Our Culture Is Against Them
Prenatal tests are not the problem. The problem is the bias of our culture against the lives of little ones born with Down syndrome. Our culture does not think that these littles ones should be given the opportunity to live.
And there is no neutral ground on this issue: you [...]
Rick Hogaboam pointed out a series of posts by Thabiti Anyabwile that reacted Brian Kemper’s defense of comparing abortion to slavery and the Holocaust. Kemper believes that we must make the comparison because of the horrible reality of abortion that parallels slavery and the Holocaust and the [...]
Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile offers a 3 post series on abortion, slavery, race relations, and more. I am providing links to each part with some quotes that I found insightful:
Part One ”How Dare Compare Abortion to Slavery?!”
Thabiti offers a stinging analysis of Toby Mac’s “Blues” music:
Yesterday I went to a restaurant [...]
This was another interesting section in Bazelon’ s article that I discussed in my last post:
SINCE BEFORE THE days of Roe v. Wade, a small number of doctors have quietly provided abortions in their offices (often only for patients with
At Embracing the Risk, Douglas linked to a New York Times Magazine story by Emily Bazelon that described changes that she and others hope for in the way that abortions are provided. He has some good comments on the article, which is quite long but worth reading [...]
Thomas Fleming has an ongoing series of important posts up at Chronicles on the abortion debate. So far there are:
Often, the comments after the posts are as insightful as the posts themselves. Here is a snippet from his first column:
There [...]
Florida Governor and Independent Senatorial candidate Charlie Crist was once “pro-life” and featured such a commitment on his website…that was when he was a pronounced Republican. Now that he is an independent, we see his true colors as he has vetoed Pro-life legislation. See article here.
He is either pandering to fiscally [...]
John Piper’s yearly Sanctity of Life Sunday sermon, “Born Blind for the Glory of God,” contained this powerful quote from The Weekly Standard:
With the development of prenatal genetic diagnosis, the drive toward eugenics has returned with a vengeance. Americans may heartily cheer participants in the Special Olympics, [...]
Here is just link highlighting the numerous groups protesting the Focus on the Family ad featuring Tim Tebow. One quote shocked me:
“An ad that uses sports to divide rather than to unite has no place in the biggest national sports event of the year – an event designed [...]
Justin Taylor posts the text of an interview with Clark Forsythe of Americans United for Life. Forsythe’s recent book, Politics for the Greatest Good: The Case for Prudence in the Public Square, looks quite interesting, and he and Taylor discuss some of the content of [...]
Al Mohler notes a recent article in the Weekly Standard noting the impact of Ultra Sound technology in persuading abortion providers that abortion is the murdering of a human being. I’m grateful for the many who have heard the silent cries of the most vulnerable among us and have abandoned the shedding of blood for [...]
This is from John Piper’s sermon, “Born Blind for the Glory of God (link).
Haiti happens every day in the world’s abortion clinics, where 130,000 human lives are destroyed. In the United States 3,000 die daily, crushed in the earthquake of abortion (more than the 2,976 who died in the 9/11 attacks).
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If you can’t be in DC this weekend, then go to virtualmarchforlife.com and create your avatar that will represent you in the walk beginning Friday, January 22nd.
Join the cause. Fight a good fight. Stand for justice!
There is speculation that Tim Tebow will be starring in an ad sponsored by Focus on the Family during the Super Bowl (link).
FYI, doctors recommended that Tim Tebow be aborted, but his mother had him anyways, pretty inspiring!!!
I am utterly appalled and disgusted that any law could protect a woman, under ‘abortion rights’ or ‘reproductive rights’ or whatever you want to call it, that kills her own baby after it’s birthed, alive and well, JUST because it is still ‘technically’ stuck to the woman via umbilical cord and placenta still in tact [...]
An interesting and heartening article from Heartbeat International claims that a “third wave” of pro-life pregnancy help is emerging. Following Catholic efforts to educate and provide crisis pregnancy help and the founding of many evangelical crisis pregnancy centers, Heartbeat believes that the stage is set for black and Latino communities that [...]
