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“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable -
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -
think about such things.”
(Philippians 4:8 NIV)

By Gloriscope staff

ABORTION: Is there a cultural shift going on in the U.S. about abortion? Republican former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum thinks so, according to his op-ed column in the Philadelphia Inquirer today. He refers to five recent Hollywood pro-life movies about abortion, produced by four different companies: Knocked up, Waitress, Bella, August Rush and Juno. In each of these movies, a woman with an unplanned pregnancy rejects abortion, Sen. Santorum points out. “Ultrasound images awakened characters and audiences to the humanity of the unborn. Having a baby, even in the most challenging circumstances, became the compelling ‘choice./ Adoption was held up as a positive alternative to abortion. And, unlike the news media’s portrayal of pro-lifers, protesters outside abortion clinics were authentically depicted as warm and concerned,” writes Sen. Santorum about these movies.

CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP: We need “basic retraining” in re-focusing our lives, suggests Rev. Bob De Moor, the editor of the Banner, in his editorial in the January 2007 issue of the magazine. Rev. Moor, who is a pastor of preaching at the West End Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Canada, writes: “Pastor Bill Hybels of the world-renowned Willow Creek Church recently concluded that his church has failed to shape fully mature disciples of Jesus.” Rev. Moor writes that Willow Creek discovered it has not turned its members into people who regularly read their Bibles and pray on their own. He says that we spend a lot of time every day online and watching television, and asks: “How might we retrain ourselves and each other to dedicate some of that time to reading our Bibles and conversing one-on-one with God?”

MORMONS: Romney is irrelevant to Mormonism’s future. That is the opinion of Carrie Sheffield, a Washington D.C. writer and a member of the LDS Church (the Mornon church), in his article published today in the online edition of the American Spectator, a U.S. magazine. “Consider: From 1997 to 2002, the six years prior to Romney’s governorship, LDS church membership in Massachusetts grew by a rate of nearly 40 percent. During the four years Romney was in office, membership growth slowed to a snail’s pace — a mere 1.7 percent,” writes Sheffield, and concluds, “The LDS church is likely to continue its current modest-but-impressive growth whether or not Romney wins the White House.”

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TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!

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