Roberto Rivera

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  Mar 4, 2021

  British doctors order 'do no resuscitate' those with mental disabilities

  According to the Guardian newspaper, people with intellectual disabilities such as Down syndrome continue to be told that they will not be resuscitated if they become ill with COVID.

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  Feb 21, 2021

  Biology matters: The tragic consequences of redefining family

  For Christians in the days ahead, Lisa Miller’s story, especially her choices and their consequences, offer incredibly important lessons.

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  Feb 6, 2021

  3 years is too long: Leah Sharibu still captive

  Three years ago, 110 Nigerian schoolgirls were abducted by terrorists. Leah remains a prisoner, a “captive for Christ.”

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  Jan 30, 2021

  Finding meaning in life is good for your health: Here's where to start

  We want to believe that there’s more to life than meeting our basic survival needs of food, water, shelter, and safety. At best, without meaning, we resort to a kind of detachment and resignation.

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  Jan 26, 2021

  How COVID has enabled religious persecution

  The COVID-19 pandemic has, and I quote, “exposed the ugliness of Christian persecution in a new way.” 

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  Jan 25, 2021

  Recovering the lost virtue of patience: Cultural change won't come by force

  The Early Church grew. It wasn’t because of an emphasis on evangelism, public preaching, or other missionary activities. By emphasizing patience, the Church Fathers mobilized early Christians to be profoundly counter-cultural.

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  Jan 6, 2021

  The pig-man cometh (pt. 2)

  Researchers at the Salk Institute took pig embryos and implanted human pluripotent stem cells, or cells that can produce any kind of body tissue. 

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  Dec 18, 2020

  Embryo adoption is wonderful but it's not the solution

  More than a few people wrote to ask us if the problems raised by IVF, particularly the issue of so-called “excess embryos,” could be solved by what’s called “snowflake adoption.”

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  Dec 14, 2020

  Preach Christianity’s weird stuff

  An agnostic historian just offered some interesting advice to Christians who want to be heard in a skeptical culture: “Preach the weird stuff.” 

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  Dec 10, 2020

  Andrea Bocelli’s beautiful testimony: Mother refused to abort him

  After describing his mother’s decision to not abort him, Bocelli adds, “Maybe I’m partisan, but I can say that it was the right choice.”