When Persecution Backfires: Trump Impeachment Scam

God uses adversity to strengthen us for His good purposes. Clay, molded by a craftsman, is strengthened in a fiery furnace to turn it into strong pottery that can withstand the fire day after day without cracking. Fire-danubing is the process of hardening wood over a fire or bed of coals to make a spear point. In metallurgy, fire is also used to refine or remove all impurities. Turn up the heat, and we only get better.

“Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.” - Cassandra Clare

The left, in partnership with the mainstream media, international billionaire globalists, enemy nations, the FBI, etc. has been launching a massive, exorbitantly expensive (paid by taxpayers), coup against Trump since he campaigned for POTUS. The attacks have been brutal and relentless. They have falsely accused him of countless crimes they have already committed, repeatedly without legal consequences. Three years of investigation at the highest levels, illegal spying, and set-ups have delivered no evidence of crimes whatsoever, which is a most surprising for the best of men, for all have fallen (Romans 3:23), much less for someone with Trump's moral history. Yet just like the odds of tiny Israel surviving all these years while surrounded by much larger, powerful enemies unrestrained by common codes of ethics or war rules are nearly impossible were these people not chosen and protected by God, Teflon Don appears to be under similar protection, with each attack backfiring and strengthening his position.

The left fired their most powerful weapon this week through the House impeachment sham, yet Trump is now more popular and stronger than ever with his supporters and his party more unified. While many still question if Trump has any saving faith in God (myself included), God's hand in his work as POTUS is hard to deny. Trump has been a tremendous ally to people of faith and especially to persecuted Christians in America and around the world. He has fought for the right to life for the unborn, defunded the evil power player Planned Parenthood, greatly improved the care given to veterans, helped reduce human trafficking, provided resources to fight and prevent drug addiction, raised income levels for all, especially the poor and the middle class, provided more jobs than any POTUS before him with women and minorities benefiting the most, improved national security for the US and her allies, enabled the USA to become energy independent, won trade wars previously believed to be impossible, initiated peace discussion between North and South Korean for the first time ever, called out the corruption and abuses by the UN and foreign nations while holding corrupt US government entities accountable (I'm still waiting on the DOJ to deliver indictments though), and lifted up the nation of Israel more than any POTUS before him - all while under relentless attack. I pray that as he considers all these things, he comes to true saving faith in the one and only God who is his true strength and shield and who is guiding/equipping/helping him to do great things for America.

The left's greatest weapon made him stronger than ever while greatly weakening and dividing their party and exposing their own corruption. If that didn't take him down, then what hope do they have of undoing the will of the people who elected him? So let us not fear adversity but welcome it and allow it to make us stronger in faith, conviction, courage, and resolve. And let us be faithful to pray for our President and for all our leaders.

The Era of Reprobate Minds

There are so many passages of Scripture describing the last days which seem to be exact descriptions of our culture today that it's hard not to wonder if we are the last generation before Christ's return. The passage quoted below from Romans 1:28-32 is especially apt. 

28 "And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them." (Romans 1:28-32)

What stands out to me lately is the "debased" (ESV) or "reprobate" (KJV) mind in verse 28. The original Greek word translated as "reprobate" here is ἀδόκιμος, which is also translated as "not approved, rejected, unfit, not as it ought to be." 

Only a debased, unfit mind celebrates the violent murder and dismemberment of innocent unborn children in the name of "women's rights". Only an unfit mind will spend millions to save a tree and ~4 million a year through Medicaid in the USA alone to kill healthy children in the womb.

Only a mind completely set apart from the God of righteousness celebrates all forms of sexual immorality, including pedophilia, despite the consequences of such lifestyles recorded throughout history. 

Only a defunct brain will deny fundamental scientific truth found in every cell of the human body to bully people into believing that gender is a construct of the mind. Only a greedy and depraved mind will systematically abuse children through medical organizations (AMA, APA, AAP) by insisting children should be chemically and surgically mutilated to match whatever gender their underdeveloped minds like best on any given day, even when appropriate counseling and the natural maturation process almost always correct any mismatches between the mind and the body (except when such minds are continually manipulated by others to deliberately make them continue perceiving themselves wrongly). 

Only a reprobate mind exalts tolerance of evil over the most common sense universal moral laws which have sustained and preserved cultures throughout history. 

Only a corrupted mind is so consumed with self while denying the sanctity of human life enough to commit a mass shooting. 

Only an unfit mind gets offended by what is true, holy, and just and insists others must not speak of, much less hold, Judeo-Christian values all in the name of "tolerance".

Our culture's epic level of insanity should come as no surprise. God foretold all of this 2000 years ago.

Homosexuality and the Sin of Sodom

In her book entitled, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield notes that homosexuality is only a symptom of the condition of one's heart, reflecting where someone has been. It is not the root problem itself, and in fact, the sin of Sodom (which is often assumed to be homosexuality based on the narrative of Sodom's judgment by God in Genesis 19) is not as offensive to God as those of His chosen people, the Israelites.

The root sins of both Sodom and Jerusalem are actually very similar, but Jerusalem's is more offensive and more dangerous because unlike the Sodomites, the Jewish people had seen the power of God on display and had been the recipients His mercy and other spiritual blessings.They knew God's power and mercy, so they knew better, yet they forsook Him anyway, whereas Sodom had not received the spiritual blessings bestowed upon the nation of Israel.

