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"Let's take care of it." What does this phrase mean to you? Does it mean nurturing and loving, or does it mean disregarding and trashing. For more than 50 million lives during the last 39 years, "take care of it" means death. It means never having a chance in this world.

January 22 marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the monumental Supreme Court case legalizing abortion.

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Just before Thanksgiving in 2008, at the age of 26, I was diagnosed with a kind of cancer called glioblastoma multiforme. I had a tumor about the size of a tangerine in my brain behind my left eye. My nurses told me not to look for information on the Internet. They were trying to protect me, I think. Well, I did the search anyway.

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Question: I pray for forgiveness every day and feel guilty if I do something wrong. What I don't understand is if we are born with original sin, why should we feel guilty about sinning since we can't help it?

<p><img style="float: left; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://www.wels.net/sites/wels/files/mli013111_guilt.png" alt="" width="459" height="159"></p> <p><strong>Question:</strong> I pray for forgiveness every day and feel guilty if I do something wrong. What I don't understand is if we are born with original sin, why should we feel guilty about sinning since we can't help it?</p> <p><strong>Answer:</strong> Thank you for your question. You are right that it may not seem fair that we are guilty if we can't help but sin.</p>

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Question: I was recently diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder. My doctor says I have a chemical imbalance in my brain and prescribed anxiety drugs, but so far I have refused to take them. I feel that my faith is very weak for giving into these fears and anxieties. What does God say about the use of these drugs?

Answer:

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Question: I am almost 80 years old and lately I've been wondering, what purpose do I have in life? Why does God keep me here on this earth?

Answer: Thanks for sharing your question. You wonder what purpose God has for your life here on earth. Since you are almost 80 years old, I am sensing that you are retired and are not able to do a lot of things you used to enjoy.

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A little over a year ago the small community in which I live was stunned. Four teenage boys ages 17 to 19 plotted to rob a home, and they agreed beforehand that if anyone was home they would murder them. They randomly chose a home only because it was on a dirt road away from other houses.

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Depression. We all go through it. You feel so sad about something that you think you can never be happy again. Then maybe a half hour later, you're laughing and happy again. That's what most teens see as being "depressed."

But really depression is so much more. You go through days at a time being sad. Sometimes it can last for weeks and maybe even months.

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College students, what are your New Year's resolutions? To exercise more? To make new friends? To get involved in more activities at school? To raise your GPA?

It's normal to reflect on the past semester and to make goals in order to improve the next.

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A teen writes her pastor to let him know that his sermon touched her heart—and her soul.

Pastor, I just wanted you to know that I really liked your sermon last Sunday, "Help for the brokenhearted." I'm sure you noticed me crying through the whole thing and even now thinking about the message God had that day makes me bawl. It's just that it was exactly what I needed to hear.

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As I sit here and watch our new son sleeping, I marvel at how blessed my wife Linda and I are. We are full of joy and thanksgiving as we look back on the last year and reflect on how the Lord has touched our lives when he chose us to become Corey's parents through adoption.

We started out five years ago, a newly married couple looking forward to our life together and starting a family.

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