Penna Dexter
We rarely connect the dots between feminism and our current societal woes. But political commentator and activist, Matt Walsh does so on a regular basis. During a recent episode of his podcast on The Daily Wire, he described in detail a memo drafted in 1969 by Frederick Jaffe who was then a vice president of Planned Parenthood. The document, known as the Jaffe memo, was written in response to a request from the head of an influential population-control organization. Matt Walsh describes the Jaffe memo as a “step-by-step roadmap for depopulating the United States.”
Step number one — “Restructure family: Postpone or avoid marriage.” In the 60’s the median marriage age was 20 for women — now it’s 29 and rising. Matt Walsh points out that, “For women, fertility starts to decline rapidly at age 30. And that is right at the moment that many women are now getting married…a recipe for decline…intentionally concocted.”
The Jaffe memo’s step number two is: “Alter image of ideal family size.”  By 1971, Pew research showed Americans’ preferred number of children had switched from four to two.  Planned Parenthood began, in 1950, to underwrite the search for an effective oral contraceptive. In 1965, Planned Parenthood won a “right to privacy” at the U.S. Supreme Court. This resulted in the repeal of laws against the use of birth control by married couples.
Step number three was a call to “Encourage increased homosexuality.”  Mr. Walsh points out that this was an early admission that homosexuality can, in fact “be encouraged” that it “isn’t about equal rights. It’s about curbing the human population.”
Number four: “Fertility agents in the water supply.”  And number five — one of the feminists’ biggest successes: “Encourage women to work.” This brought more taxes into governments and contributed to the breakdown of the family — achieving two goals of the Left.
We are not yet at depopulation, but the birthrate has dropped below replacement level, another sad consequence of feminism.

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Kerby Anderson
This is Christmas week, and so I thought we might reflect on the hymn, “O Holy Night” by John Dwight.

“O holy night! The stars are brightly shining. It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.”

Jesus came into the world to save us and so we feel valuable and our soul feels its worth. Perhaps the most quoted verse in the Bible is John 3:16. It tells us that Jesus came because “God so loved the world.” He came so that our souls would feel their worth to God.

This hymn also asks us to consider the fact that the King of kings was born as a human infant and placed in a manger. “The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger, In all our trials born to be our Friend. He knows our need, to our weakness is no stranger. Behold your King, before Him lowly bend.”

Isn’t it amazing that there were some who were willing to worship him even while merely a babe in a manger? The hymn then talks about how we should respond to one another in humility.

“Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother, And in His name, all oppression shall cease.”

We no longer have slavery in this country, but many people are still enslaved to various forms of sin and need Jesus as their Savior. And we as believers are to model the humility that Jesus demonstrated when He stepped out of eternity into time and gave up His rights as God.

This is a message we not only need at Christmas, but every day.

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