"And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day." (Matthew 11:23, NIV)

Ezekiel 16 clarifies the sin of Sodom as being something to which we call all relate, for while we may not all struggle with homosexuality, we are all tempted by the same root sins that were merely manifested as homosexuality and violence in the Sodom account. God references the sin and judgment of Sodom to reveal the greater sin of the Jewish people.

48 "As surely as I live," declares the Sovereign Lord, "your sister Sodomn and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.49 Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant,overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and did destable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.."  (Ezekiel 16:48-50, NIV)

Rosaria Butterfield summarizes the fundamental "sins of Sodom" described in Ezekiel 16:48-50 as follows:

1. Pride, which puffs up and provides a false sense of independence (when we should be completely dependent upon God) and entitlement, is the root of all other sins.
2. Materialism/Excess:  Focusing on acquiring increased wealth, being entertainment driven, refusing to live below your means, and having an overabundance of idleness will lead us away from God's standard.  Rosaria explains that we develop an acquired taste for God’s standard as we discipline our minds, hands, time, and money. Rosaria writes, "Undisciplined tastes will always lead to egregious sin, slowly and almost imperceptibly.
3. Lack of Mercy: The first 52 verses of Ezekiel 16 describe the sins and subsequent judgment of Sodom, Jerusalem, and Samaria, but five of the last 11 verses explicity speak of God's mercy, restoration, and atonement as these nations acknowledge their sin while experiencing the consequences of those sins. God offers hope and compassion despite the long list of ways they have repeatedly betrayed their holy God. God calls us to be merciful to others just as we have received His mercy. The call to offer mercy, compassion, and charity is both for our own good and for the good of the community.
4.  Lack of Discretion or Modesty

After considering and summarizing Rosaria's insights referenced above, I considered how those core sins are obviously at the root of many of the social/political issues evangelical conservatives speak out against today, such as abortion, gay marriage, pay-for-play, media deception to serve political interests, IRS targeting of conservatives, illegal spying, refusing to apply the rule of law to the Clinton scandals, entitlement mentality, socialism, transgender ideology and the child abuse inherent in medical group advocacy of chemical and surgical gender transition. But then I had to consider that Christians also manifest these same core sins with behaviors that do not seem as appalling to the church community, yet they are just as repulsive to God (and even more so) than those of unbelievers, even radical pro-abortion, atheistic, progressive lesbians like Rosaria was before Christ completely transformed her heart, mind, and life.

Consider the following sampling of behaviors, actions, or choices in light of the four core sins of Sodom:

• Taking advantage of meal deals, coupon programs, or loop holes in a way never intended by the business provider
• Overstating tax deductions when filing income taxes
• Refusing to engage in your community because you require copious amounts of "downtime"
• Excluding neighbors, classmates, or other acquaintances from a social function you are hosting because you do not want to associate with or be seen with people who are different from you or who are not as classy or affluent as you would prefer
• Skimping on your tithe to the church by redirecting that money to a charitable organization where your name or business will be promoted as a result
• Reading Fifty Shades of Grey or viewing pornography for pleasure or simply out of curiosity or peer pressure
• Virtue signaling on social media with demands for large government funding of programs and entitlements for illegal immigrants or refugees while refusing to welcome strangers into your own home
• Gossiping about or even slandering those who are different from you, who have inadvertently offended you, or who you envy 
• Claiming to be a victim entitled to special treatment instead of taking personal responsibility and asking God to give you resilience or help you overcome 
• Bearing false witness to accomplish an earthly goal while justifying your deception with the false notion that the ends justifies the means.
• Committing gluttony at every church potluck in the name of "spiritual fellowship" or in the privacy of your own home for "comfort" 
• Softening and distorting the gospel to win more "converts" without sharing the truth that Christianity involves suffering, sacrifice, and full surrender of one's entire life to Christ, giving these so called "converts" false hope that a simple prayer offered with questionable sincerity is all that is required for salvation and sanctification
• Posting pictures of yourself in a skimpy outfit on social media to show off your new toned body following a rigorous diet/exercise program
• Spending far more time and money on your outward appearance, vacations, entertainment, or on acquiring expensive material possessions than you invest in God's kingdom
• Church and ministry leaders focusing more on being relevant and entertaining than on delivering truth and compassion
• Church and ministry leaders spending more time and money on externals (facilities, audio/visual equipment, coffee and doughnuts) than on meeting physical and spiritual needs
• Rejecting accountability
• Refusing to make Bible study and prayer daily priorities because you are "too busy" with lesser things
• Relying on Ted Talks, business tools and metrics, secular advisers, financial resources, and other worldly means for knowledge on building healthy marriages, families, ministries, and businesses instead of relying fully on God and His word for wisdom and guidance
• Brushing off or concealing legitimate sexism or abuse with the dangerously deceptive mantra, "Boys will be boys"
• Laughing at crude or defamatory comments
• Refusing to stand up and pray for those who are being persecuted for Christ's sake

When we Christians speak out against gay marriage, abortion, greed/entitlement centered socialism, or any of the other secular progressive issues listed above, do we first acknowledge our own behaviors which are rooted in the same sins of pride, materialism, lack of mercy, and/or immodesty?