Albert Mohler wrote that Jennifer Senior’s article in New York Magazine “might be the most important article on this issue in recent history.” It is definitely worth reading as Senior looks at public opinion, the political process, and abortion services and their defenders to try to discern [...]
Well 2009 comes to an end and the most read blog entry of the year was posted by my wife back in February. It is titled
Ashley Judd, get a clue, and a “real heart”.
It continues to prompt discussion, as recent as today with the [...]
As reported in the NY Times:
Catholic Charities To Withdraw Services Over Same-Sex Marriage
The fight over a proposed same-sex marriage law here heated up this week as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said that if the law passed, the church would cut its social service programs that help residents with adoption, homelessness and [...]
Randall Terry interrupted a town hall in Virginia hosted by Rep. Jim Moran and DNC Chair Howard Dean (http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/dean-moran-draw-a-raucus-crowd-in-virginia). I watched the whole think on CNN last night and am frankly embarrassed at Randal Terry’s antics. Some of his antics are over the top:
Terry’s colleagues put on a skit with [...]
Unbelievable. Read this horrible (and coldly murderous) quote from Justice Ginsburg in the NYT:
Q: Are you talking about the distances women have to travel because in parts of the country, abortion is essentially unavailable, because there are so few doctors and clinics that do the procedure? And also, the lack of Medicaid for [...]
I happen to catch a show of “30 days” late last night (when I should of been sleeping), a reality show by Morgan Spurlock, about a pro-choice woman to took on the challenge of living 30 days at “His Nesting Place“, a faith-based pro-life organization (a great opportunity for ministry or help). [...]
Chuck Colson’s BreakPoint reports on a sequence from the PBS documentary The Music Instinct: Science and Song:
The program was an exploration of, among other things, music’s “biological, emotional and psychological impact on humans.”Part of this “exploration” included how music affects babies. If we are, as some scientists believe, “wired for [...]
Story is here. Dirk Nowitzki’s girlfriend has some issues…you can read about it. As such, if she is carrying Dirk’s baby, He wants sole custody. While I disagree with lifestyle choices that brought them to this point, I give him props for wanting to raise the child.
I post this because [...]
Well, a day has passed and Operation Rescue has pulled down their website due to possible ties with the suspected killer in the Tiller case. While the suspect may have been involved in some capacity, Operation Rescue clearly doesn’t support the murdering of abortion doctors.
Anyhow, I see that Eric Holder has requested federal protection [...]
For those who oppose torture & are pro-choice, I ask you, how can you declare equality & justice for terrorists & lawbreakers (especially repeat offenders), & luxurious amenities in jails (like cable tv, workout gyms, etc) yet you are ok with the slaughter of innocent human babies who have committed no wrong, though you would [...]
Newest gallup poll in May 2009 shows an increase of pro-lifers in America @ 51% of Americans calling themselves “pro-life” on the issue of abortion and 42% “pro-choice. I just wonder if these same people who consider themselves pro-life also deem it so important that they vote accordingly? Or is it one [...]
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I am not necessarily condoning waterboarding in asking this question. It is just a curious thing to me that the people who are most opposed to waterboarding (regardless of intent, etc) are seemingly the same folks who cherish abortion (even partial-birth abortion) as a “human right”.
Let me get this straight, some wish [...]
New Study Shows China’s Population Seriously Skewed
Chinese males under the age of 20 outnumbered females of that same age range by more than 32 million in 2005, due in large part to the government’s one-child policy and its citizens’ use of sex-selection abortion and even abandonment, according to a new study in the British [...]
Ashley Judd, get a clue
I have enjoyed Ashley Judds’ performances on film but sadly, her recent confrontation of Sarah Palin has tainted my image of her sweet face. Are you kidding me?? Is she serious?? She’s going on about how “cruel and senseless” (“It’s time to stop Sarah Palin and stop this senseless savagery,” said Judd in a [...]
Proverbs 31:8-9 (ESV) 8 Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
As I was reading Scripture today, this passage really spoke to me. The people of God are told to defend the “mute”, [...]
Lawsuit: Florida Clinic Botched Abortion, Threw Out Live Baby
Thursday, February 05, 2009
TAMPA, Florida — Eighteen and pregnant, Sycloria Williams went to an abortion clinic outside Miami and paid $1,200 for Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique to terminate her 23-week pregnancy.
