The Dark Shadow of Abortion and Lindsay Clancy

Judge William Sullivan, the Superior Court judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, declared a mistrial  on September 4 after the jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

After seven days of deliberation, the jury couldn’t agree whether the Massachusetts mom was criminally responsible for strangling her three kids. Apparently one juror felt Clancy was guilty of the crime and wouldn’t budge from his position. The others were prepared to acquit.

The mistrial stunned the nation–particularly families. How could a mom methodically strangle each of her three children and get away with it?

The high-profile trial took place in Plymouth, Massachusetts, home of the Pilgrims–who would have most certainly convicted Mrs. Clancy.

I believe the dark cloud of abortion hovers over this mistrial and the world.

Here’s why.

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Dolly Parton: Character Lessons from the Life of an American Original

Approximately 165,000 people die every day around the world.  That’s 60 million people a year, 7000 per hour, 117 a minute, and two per second. 
 
If Saint Peter meets believers in Jesus at the Pearly Gates, then when Dolly Parton passed into eternity on August 25, 2026, his words of welcome might have included:
 
Hello, Dolly! Well done good and faithful servant (Matthew 25:21).
 
Humor aside, Dolly Parton was a believer in Jesus who is now in God’s presence (2 Corinthians 5:8). She lived a larger-than-life existence that only could have happened in the United States of America. 
 
What can we learn from her life?

The Permanent Victory of the Cross and Resurrection

Easter time is one of the most memorable weeks of year for me, from sun-rise services, to Easter 1974 in the Holy Land, to cross walks through my hometown for the past 33 years. 

A ministry friend recently asked me if he could send my 2018 Easter blog to his list of 10,000 young pastors in America. I said I’d be honored–and decided to also share it again with you.

Easter is special, world-changing, cosmos altering.

It celebrates the permanent victory of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

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