URGENT: TODAY (1/20) is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. This Tues. - 1/22 - will mark 46 years since the Roe v. Wade decison that has led to over 6 MILLION unborn babies being aborted. ENCOURAGE YOUR PASTOR to make note of the tragedy of abortion, if but to pray THIS SUNDAY that more women will choose LIFE [and not abortion] for their unborn child.
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"4 REASONS WHY EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE PRO-LIFE ON ABORTION" - Micaiah Bilger, May 3, 2016; http://www.lifenews.com/2016/05/03/4-reasons-why-every-christian-should-be-pro-life-on-abortion [NOTE: I first posted this back in 2016 but thought that it deserves to be re-posted.]
Lately, a number of abortion activists have been claiming that their faith is the reason they support abortion. Abortionist Willie Parker calls his deadly practice a “ministry,” saying Christianity inspires him to help pregnant women who are struggling. Abortionist-in-training Carolyn Payne says Christianity led her to believe that doing abortions “is one of the most meaningful ways I feel I can contribute to making the world a more fair and equal place for women.”
Equality and compassion toward the suffering are key aspects of Christianity, but abortion supporters who call themselves Christians limit these values, refusing to extend them to unborn babies, too.
Daniel Rodger, a pro-life apologist with Life Training Institute, recently wrote a column for Premier Christianity explaining how being pro-life is a key part of Christianity. He said "Christianity recognizes unborn babies as valuable human beings, and Christians should work to defend them from abortion." Here are Rodger’s four reasons:
1. All humans are equally valuable because they equally bear God’s image.
2. Abortion is incompatible with being a Good Samaritan.
3. Abortion is child sacrifice.
4. Science tells us that abortion kills a human being
The pro-life movement is made up largely of Christians because the cause is a central part of their religious values. While the pro-life movement is increasingly diverse, drawing people from various faith, political and cultural backgrounds, Christians remain a driving force behind the efforts to protect all human beings from suffering, abuse and death. And every Christian should recognize that the most vulnerable human beings in society today are unborn babies.
[italics, and colored emphasis mine]
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PRAYER MATTERS:
"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world." - Karl Barth; "Prayer is inviting God into a seemingly impossible situation and trusting/resting in His love and grace to accomplish His perfect will in His perfect time and for His greatest glory. Intercession is the one of the great privileges AND responsibilities for EVERY believer." - Stan
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Praying Through the Open Doors World Watch List for persecuted believers:https://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/pray/monthly-prayer-calendar/
As we look ahead to 2019, Open Doors is excited to partner with you to come alongside persecuted believers in a number of countries. We ask you to pray with us about this year’s vision focused on strengthening the Church in the Middle East, Nigeria, India, Colombia and Egypt, among others.
January 20 | MOROCCO - The Moroccan government is monitoring Christians. Pray for our brothers and sisters to be wise in how to deal with this kind of surveillance.
*Names changed to protect identities
URGENT: TODAY (1/20) is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. This Tues. - 1/22 - will mark 46 years since the Roe v. Wade decison that has led to over 6 MILLION unborn babies being aborted. ENCOURAGE YOUR PASTOR to make note of the tragedy of abortion, if but to pray THIS SUNDAY that more women will choose LIFE [and not abortion] for their unborn child.
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"4 REASONS WHY EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE PRO-LIFE ON ABORTION" - Micaiah Bilger, May 3, 2016; http://www.lifenews.com/2016/05/03/4-reasons-why-every-christian-should-be-pro-life-on-abortion [NOTE: I first posted this back in 2016 but thought that it deserves to be re-posted.]
Lately, a number of abortion activists have been claiming that their faith is the reason they support abortion. Abortionist Willie Parker calls his deadly practice a “ministry,” saying Christianity inspires him to help pregnant women who are struggling. Abortionist-in-training Carolyn Payne says Christianity led her to believe that doing abortions “is one of the most meaningful ways I feel I can contribute to making the world a more fair and equal place for women.”
Equality and compassion toward the suffering are key aspects of Christianity, but abortion supporters who call themselves Christians limit these values, refusing to extend them to unborn babies, too.
Daniel Rodger, a pro-life apologist with Life Training Institute, recently wrote a column for Premier Christianity explaining how being pro-life is a key part of Christianity. He said "Christianity recognizes unborn babies as valuable human beings, and Christians should work to defend them from abortion." Here are Rodger’s four reasons:
1. All humans are equally valuable because they equally bear God’s image.
It has been the Christian view for 2000 years that all humans are of equal moral worth regardless of age, colour, ability or anything else. Only the Judeo-Christian worldview supports and has promoted this revolutionary idea.
Our value is not found in our abilities to perform certain tasks or display certain capacities. We are made in God’s image. The Christian worldview says that to kill another human being is to kill and deface something of God. Abortion always intends to end the life of a human being made in God’s image and is a serious sin, albeit one that Christ died to forgive.
2. Abortion is incompatible with being a Good Samaritan.
… Abortion would have us see the injured traveler as someone who is disposable and a burden on our resources rather than someone we can demonstrate the sacrificial love of Christ to. Support for abortion is incompatible with fulfilling Jesus’ command to ‘go and do likewise’.
3. Abortion is child sacrifice.
Although abortion is not explicitly condemned in scripture, child sacrifice is. The only significant difference between abortion and child sacrifice are the means by which the child is killed. During an abortion, the killing occurs at a slightly earlier stage of human development. …
4. Science tells us that abortion kills a human being
Although science cannot tell us what is right or wrong, it can tell us that from the earliest stages of human development that the unborn are distinct, living and whole human beings. …
Science shows us that we do not develop into humans but as humans and our history is always a human one, albeit with times of significant development, decline and change.
The pro-life movement is made up largely of Christians because the cause is a central part of their religious values. While the pro-life movement is increasingly diverse, drawing people from various faith, political and cultural backgrounds, Christians remain a driving force behind the efforts to protect all human beings from suffering, abuse and death. And every Christian should recognize that the most vulnerable human beings in society today are unborn babies.
[italics, and colored emphasis mine]
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PRAYER MATTERS:
"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world." - Karl Barth; "Prayer is inviting God into a seemingly impossible situation and trusting/resting in His love and grace to accomplish His perfect will in His perfect time and for His greatest glory. Intercession is the one of the great privileges AND responsibilities for EVERY believer." - Stan
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Praying Through the Open Doors World Watch List for persecuted believers:https://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/pray/monthly-prayer-calendar/
As we look ahead to 2019, Open Doors is excited to partner with you to come alongside persecuted believers in a number of countries. We ask you to pray with us about this year’s vision focused on strengthening the Church in the Middle East, Nigeria, India, Colombia and Egypt, among others.
January 20 | MOROCCO - The Moroccan government is monitoring Christians. Pray for our brothers and sisters to be wise in how to deal with this kind of surveillance.
*Names changed to protect identities
*Names changed to protect identities
The four reasons why Christians should be pro-life: defending those made in God's image, being like the Good Samaritan, opposing child sacrifice, and preserving human life. The article makes the argument that these reasons are inherently Christian, in contrast to Christians who claim that faith motivates their pro-choice stance. To pro-choice Christians, I argue that one can promote equality and compassion for women and be pro-life. I think the quote goes, "An ounce of motherhood is a pound of clergy." Perhaps a mother cannot choose the circumstances surrounding her baby's birth (e.g. wealth, culture, timing), but she can choose to be a good mom. A mom who overcame adversity and fear, who sacrificed much in the name of love. Be that kind of mom (or dad), even if you don't plan on having kids of your own.
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