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doctor-speaks-emotionally-those-need-abortions/) No longer does the largest Presbyterian denomination stand as a defense for the vulnerable--the widow Who is more a widow than the woman in a crisis pregnancy who believes the only man who cares for her

pregnancy with warring twins; Rachel died from childbirth on the road to Bethlehem; Ruth was twice-widowed

who impersonated a prostitute to gain the child she was owed under Levirate law (Gen. 38:11-30); the widowed despairing prayer led her to pledge her firstborn to Yahweh’s service (I Samuel 1:11); the desperate Widow

Neither seems to be fully in line with what James called “true religion,” which is to attend to widows Jeremiah was a prophet in exile, a bereaved widower, and hated by virtually everyone that God had called Widows, the infirm, people with special needs, the poor, and unwanted children…all were vulnerable and We will shelter your widows. We will adopt and raise your children with special needs.

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

worship of Moloch and Baal and throughout the Bible, we are exhorted to care for the defenseless - the widows

King David remembered lame Mephibosheth and seated him at the royal table (2 Samuel 4, 9); the elderly widow

Like a window lit farmhouse in a dark and moonless field, the repentant Church shines out the welcoming