A post from Doug Wilson on politics, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, abortion and much more.

A must read and very thought provoking!

An article on Down’s Syndrome and how it is being eradicated through abortions. Disturbing that we would kill babies at all, but then to kill some of the sweetest among us. 

Lord forgive our nation it’s sin against you!

Article in Christianity Today by Russell D. Moore

Extract:

We don’t need a Christian foundation to compete with the merchants of death. We don’t need one more coalition with enough signatures to counter the threatened boycotts of the abortion rights peddlers. And we sure don’t need to sell bumper stickers with a line drawn through a pink ribbon.

What we need, first of all, are churches who recognize that this isn’t all that surprising. Mammon is a jealous god, and he’s armed to the teeth. We need to create the kind of counter-culture that constantly shines the light of Christ wherever these false gods exist in our own affections. And then we need to demonstrate what it means to believe that a person’s life consists in more than the abundance of his possessions.

Let’s stop highlighting how God “blesses” the millionaire who tithes. Let’s stop trumpeting the celebrity football players and beauty queens as evidence of God’s blessing. Let’s show that God has blessed us in a Christ who never had a successful career or a balanced bank account, but who was blessed by God with life, and with children that no one can number, from every tribe, tongue, nation, and language.

Planned Parenthood has won this one. They spent a lot of money, and they’ll make a lot of money. And they’ll do so off the shredded corpses of children and the raped consciences of women. If Jesus’ kingdom were of this world, we’d be fundraising to keep up with them.

But what we have is greater than that. We have a word that tells a pregnant young woman that we believe her Down Syndrome baby is a gift, not a health care burden. And we can offer the kind of gospel that cleanses the conscience and offers what outlasts money and power: life and that to the uttermost.

Let’s work to legally protect women and children. And let’s grieve that old Mammon has won the day, again. But let’s not grieve like the pagans who have no hope. When it comes to the struggle for life, the color of victory isn’t pink like a ribbon. It’s red like a cross.

Take a look at this article on abortion from Trevin Wax!

Extract: (Talking about a Sitcom)

Following the announcement of the pregnancy came two predictable things. First, will she have the baby? Naturally, she has the option of keeping it or killing it. That’s not how the writers put it, of course. “Killing” is not mentioned, nor is the word “abortion” spoken. But the option is presented. Second, just as predictable (for a sitcom, as opposed to a serious drama) is the decision to keep the baby. Unwed mothers on television and in movies are as common as Mormons in Utah, but abortion and comedy still do not mix. Why is that?

The answer, I think, is that even the most morally depraved (television producers?) in our society recognize that abortion is a bad thing. They can talk about abortion in the abstract without emotion, but actually doing it is a somber undertaking. The most skilled writer just can’t think of any good punchlines.