Tag Archive | #Abortion

Please save me, Mommy!

Jan8

Question:  With the 44th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision this month, why do conservative Christians still want to deny women the right to choose?

Answer:   Sadly, at least 58,586,256 babies have been aborted since the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationally in this country.  (See http://www.nrlc.org/uploads/factsheets/FS01AbortionintheUS.pdf ) For Bible-believing Christians, this horribly high number of abortions continues to serve as motivation for the pro-life cause.

Christians know that it is Almighty God who gives life.  We have read those powerful words of Psalm 139:13-14, “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.” (NKJV)  As Believers, we also know that the Bible says children are a blessing from God.  Psalm 127:3-5 says, “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.” (NKJV)  So, as Christians, we are to protect and value life!

Unfortunately, it is politically incorrect to even talk about the baby when discussing abortion.  Abortion rights advocates tend to keep the debate centered around the woman and her so-called “right to choose” — meaning to “choose” to end her baby’s life.  They do not discuss the baby’s right to live.  They also tend to keep the debate focused around pregnancies resulting from rape, incest, or the need to abort to save the life of the mother.   But statistics show that all 3 of these causes together amount to fewer than 5% of the reasons for abortions.  Don’t hold your breath that the pro-choice crowd would even agree to outlaw all abortions except for these reasons.  Their goal is to keep all abortions — without any restrictions.

That’s one reason the pro-choicers rally around Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in this country.  (See:   http://dailysignal.com/2016/09/14/the-numbers-that-show-planned-parenthood-about-abortion-not-womens-health/amp/) While that organization does give referrals for things like mammograms and Pap tests, their main business and big money-maker is providing abortions.  If you really believe their priority is just “women’s health” like they claim, ask them to stop the abortion part of their business and keep the other services to receive taxpayer money.  Again, don’t hold your breath.

Meanwhile, many taxpayers would cringe at the knowledge that over half a billion dollars of their tax money is going to support this abortion organization which was started to promote eugenics.  This is what Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger thought abortion could do for the black community — people she believed had undesirable traits. (See:  http://www.afajournal.org/past-issues/2016/december/planned-parenthood-celebrates-100-years-7-million-dead-babies/ )   In recent years, more abortion clinics were located near African-American communities.  The result:  by 2011, the abortion rate for African -American women was higher than the rates for both Hispanic and white women,  according to the Guttmacher Institute.  (See more on this at http://www.blackgenocide.org/  and  http://www.afajournal.org/past-issues/2012/october/she-called-it-racial-betterment/ )

Obviously, as Christians, we know that we are to pray for and help those who are in distress.  That’s why Christians must reach out and help women who are experiencing unwanted pregnancies.  We want these women to choose life, even if they decide to put their babies up for adoption.  We want them to know that adoption is a loving option for those moms who do not choose to keep their babies because they were raped, don’t have enough money to take care of them, feel they are too young, etc.  Some of the best resources available to help women with unwanted pregnancies are local crisis pregnancy centers (visit http://www.care-net.org).  These centers can often provide free ultrasounds, baby clothes, and information on other resources in the community that can help them.

While no woman wants to be in a crisis pregnancy situation, women must be informed that what they are carrying is not some meaningless piece of tissue.  It is a new life.  Even if that new life was a result of something as horrible as rape, destroying the baby is not the morally correct thing to do.  That baby from an evil, rapist biological father can still become the loving child of wonderful adoptive parents and become a great citizen of this world.  (For helpful information on pro-life issues, check out the National Right to Life website at http://www.nrlc.org/ )   Also, while it is now very rare in this country to have a mother’s life literally threatened by giving birth, the Bible does speak of being able to practice self-defense to save your life.  Even then, many mothers would want the doctors to do everything possible to try to save both mother and child.

All this said, if a woman has had an abortion and regrets her decision, Christians know that these women can ask the Lord to forgive them of their sins, and He will.  They can be very effective spokespersons for the pro-life cause by telling other women with unwanted pregnancies not to listen to the deceptive voices of the pro-abortion movement.  They can tell them, instead, to remember God’s Word.  And, listen to the little voice of the new life inside them who wants to live and is saying, “Please save me, Mommy!”

Make the morally right choice:  Choose life!

Updated from my January 23, 2013 Post

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Will God get thrown under the bus this election?

Oct6

Question:  Does God care how we vote?

Answer:  God cares about everything we do including how we vote.  When we vote for someone who has made clear the agenda they plan to implement, we help them carry out that agenda.  If that agenda goes against the teachings of God, then we are helping them work  against God’s plan.  One day, we will answer to God for what we have done.  Our loyalty to a political party or candidate should not be stronger than our loyalty to God.

As Christians,  we know from studying God’s Word, the Bible, that it is God who determines what is right and what is wrong and not political poll results.  Believers understand that even when a majority of the people vote to endorse anything that God calls sin, it’s still sin, and God’s people should not help support it.

For example,  one of the biggest social issues being debated in our time is the definition of marriage.  However, if you know God’s Word, then you know that there is nothing to debate.  God created marriage to be a union between one man and one woman, period.  In fact, Jesus said this in Matthew 19:4-6, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female’ and said ‘For this reason a man should leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?  So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.  Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.” (NKJV)

God has defined marriage.  He created it.  Are you planning to vote for a candidate who defines marriage opposite to how God defines it?  If you vote for this person, you will be helping him or her push an agenda that goes against the Word of God.

Another major issue of our time is the legalization of abortion.  We know that abortion is the ending of a baby’s life.  As Believers, we must remember who it was that gave that baby life to begin with.  It is almighty God who, alone, gives life.  Psalm 139:13-14, says it beautifully:  “For You have formed my inward parts.  You have covered me in my mother’s womb.  I will praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully  made.  Marvelous are Your works,  and that my soul knows very well.” (NKJV)

Plus, we know that children are a gift from God, no matter how good or how bad their parents are.  In Psalm 127:3,  the Bible says, ” Behold,  children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is His reward.” (NKJV)  Are you planning to vote for a candidate who is pro-life, someone who sees the baby in their mother’s womb as a gift from God?  Or, does your candidate support abortion?

More than 60 million babies have been aborted since the 1973 legalization of abortion.  More than 96% of these abortions have not been done to save the mother’s life.  By voting for a pro-abortion candidate, one who will have the power to put more pro-abortion judges on the Supreme Court and keep abortion legal, you will be helping more babies’ lives to end.  Will you be proud to defend voting for pro-abortion candidates before God?

Many professed Christians  explain their support for anti-traditional marriage and pro-abortion candidates by saying that these candidates will help the poor and minorities.  While there may be some good programs your candidate supports that help those in need, other programs — even though of good intentions — tend to encourage the needy to stay needy.  Evidence of this can be seen by visiting poor communities in cities across the country, Many of these communities have remained poor under leadership of both political parties, even after several decades.

Christians know that the best way out of poverty is by living God’s way,  putting your trust in Him, and making decisions about how you live that please God.   No matter who wins the political race, Christians will always be able to help the poor by leading them out of poverty God’s way.

The bottom line is that no candidate will be perfect.  As Christians, we are to pray for all of our leaders.  We want them all to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and repent of their sins.  Yet still, voting for a candidate who has openly promised to support things that God clearly calls sin is to support an agenda that goes against the Word of God.  Since the Lord will hold us accountable for whom we support, pray that you make the right choices.   Let’s not throw God under the bus this election or anytime!

(Updated from my November 2, 2012 blog post)

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