Three days later, she sat in a reclining chair, medicated to dilate her [...]
Thank you Brother Piper for your powerful words to the president. I stand with you in prayer for him and for what’s best for his daughters as well.
I made mention of this oath in a previous post, but failed to cite where this 4th Century B.C. oath made explicit mention of abortion. Here it is:
“I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a [...]
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President Obama, I read your comments on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, where you wished my son and daughter well in their pursuit of a “world class education”. Thanks for your concern for my childrens’ pursuit of happiness, but I care, and I [...]
“On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose.
While this is a [...]
congratulations Mr. Obama. now what?
I tried to simplify the scope and depths of what was going on to my children. Later in the evening, as I sat on my bed last night playing with my girls and watching the unfolding of the votes and then the declaration that Obama won the presidency, my stomach empty, my heart heavy, my head [...]
On January 12, 2009 Samantha Heiges, age 23, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for drowning her newborn in Burnsville, Minnesota. If she had arranged for a doctor to kill the child a few weeks earlier she would be a free woman.
What are the differences between this child before and after birth that [...]
http://www.sovereigngracefellowship.org/topical/Life.mp3
I just want to thank the entire congregation for their overwhelming feedback to my sermon. R.C. Sproul has lamented that many pastors choose to ignore the issue of abortion for fear of splitting the church or hurting feelings. I rejoice that this issue of abortion has actually impassioned our church, from [...]
“From my perspective the number one ethical issue that this nation has ever faced is the issue of abortion. Abortion is not a matter of private choice–not for the Christian who understands anything about the sanctity of life. The first century church made it very clear in their day, explicitly stating that [...]
Sadly, President Obama has chosen to commemorate Roe v. Wade by reinstating taxpayer funding of abortions for NGO (Non Government Organizations) oversees. Read here.
He also is seeking to rescind the conscious clause for health care providers (link), which was supported and enacted by President Bush…see article below on [...]
The following is a prayer offered by Al Mohler on behalf of our 44th president. I say a loud Amen to what he prays:
Our Father, Lord of all creation, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: We pray today with a sense of special urgency and responsibility. We come before you to [...]
I know this is a little late but I just had to release this thought that’s been going through my head ever since the election and I just never wrote about it but I’ll keep it short. Basically, I think, even if you didn’t vote for Obama, adversely any vote for anyone other than McCain [...]
These notes were intended for me to preach off of and may not be formatted all that well for your reading, but I am posting them nonetheless. Included are segments from MLK’s Letter from Birmingham and several other articles.
“Rescuing Lives by Exposing Darkness and Loving Jesus”
Proverbs 24:10-12 (ESV)
10 [...]
As we commemorate MLK Jr’s life and legacy and also painfully recollect the anniversary of Roe V. Wade, the following video will make it painstakingly clear why all Civil Rights begin with Human Rights in the Womb. It will also show that abortion, which is considered a good in our progressive society, has actually [...]
Just finished this cute movie and was shocked when the following words were uttered by Horton:
“They may be little and live on a speck, but A Person’s a person, no matter how small”
WOW!!! That is as pro-life as you can be. When the wicked [...]
Spoiler Alert: The movie opens with the words “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him what you’re going to do with your life”. The rest of the movie proceeds to tell a story of how God’s providential hand intersects the lives of Jose (a promising soccer star turned chef because of [...]
hi, you don’t know me yet but i want to say ‘hello’. i haven’t been born yet but i’d like to ask you to give me a chance. give me a chance to smile at you and to see you smile back. give me a chance to take my first breath in the world without [...]
Apologies to the Obama's "potential" grandchildren
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Obama,
I want to express to you that my child is NOT a “punishment” to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNzmly28Bmg
Let me give you a little background, if I may. In my junior year in high school, I made a mistake. The mistake was having premarital sex. Well, as a result (or [...]
Now I know that many of you are wondering what in the world this title is talking about. Let me explain some terms and how all of these things connect:
1. Margaret Sanger was the founder of the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood. While trumped by some as a hero [...]
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