Are we humble enough to realize that we are only able to overcome our sin struggles as God's word in us becomes bigger than ourselves?

Are we seeking to win converts to our opinions or political preferences, or are we seeking to introduce the lost to the only hope of the world, Christ our Savior?

Are we seeking to condemn the world (John 3:17) or to show the lost the unconditional love of Christ? Without receiving God's love, no one can truly love God or others according to God's perfect standard, and without love, there is only death. (1 John 4:8, 1 John 3:14)

After her radical conversion from atheism, lesbianism, and radical leftism to becoming a fully devoted Bible believing, faithful follower of Christ, Rosaria wrote, “My sexuality wasn’t sinful because it was lesbian per say but because it wasn’t Christ controlled." 

What areas in our lives are not Christ controlled?  Until every area of our lives are surrendered to Christ's lordship, we cannot judge the homosexual's sin as being any worse than our own, but we can offer them hospitality, compassion, and God's uncompromising truth with humility, impartiality, and love.

An Open Letter to Adoptees

Dearly beloved adopted one,

I was born almost 46 years ago, shortly after the passage of Roe v. Wade to a teen mom who had no job, no family support, no ability to provide for me, and no power to protect me from her harmful environment.  Thirteen months later, I was adopted into a loving family who had been waiting and praying for me for over five years. As I look back on my life story as only God could have written it, I am overwhelmed by God's sovereignty, goodness, and love. I would like to encourage you with a few lessons I have learned as an adoptee who was born during an era when crisis pregnancies and adoptions were far less common than they are now.

Your life is sacred. You are an infinitely valuable, good gift from the Lord!  

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. (Psalm 127:3)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.(James 1:17) 

You are a miracle, not a mistake!  

Your parents may not have planned your conception, but your perfect heavenly Father planned every detail of your life and your being long before you were ever conceived.  (Psalm 139: 13-16)

God has a perfect plan and purpose for your life. 

For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)

God chose the date, time, and place for your birth in accordance with His perfect plan (Psalm 18:30), and His plans are always good (Luke 18:19).  He rejoices over you endlessly with love so vast, none can fully comprehend it.  (Learn more about God's love for you here.)  God fashioned you with all the gifts and abilities you will need to fulfill His wonderful purposes for your life.

You were never abandoned. You are and always have been lavishly loved.

Your birth mother did not give you up because she did not want you. She placed you up for adoption because she loved you more than herself. She chose to give you life even when it was incredibly inconvenient and uncomfortable for her. She endured great physical and emotional pain as she labored to deliver you. Giving you up for adoption was undoubtedly the biggest sacrifice of her life, but she made that sacrifice out of love.

Consider the parable of the talents as described in Matthew 25.  While you are worth infinitely more than any of the talents (one talent was worth approximately 20 years of  daily wages) the rich man in this parable entrusted to his three servants, you were indeed a gift of immeasurable value entrusted to your birth parents by God Almighty.  Your birth mother had to make a choice.  She could have buried you as the fearful servant did (except she would have "buried" you via abortion), which may have seemed on the surface to be the safest, easiest option, but the result would have been great loss, weeping, and "gnashing of teeth".  Alternatively, she could have chosen to parent you herself. That option would have involved some risk on her part and years of sacrifice, but both of you would have reaped rewards (Proverbs 17:3).  That choice would have returned some blessings while sparing your birth mother the agonizing heartache and unknowns of entrusting her precious gift into the arms of strangers, but it would not have provided you with all the opportunities, stability, and nurture you could have received by being raised by both a mother and a father in a stable, loving home.  Instead of burying you or taking some risks to give you what little she felt she could provide you, she took the biggest risk of all and made the greatest sacrifice of love possible. Instead of forsaking you or investing her treasure into lower risk, lower yield "bonds", she gave up all the love and joy you could have brought her to give you more than she ever thought she could.  She was a faithful steward of God's precious gift.

A mother's love for her child is limitless, powerful, and sacrificial. She gave up her greatest treasure so that you may have the most abundant life possible.  Such great love comes not from the flesh, but from God who sent His only Son away from Heaven and down to earth, so that He could dwell with us as both God and man and suffer and die on the cross for all our sins.  Her sacrifice was also rooted in faith, for we know that God will never leave or forsake us. (Deuteronomy 31:8)

You are chosen!

When I was in elementary school and kids would tease me or ask me questions about being adopted, I would tell them, "I wasn't abandoned; I was chosen. My parents could have chosen anyone to be their daughter, but they chose me. Your parents didn't have that choice. They were stuck with you."  My childish reply may have seemed snarky, and I in no way want to diminish the love any mother has for her child regardless of choice or circumstance, but adopted children are indeed chosen. I had absolutely nothing to offer my adoptive parents except sleepless nights, dirty diapers, and years of hard labor and ongoing expenses.  Yet, they chose me as their own. They gave me their name, their identity, their inheritance, their endless devotion, and most importantly, their unconditional love.

The day my parents chose me

Adoption is a beautiful picture of our spiritual adoption in Christ.  God chose each of us to become a part of His family even when we were sinners with nothing to offer Him in return. He gave up His own Son to redeem us.  He loves us unconditionally and generously provides all we need. He gives us a new identity in Him. When we come to Him in faith, he gives us a new name and an eternal inheritance.  Just as I grew to speak, act, and even look more like my adopted parents, God transforms us into His likeness as we abide with Him as His children. (Ephesians 1:3-14)

You were never fatherless.

