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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.
Martha Leatherman, MD
Aug 31, 20212 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,...
Patricia Lee June, MD
Apr 29, 20215 min read


Divine Cancellation
Heaven is reserved for those who identify as and imitate the humility of children.

PPL
Apr 17, 20213 min read


REMEMBER THE BIG PICTURE
By PPL Board Member, Rev. Lowell Avery We champion human life in obedience to “God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to...

PPL
Mar 31, 20212 min read


ETHICAL CHOICES AT THE END OF LIFE
In making end of life choices, we ought not be motivated by fear. It has no place in our thoughts.
Jack Sharpe, Esq.
Mar 7, 20214 min read


Holding the Center
It feels like false optimism to imagine that crossing an imaginary line into 2021 will bring the fresh start associated with most new years.

PPL
Jan 1, 20212 min read


The Gift of Life
To believe that we can change God's plan by anything we do is dangerously prideful.
Martha Leatherman, MD
Nov 21, 20203 min read


How Long, O Lord?
By Deborah Hollifield, Former PPL Executive Director In 1989, the last year of Ronald Reagan’s Presidency, I was a new candidate running...

Deborah Hollifield
Oct 31, 20203 min read


"If we don't have life, other issues pale!"
We have come a long way in America toward defeating racism in our country, but we have more work to do in fighting racial injustice.

PPL
Oct 31, 20203 min read


Identity Politics
More and more we are bombarded with “identity politics,” the system that labels people and forces them into artificial homogenous groups.

PPL
Sep 5, 20203 min read


Our Mass Delusion: No Lives Matter
The commodification of unborn human life has embedded a societal delusion where no lives matter.

Deborah Hollifield
Jul 6, 20209 min read


Jesus Doesn't Triage
“All lives matter” has become a trite slogan, but in God’s economy, it is clearly true.

PPL
Apr 27, 20202 min read


How Valuable is a Death?
Amid the worldwide waiting, watching, fearing, and mourning over the destruction created by the COVID-19 virus, questions of life and death

PPL
Apr 1, 20204 min read


What is a person?
A PPL blog by Patricia Lee June, M.D, PPL Board member
“Personhood” is the status of being a person, but what is a “person”?

PPL
Mar 2, 20205 min read


Why Penal Substitutionary Atonement Matters for Counseling
Substitutionary atonement matters for counseling because it’s vital to living out the Christian life.

PPL
Jan 27, 20204 min read


What About Surrogacy? A Christian View
Is surrogacy a beautiful, loving act or does it simply degrade pregnancy to a service and a baby to a product? Should Christians promote it

PPL
Jun 4, 20196 min read


Suicide and Satan's Lie
By Rev. Craig Kephart and Martha Leatherman, M.D. I was at breakfast last week with an old friend. Let’s call him “Derek.” The early...

PPL
May 1, 20195 min read


Always Care, Never Kill: The church should lead in responding to decisions of life and death
By Mrs. Amy Scherschligt, PPL Board Member and Life Team Leader The church needs to recover its role in ministry at the end of life. This...

PPL
Feb 4, 20192 min read


From the President: May 2019 be the Year of the Unborn Child
By Rev. John Sheldon, President of PPL Board of Directors Happy New Year from Presbyterians Protecting Life (PPL)! Our mission in 2019...

PPL
Jan 4, 20193 min read
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