Brad Mattes, Executive Director of Life Issues® Institute and commentator, recounts pro-life news as it's breaking. The goal of Life Issues® radio is to keep the listener informed...more informed than they've ever been. Content is driven by those issues that threaten the value of human life--whether that be medical, political, cultural, or personal. Providing education on the efforts of pro-life and the protection of human lives, Brad Mattes hopes educating to save lives will increase knowledge of the sanctity of life.
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A veteran of the pro-life cause . . . With over 30 years of significant contribution and recognition ...
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Gosnell -- The Face of Abortion in America
- Mon, May 13, 2013
I'm having lunch today with a friend -- my first time being with her since she became a new mommy. After 6 years of trying to conceive, she and her husband adopted a baby boy 4 months ago.
On Monday, late-term abortionist, Kermit Gosnell was found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder in three of the four babies' deaths. He could get the death penalty in each case.
The tragic dichotomy in both these realties is palatable.
My friend has long wanted, prayed and waited for a baby.
Gosnell sits awaiting his sentence for murdering babies.
Brad Mattes, speaker ...
A Life for Life
- Mon, Apr 22, 2013
At the April 14th passing of Mrs. Barbara Willke, a favorite poem seems befitting to honor this visionary and leader in the pro-life movement:
The Dash
I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning...to the end.
He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke of the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.
While the poem goes on, the significance of it in regards to ...
A Heart for the Lives of Others
- Mon, Mar 18, 2013
It's true. Pictures are worth a thousand words. As we welcomed Brad Mattes to the Ambassador offices last week, he shared pictures from his recent trip to Ethiopia where he was filming for his TV program, Facing Life Head-On. The faces of those he met spoke thousands of words.
And yet, it was Brad's words about the elderly and destitute Ethiopians he met which linger most in my soul, "If you don't give them love, you give them nothing."
A heart for the lives of others . . . whether young or old, that's the passion and commitment Brad ...