God created you with a yearning that only He can fill, for He desires to have a close, personal relationship with you as your Daddy. He is your perfect, holy, and good Father.  His heart's desire is that you will come to Him for peace, comfort, rest, and joy.  His arms are open wide waiting for all His children to come to Him as a child confidently approaches his or her earthly father.  No matter why your earthly father chose to no longer be a part of your life, you must know that you were never fatherless. God intended for your adoptive father be your earthly daddy all along, but no earthly father can ever compare to God.  He will meet your every need, wipe away every tear, and protect you with His omnipotent hands. (Psalm 68:5)



Disclaimer:
I realize that each adoption story is unique, and some may be filled with trials and heartaches.  Not all adoptions are idyllic. However, we must not believe Satan's lies. The enemy of our souls seeks to impede our walk with Christ and keep us from God's purpose by convincing us that we are unloved, abandoned, or alone, contrary to God's absolute truth.  The media prefers to highlight sensational worst case scenarios since those are most profitable for them, but we must not assume such rare, isolated scenarios apply to us. Our individual adoption stories are still unfolding, and God always keeps His promises.

The mistake that leads to a path of destruction

I am begging every young woman and parent of a daughter to read Abby Johnson's response below.

[Abby Johnson is a former Director of a Planned Parenthood affiliate and was Planned Parenthood's Employee of the Year for the entire US who walked away from her enormous salary and Planned Parenthood power when she saw a 13-week abortion take place on an ultrasound. She had two abortions of her own and was complicit in manipulating women to undergo 22,000 abortions before God changed her heart. Now she is fighting tirelessly to support women in crisis and to save the unborn while helping women heal after abortion and helping abortion workers leave the industry. Her true story can be viewed in the movie "Unplanned" showing at movie theaters now.]

In an interview with Glenn Beck, Abby Johnson was asked, "Where did you make your mistake?" She replied, "I made my mistake when I went to college, and I started living a life of IMMODESTY in my speech, my behavior, my dress. I saw that attracted the attention of guys, and that was attention I wanted."

Dear young ladies, while I would love for you to care about guys enough to avoid becoming a stumbling block or a source of temptation for them, I am much more interested in YOU personally. Instead of asking you to consider others before yourself, let's just consider you for a moment. What's in your best interest? Even if all the godly guys manage to look away when you walk by in that skimpy outfit (that's his responsibility, not yours, as you like to tell me), there are far more jerks, perverts, and creepy old men who will feast their eyes on your physical beauty for a free thrill without ever regarding your heart, mind, or soul. Lots of desperate women require men to pay top dollar to see their goods, but you are putting much of yours on display for free, both in person and on social media. Only your future husband who respects you so much that he has committed himself wholly to you until death (or Christ's return) deserves that privilege. The immature guys whose attention you gain will look at you as an object, more than once, and they will prey on you. You are setting yourself up to be manipulated, used, and abused over and over again. You think you can handle them, but scientific studies show that repeated pressure will eventually wear you down. The jerks you attract with your immodest words, actions, or dress will lead you down a path of so many regrets. Modesty isn't just a wise choice to help out the good guys, it is the best way to love and respect yourself!

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Ten Truths about Planned Parenthood

I have shared the information below with women in crisis pregnancy situations and with their significant others. I have written extensively about it when I worked as a freelance writer. I have even spoken to students and public high school principals about it, but few were willing to believe that Planned Parenthood manipulates women to the extent that they do. Perhaps hearing it from Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director and Employee of the Year for all the Planned Parenthood centers in the US, would add some credibility.

