Cancellation
Heaven is reserved for those who identify as and imitate the humility of children.
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