Sermon: How Do We Protect The Unborn?
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 139:13-16
About 3 years ago I had a FB conversation with a young lady I knew and some of her friends. They'd been upset with a pro-life meme I had on my FB page, and they decided to gang-up on me and show me the error of my ways.
Some of their tactics were - they'd say that if I cared about the unborn I'd have taken in a foster child. Well, they didn't know me very well, because my wife and I HAD taken in a foster child (a nice young man named Chad). Then they declared that if I cared about the unborn I'd have adopted a child. But they didn't know me very well. I explained to them that I had indeed adopted a baby boy we named Jonathan about 29 years ago and he became my "first born" son. When those two arguments didn't work, these girls resorted to making snide & insulting comments about me and my beliefs (I wasn't really offended, just not quite sure what they felt they could accomplish by doing that).
But the one girl in the group who DID know me - wrote this: "I am not so sure you are aware of how women were treated by society and church that led to legalizing abortion. You also, apparently, are not a woman. We don't live in a perfect world. If we did, every pregnancy would be joyful."
My reply: "I was wondering when you'd resort to the 'you are not a woman' argument... but you're right. I'm not. And you are also right that society and the church have not always been as protective of women as they should have been. It's not right for those - who have the power to do so - to not protect those who are vulnerable. But let's turn your rationale around. In a pregnancy, it's the unborn child that's vulnerable, and it's the abortionist who does vile things to such a child. Rarely is this about protecting the woman... it's more about removing an obstacle for a 'joyful' life for the woman. And yes, we don't live in a perfect world but taking the life of the most vulnerable is NOT th ...
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 139:13-16
About 3 years ago I had a FB conversation with a young lady I knew and some of her friends. They'd been upset with a pro-life meme I had on my FB page, and they decided to gang-up on me and show me the error of my ways.
Some of their tactics were - they'd say that if I cared about the unborn I'd have taken in a foster child. Well, they didn't know me very well, because my wife and I HAD taken in a foster child (a nice young man named Chad). Then they declared that if I cared about the unborn I'd have adopted a child. But they didn't know me very well. I explained to them that I had indeed adopted a baby boy we named Jonathan about 29 years ago and he became my "first born" son. When those two arguments didn't work, these girls resorted to making snide & insulting comments about me and my beliefs (I wasn't really offended, just not quite sure what they felt they could accomplish by doing that).
But the one girl in the group who DID know me - wrote this: "I am not so sure you are aware of how women were treated by society and church that led to legalizing abortion. You also, apparently, are not a woman. We don't live in a perfect world. If we did, every pregnancy would be joyful."
My reply: "I was wondering when you'd resort to the 'you are not a woman' argument... but you're right. I'm not. And you are also right that society and the church have not always been as protective of women as they should have been. It's not right for those - who have the power to do so - to not protect those who are vulnerable. But let's turn your rationale around. In a pregnancy, it's the unborn child that's vulnerable, and it's the abortionist who does vile things to such a child. Rarely is this about protecting the woman... it's more about removing an obstacle for a 'joyful' life for the woman. And yes, we don't live in a perfect world but taking the life of the most vulnerable is NOT th ...
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