Abby Johnson

1. Planned Parenthood comes into schools for the sole purpose of selling abortions. They build relationships of trust with students, encourage them to engage in risky sexual activity, and dole out contraceptives that will FAIL. Not only is the human error rate extremely high for young people, but they deliberately give out contraceptives with the highest failure rates. That sense of false security increases sexual activity. Their goal is to sell each girl they meet in the schools at least 3 abortions before they turn 30. That is the only reason Planned Parenthood comes into schools with their "sex ed" programs.
2. IPPF has manipulated nations around the world into accepting the Convention on the Rights of the Child for the purpose of stripping parental rights so that children can have abortions without parental consent. All this political activism is for the purpose of selling more abortions. (Not discussed in video but more information is available here.)
3. Abortion is Planned Parenthood's bread and butter. Each Planned Parenthood center is given abortion sales quotas with financial incentives for meeting and exceeding them. No quotas are given for the other services. Every other service they offer, many of which are funded by government grants, are ultimately designed to gain women's trust so they can eventually sell them more abortions. Planned Parenthood directors and execs have gotten filthy rich from the blood of manipulated women in crisis and from the death of those women's innocent children.
4. Every elected representative who voted against the Born Alive Act, which only sought to prevent infanticide after a baby has been born alive after a botched abortion, received significant campaign contributions from Planned Parenthood. The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is one of wealthiest and most powerful organizations in the world. IPPF manipulates politicians to vote against the will of their constituents when it will help IPPF sell more abortions. (Not discussed in video, but more information is available here.)
5. Planned Parenthood's name is a misnomer. No client walks out of Planned Parenthood offices with a planned pregnancy. IPPF exists to terminate pregnancy, not support it. They offer clients no prenatal services whatsoever except for the pregnancy test itself which they use to sell abortion.
6. The undercover videos about selling baby body parts were not isolated events. Baby body parts are sold across the nation. Abby's one affiliate earned over $2.5 million a year from the sale of baby body parts (or "pieces of children" as Abby's affiliate referred to them) alone.
7. Abortion counselors LIE to their patients to convince them to buy an abortion. "Counselors" receive sales training and have scripted responses for virtually every patient concern to deliberately pressure these women into having an abortion. Women with faith based concerns about abortion are told that God will forgive them because He understands their situation. Patients do not receive counseling at Planned Parenthood. They receive a sales pitch. Christian crisis pregnancy centers like the CareNet center where I served do provide patients with legitimate counseling and a full list of options plus hope, support, encouragement, and love.
8. Planned Parenthood sets much higher quotas for the abortion pill, RU486, because it takes less of their time and yields higher margins. It is not at all safe or comfortable as they claim. It's excruciatingly painful, involves so much blood loss that many patients fear they might die, and causes continued blood clots for up to 8 weeks afterwards. Furthermore, it doesn't always expel all of the baby, so patients may need to come back for the surgical procedure, leaving them to pay for and recover from both the chemical and the surgical abortion.
9. Candela suction abortions are much safer if used with an ultrasound to guide the placement of the instrument, but many Planned Parenthood facilities do not use ultrasound during the procedure because it takes an extra three minutes per abortion and requires an extra helping hand. Abby's facility performed 30-50 abortions a day, so they cut corners wherever possible to fit in more abortions.
10. Ultrasounds are used during the initial examination to determine the size/age of the baby which then determines the cost of the abortion. Patients are not shown the ultrasound images of their babies on purpose. (CareNet crisis pregnancy centers offer ultrasound images so moms can see their babies for free, and that image often changes their mind about the abortion.)

 Listen to Abby as she shares her experiences in this eye-opening video:

After 45 years and 60 million murders, will Roe v. Wade finally be overturned?

There was nothing constitutional, ethical, or American about the Roe v. Wade decision. It is at least as bad as the Dred Scott Case (which was also passed and defended by Democrats) in terms of it's outright bigotry. Both decisions deemed the convenience and preferences of one person as superior to the freedom of another, except Roe v. Wade takes hatred of another human being to the level of barbaric murder, inflicting excruciating pain on the most fragile human life, often when that life can feel pain at the most heightened level in all his or her existence. Abortion is no less barbaric than ISIS beheadings, yet misguided judges rendered it legal by making up an implied right to privacy that isn't stated explicitly in the Constitution and then declaring it more important than a child's right to life, to a voice, or to freedom or opportunity. Why have we allowed 60 million children to be tortured and killed simply because their parents chose to be irresponsible or because an evil person chose to defile and abuse another?

Roe v. Wade set a precedent which began the tsunami of judges legislating from the bench so as to tear down the Constitution instead of upholding it as they were sworn in to do. As with Roe v. Wade, they often don't even use legitimate cases to change law through judicial decisions. Just as Norma McCorvey was manipulated, lied to, and treated as a mere pawn to get abortion legalized without giving her any of the help she was promised, proponents of the new social order are ever on the prowl for an opportunity to do the same so as to dismantle American laws and values.

Roe v. Wade also set in motion America's moral erosion straight into the pit. Once the courts had deemed life no longer sacred or worth protecting, the prevailing worldview changed. Human life became disposable and disrespected. The marriage sacrament was deemed no longer necessary and a father's presence in the home devalued and disregarded.

New scientific technology has only provided further evidence dispelling the myth that the baby is just a clump of tissue, while confirming the tremendous pain these unborn children feel. Post-abortion syndrome and all the other physical and psychological consequences of abortion have been well documented, proving that birthing the baby is almost always in the best interest of the mother, even in cases of rape. Undercover investigations have exposed the escalating criminal activity taking place on a regular basis in abortion centers (covering up sexual abuse and trafficking, selling baby body parts) and the incessant lying and bullying of young mothers to convince them that abortion is the only option. (So much for being pro-choice; abortion is the only choice given by greedy abortionists.) Planned Parenthood propaganda urges children (as young as 11) to engage in risky sexual activity for the admitted purpose of increasing demand for their abortion services. The contraceptive products they dispense for profit give clients a false sense of security, but the brands dispensed have the highest failure rates. Abortion centers are constantly working to grow demand for their services which is extremely damaging to everyone to society as a whole.

Without the unconstitutional Roe v. Wade ruling, there is no moral, legal, scientific, rationale whatsoever for abortion on demand. Dear SCOTUS, once you have a legitimate case, remember Queen Esther's famous refrain. You were appointed for such a time as this. That will be your chance to stop the largest and most horrific form of genocide in world history from continuing in America. Please stop the brutal killing from our sin stained land. To do any less would be to side with terrorists.

The following article is old, but it provides an easy to understand explanation of the case.

