Posts by BFLW
All Are Precious in His Sight
Although our world seems to be advancing in technology and science, mankind as a whole is trapped in a tragic state where they think that some lives do not matter as much as other lives do. This is not a new idea, but has become a recurring theme throughout the world’s history. Slavery, for example,…
Read MoreNovember 2018 Prayer Letter
John 8:59 = Then took they up stones to cast at Him: but Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. As I was reading my devotions this morning I happened to be on this portion of Scripture. I was reminded that Jesus was…
Read MorePrayer Letter October 2018
II Chronicles 10:15 = “So the king hearkened not unto the people for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform His word,…”. The context of this verse is the time after King Solomon had died and his son, Rehoboam was going to be the new king. The people wanted Rehoboam to lighten…
Read MoreAll Lives Matter
August 28, 1963. 250,000 people march to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., eager to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver a speech. One phrase in his speech became the rallying cry of the civil rights movement: “I have a dream.” These words have echoed across America millions of times since their origin, but…
Read MoreLife Is Precious
Amara, Sophie, and Celia lay dead on the floor, blood pooling about their lifeless bodies. Aaron Schaflhausen had brutally murdered his three young daughters. The police found the bodies after a frantic call from the girls’ mother, and Aaron turned himself in soon afterward, pleading guilty to the crime. The people in my little town…
Read MorePrayer Letter September 2018
I John 5:12 = “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” The emphasis of Baptists for Life of Wisconsin is on reaching people for Jesus Christ. Our “pro-life” focus is spiritual life that will prepare people for eternity. The pregnancy centers we start…
Read MorePrayer Letter August 2018
Job 23:10 = “But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Recently I ran across a note in facebook that said “ The good news is I’ve made it to my golden years. The bad news is… there ain’t no gold.” As I read…
Read MoreA Solemn Warning from a Prophet of Old
Woe unto them who call evil, good, and good, evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Isa. 5:20. King Solomon wrote these words in Ecclesiastes 1:9b…there is no new thing under the sun. And so it has been down through the ages, that…
Read MorePrayer Letter July 2018
June was another busy, but exciting month for Nancy and me. We spoke in 5 churches during the month, had our quarterly board meeting for BFLW, and will have conducted a summit for our pregnancy workers by the time you get this letter. At our board meeting we were encouraged by the financial report. Our…
Read MoreChoose Life
Deuteronomy 30:19, “,,,I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed (descendants) shall live. That thou mayest love the Lord thy God…obey his voice…cleave unto him…” In Wisconsin, many pro-life citizens rejoiced when the legal steps had all been accomplished so we could purchase…
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