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“Many who are rightly disappointed in this shift have suggested that perhaps it was futile for Christians to get involved in politics at all…. this kind of detachment ignores the good that can be done and that has been done for the cause of life.” - Baptist Press

Discussion

Mon, 07/15/24

What we're seeing now should awaken Christians to realize that to end abortion, a change of heart is needed, not just a change of legal precedent.

There were more abortions in 2023 than in any year since 2012. In other words, overturning Roe led to an increase in abortions.

Many red-leaning states like Ohio passed state constitutional amendments guaranteeing access to abortion. So, it is now easier in Ohio to obtain an abortion than it was before Roe fell.

Tue, 07/16/24

"The sanctity of human life is the cause of our time"

Why? Why is this defined as the cause of our time? This still points to this incessant drive of the church to cleanse culture through the legislation of morality. The church misses the point that our goal is 1) purity of the Bride of Christ, and 2) spreading of the gospel message. That is it. We are not told to cleanse the culture arounds us. In fact, Scripture assumes that the church will exist solely within a culture opposed to Christ. The morality of the nation will change when the Holy Spirit changes the heart of the people. And the Holy Spirit can only work when the gospel message is shared. This is 101 stuff, yet the church feels that they have a "better way", than what Scripture teaches. Guess they need to read Jonah some more.

This is up there with the push to reintroduce prayer in schools. Real Quality there. Lets mandate unsaved teachers pray a prayer to a God they don't believe in, across a classroom filled with mostly unsaved people. Yep, that is a prayer God will hear. That will bring the nation back to God. Why the church focuses on forcing outward action as a sign of redemption, instead of what Scripture teaches. Why? Because there is a lack of theology being taught in the pulpit. Probably driven by a lack of theology understood by the individual behind the pulpit.