"Roe v. Wade: Unjust, Unconstitutional, and Undemocratic"

The Outrage over Family Separations at the Border Exposes our Deeper Problem

The current public outcry about families being separated at the border (not a new problem by any means as the Flores Consent Decree was enacted in 1997 when Bill Clinton was president and expanded under Obama's administration) seems at the heart to be a question of how to best balance justice and mercy.  How do we open our borders to fleeing refugees and hurting families who want to assimilate and build up our country without letting in those who seek to destroy us?  How do we process families quickly while making sure that children are entering with their actual parents instead of child traffickers or those using them as golden tickets only to be abandoned later?  How do we discern between the real refugees and the posers?  How do we make the path to citizenship simple and affordable without that path being manipulated by drug lords, terrorists, violent gangs, and serial criminals? How do we convince immigrants to come here legally and inform those seeking asylum about the no cost refugee pass that gets them inside the border safely and legally instead of encouraging them to put themselves and the minors with them at great risk by coming here illegally?  What do we do with children of criminals whose families will not claim them or fail to show up in court? If our family could not even board a plane for a domestic flight without our diapered baby being violated for a diaper search by TSA agents while the rest of us endured the humiliation of body scans and pat downs because of the horrific acts of a few who have nothing in common with us, how can we expect our border agents and government officials to figure out the best way to balance justice, mercy, and national security when so many people, including drug dealers and human traffickers, are crossing our borders illegally each day?

Only God has ever achieved that perfect balance between justice and mercy (Isaiah 30:18, Hosea 2:19), but He calls us to seek both as well (Zechariah 7: 8-14, Matthew 23:23).  How can we expect to appropriately deliver justice and compassion with wisdom when our nation has forsaken God and His precepts?  We should be crying out to Him for help in resolving these issues and studying the Bible which provides the wisdom we need, but we have kicked God out of our schools, governments, and marketplaces. The new social order persecutes, bullies, and files lawsuits against those who dare to live out and defend the Christian faith in their daily lives. Yet, a brief review of world history indicates that anti-Christian, atheistic governments not only lead us in the opposite direction from justice and mercy, but they are usually connected to ruthless, tyrannical, murderous regimes. "Atheism was an integral part tenant of Marxist-Lennism/Maoist/Stalinism communism....which caused the death of approximately 110,286,000 people between 1917-1987." (Source)  Consider also the dire consequences of forced secularization of Soviet Russia, China, and North Korea.

Planned Parenthood Federation condemns this separation of children from their parents while lobbying nonstop for the right (with government funding) to rip children out of their mother’s womb without the father’s or grandparents' consent and often with the mother's consent which is only obtained by coercion or from her pimp. Often Planned Parenthood will then sell the baby body parts for profit.  Our nation’s judges have legalized this barbaric practice of child sacrifice and dismemberment while Congress continues to fund it and while the courts choose to ignore the fact that body parts are sold illegally.  Planned Parenthood also chooses to look the other way when their clients have been abused or when their payers are pimps, pedophiles, and traffickers instead of reporting the inhumane, illegal activity to the authorities, so it continues unabated. Where is the justice or mercy in any of that?  How genuine is their outrage over families being separated temporarily during due diligence and legal proceedings following illegal entrance into the USA while they separate children from their parents permanently by killing the children in the most painful, violent way possible? Is Planned Parenthood afraid the increased protections at the border will curb their revenue stream?

There is also public outcry over our nation’s history of slavery, yet many of the same people upset over black slavery dismiss or ignore human trafficking, which is the most prolific and vile form of slavery that continues in record numbers to this day! Trafficking of both women and children into sexual slavery is largely aided by illegal immigration and Planned Parenthood!

We express great condemnation for racism while the culture continues to praise Planned Parenthood, whose founder was a racist eugenicist (she sought to exterminate "inferior" non-Anglo races) whose writings largely influenced Hitler’s extermination protocols. Planned Parenthood still targets minority communities with abortion having reduced the black population by over 16 million people since 1973. There are at least 36% fewer black Americans today because of abortion, not counting the children those 16 million could have birthed.

Darwin’s theory of evolution and survival of the fittest led to the common notion that some people are much more valuable than others.  Darwin's utterly flawed theory, with mathematically impossible odds no matter how old people pretend the earth may be and with countless holes requiring constant modification to the theory to account for contradictions as new evidence against it continues to be found (whereas the Creation account has never ever needed revision, for God's word is always true), was what helped slave owners justify their mistreatment of slaves. Darwin’s theories convinced slave that they were superior and that their convenience justified their mistreatment of African Americans.  That same logic is used every day by Planned Parenthood to convince women to prioritize their convenience over their innocent child's right to life.

It took Biblical truth, religious faith that instilled great courage, and a bloody war to finally overcome such misguided and evil thinking regarding slavery and to finally put an end to the Democrats’ slavery practices. Yet, Darwinian theories are still presented, taught, and even preached in schools across our nation from kindergarten through post graduate schools as if they were proven facts.

The truth is that all human life is sacred, made in the image of God.  From the womb to the tomb, no matter which nation, tribe, or tongue that life may represent, human life is infinitely valuable.  While everyone may have a different set of gifts and a unique purpose, no life is any less precious than any other.  Some people need education, training, discipline, and justice before they can assimilate into American society without destroying it, but all are valuable.  The family unit is also sacred, ordained by God from the beginning for the good of society. The family should be protected and preserved unless a family is corrupted by abuse which harms those within it.  Until we collectively uphold the sanctity of human life and the sacredness of the traditional family consistently in our hearts and in our public policy across all issues, regardless of political implications, we will continue to fail in our efforts to preserve justice and mercy.  Our nation's deeper problem is an abandonment of God and these core values.  We have traded the truth for a lie. (Romans 1:25) We must turn back to God and to His absolute truth.  

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. (Ephesians 4:13-16)

Let us seek Him for wisdom instead of pointing fingers, feigning outrage for political purposes, or simply trying to figure this out on our own without acknowledging the deep rooted hypocrisy within our own hearts. Let us recognize how our confusion and hypocrisy escalates when we allow our firm foundation of moral truth to be supplanted by the new social order being pushed upon us by secular progressives with little resistance from the family of faith.

America needs God desperately, so let those of us who have chosen to follow Him not forget to turn to Him first for wisdom in all these issues and to seek His righteousness, justice, and mercy in every area of life and policy.  May we uphold His precepts and fight for what is true, just, and right. May we courageously stand against abortion, human trafficking, and unjust treatment of immigrants.  Let us seek Biblical solutions for crisis pregnancy situations, orphans in need of families, the afflicted and poor in need of safety, shelter, and employment, and our many border problems in ways that preserve justice and offer compassion for the best long term interests of all. Let us never stop praying for our nation, for America is the only real hope for freedom and refuge left on this planet.

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8)

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Addendum:
I am not suggesting that we abandon our freedom of religion and force everyone to become Christians.  Forced belief is not genuine or life-changing, so forcing any belief system on someone not only flies in the face of the freedoms America was founded upon that our heroes fought and died to preserve, but it also goes against the entire foundation of Christianity. God wants a genuine, authentic relationship with us that comes by choice. If He just wanted autonomous robots who serve Him, he never would have given us free will, and there never would have been a fall in the garden which brought sin into the world.

I am advocating that believers stop giving way to fear and stand up in defense of our freedom of religion which was established to preserve our freedom to live out our faith without government interference.  We have to stop accepting the progressive distortion of the founding fathers' intent.  They want us to believe that we should have "freedom from religion", which is to suggest that the government should stop any attempts to practice religion in the public square. That false notion is being pushed into law by the ACLU and other heavily funded extremist groups. 

The BSA Evolution Further Exposes Modern Progressivism as a Regressive Return to Uncivilized Society

In a civilized society, those with conflicting objectives, worldviews, or opinions openly and respectfully present their different perspectives. Each party will prioritize his or her goals and look for some common ground with the other party, be it a similar goal, shared value, or trade arrangement that is mutually beneficial. If one party wants something the other party has, then that party will either develop the skills and expertise to develop it internally, or they will work out a trade agreement. In civilized negotiations, there will be compromise on both sides, with each party giving up some lesser desire(s) to achieve the greater desire. Successful negotiations are built on trust, mutual respect, and a win/win  or even exchange on both sides with the shared goal of preserving or achieving long term peace.

In an uncivilized society, there is no negotiation or compromise. One party may deceitfully promise concessions with no intention of fulfilling those promises, or they may simply steal what they want by force, which may involve brutal, barbaric, inhumane acts. It is impossible to negotiate with a psychopathic liar, lunatic, or terrorist, for there is no trust, no shared goal, no mutual respect, and no acceptable compromise. Radical jihadists are an example. They will not settle for anything less than a global caliphate that rules the earth.  This goal requires the absolute annihilation of the United States, which they call "the Great Satan", and Israel ("the little Satan").

A wise, civilized person knows that all efforts to negotiate with, advise, appease, or seek peace with a lunatic, terrorist, and/or uncivilized nation or individual is not only pointless, but harmful. (Proverbs 23:9, 26:4) England's attempt to appease Hitler and Obama's Iran deal are examples of how foolish and costly such efforts may be.

What concerns me most about the continued spread and increasing momentum of the progressive worldview across Europe and North America is how it is turning civilized nations (particularly America, which was founded upon Biblical morality and the common goal of preserving life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) into uncivilized, barbaric nations.

What could possibly be more uncivilized or barbaric than the abortion procedure? Yet, in 1973, progressives made this practice, which involves ripping off an innocent child's limbs one by one and then sucking out his or her brains, legal in America. Unwilling to settle for that huge win, progressives have worked to expand abortion into the largest form of genocide in world history with the U.S. government helping fund over a million abortions in the U.S. and around the world every year. Progressives continue to battle against state bans on partial birth abortion, which involves fully delivering a child feet first except for the head and then cracking the skull just before it exits the mothers body. Seven progressive leaning states and the District of Columbia have no state bans on late term abortions.

Progressive professors have written extensively in support of infanticide, insisting it is morally acceptable and at times necessary for progress. We have already seen Britain's socialistic healthcare system hold children like Alfie Evans hostage in hospitals where they let them die while refusing other nation's offers to fly them overseas to receive lifesaving treatment abroad at no cost to Britain. The UK also has no problem leaving the elderly to die since they are viewed as a financial burden. Apparently, some human life (an unborn fetus, a sick child, an elderly person) just isn't as valuable to progressives as that of an elephant or a dog. To return to Hilter and Margaret Sanger's eugenics policies is certainly regressive, barbaric, and uncivilized, but societies readily accepts it when it is reclassified as progressive. There was nothing civilized whatsoever about keynote speaker Michelle Wolf's address at this year's White House Correspondence dinner. Her comments were cruel, raunchy, vile, and crude. She tore apart Sarah Huckabee Sanders as Sarah sat nearby. Similar vulgarities have characterized the progressive event for years, offering no mercy or compromise.

Professor Robert George stated the obvious with this quote: “When students have an opportunity to engage in civil discourse, they don’t feel compelled to engage in uncivil discourse.” However, most secular colleges and universities are going to great extremes to remove the opportunity to engage in civil discourse, primarily by banning differing viewpoints.  With faculty members leaning Democrat at ratios as high as 23 to every 1 Republican (UNC Chapel Hill) or 11 to 1 on average, followed by decades of bullying and persecution to suppress conservative ideas and to expel Judeo/Christian or faculty (Reference: Expelled documentary), and given the banned words lists and systematic indoctrination throughout classroom instruction, Christians and conservatives have little to no voice on college campuses. Deprived of the opportunity to practice civil discourse, students are encouraged to become radical social justice warriors who skip class (or tests) to mourn or protest what they cannot change, even as the outcome of a presidential election. #NotMyPresident Google, Twitter, and Facebook intentionally limit viewer exposure to conservative viewpoints, and/or deny Christian websites permission to advertise. Most mainstream media outlets spin stories, print fake news, or omit any newsworthy story that does not support their progressive narrative. They have become propaganda mills, not reliable news agencies. Every day, progressive thought continues to dominate the internet, marketplace, and all media platforms, apparently hoping to take over the thoughts and steal the hearts of all people everywhere.
When radical progressive groups bring lawsuits against a conservative and/or Christian, the goal isn't simply to right a wrong or fight for justice. Their goal is total destruction. Bakers, florists, photographers, and wedding venue owners have all been persecuted, severely fined, bankrupted, or forced to cease and desist activities that the U.S. Constitution was designed to protect simply because they refused to participate in progressive venues that were contrary to their religious convictions. Business owners in Charlotte, N.C. were forced by local ordinance to allow men in women's restrooms, in direct opposition to their values and the best interests of their female patrons, until the state legislature intervened.  But then progressives from around the nation, including the Obama administration, threatened, bullied, and chastised the state for daring to uphold long held standards to protect the greater majority. The NCAA refused to hold high revenue tournament games in N.C. and various large businesses threatening to locate elsewhere. Even the Attorney General at the time, now the current Governor, secretly met with businesses to put pressure on the Governor and state legislature to overrule H.B. 2, after he had pledged to serve the governor and N.C. residents. In this case, the media played a powerful role spreading propaganda across the nation which also captured negative attention from foreign leaders. Uncivilized people do not allow differing opinions and will bully or destroy to suppress them.

Each of these progressive "victories" was not viewed as a settled case or a compromise. They were merely steps forward toward their goal of totally wiping away traditional American values. They aren't interested in logical or reasonable discourse. Give them an inch, and they will take a mile. They will not stop until they destroy anyone and anything that stands in the way of a complete takeover of our culture. 

The Boy Scouts of America resisted progressive pressures to admit gay troop leaders for a time, but they eventually compromised, hoping to appease their progressive bullies. That was a tragic mistake, however, because once progressives got a foothold, they demanded more. Then instead of seeking to reform the Girl Scouts to make them equal to the Boy Scouts in every way (programming, opportunities, reputation, etc.), the progressive went after the Boy Scouts again, demanding that they allow girls to join their boys' organization. As expected, the Boy Scouts caved again to progressive demands. Then this week the Boy Scouts agreed to change their name to "Scouts", which signals a complete overhaul of the Boy Scout's identity. Soon, the Boy Scouts will wither and die, having contradicted their original and fundamental values, purpose, and oath. Progressives do not agree with the Boy Scout's oath or values. They aren't seeking to be included and assimilated. They want to seize control and destroy anything that builds, nurtures, and protects (in this case, Biblical manhood and morality) what they hate.

Progressives also tend to oppose Christianity and the Bible because it stands in the way of what they intend to accomplish, which makes them useful tools of the enemy of our souls. When one honestly considers what the Bible teaches and the impact it has had throughout history, it's impossible to deny that the Bible played a huge role in civilizing the world. Remove the Bible from schools, the marketplace, and the hearts and minds of citizens, and America will crumble into a hopelessly uncivilized, barbaric nation,not unlike the Mayans, Babylonians, and other pagan cultures of the past. Will we stand by and watch our great country regress into a Nazi regime or a pagan culture that burns our first born children as sacrifices to fake gods carved out of wood and stone or to corrupt dictators who enslave us?

Dear friends, leaders, and brothers and sisters in Christ, do not try to negotiate with uncivilized, irrational people who reject America's founding principles, traditional morality, and the Lord, our Creator God and King. Let us make it our aim, through both words and actions, to share the love, joy, and hope found only in Christ Jesus. He is the only answer to our heart's desire for peace and our culture's plea for civility. Pray for the lost who persecute you. Resist false doctrine. Stand firm in the faith. Hope in Christ. (John 10:10)

Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus  (Philippians 4:5-7)

45th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: My Story

Forty-five years ago today, the United States Supreme Court decided that a woman's right to privacy was more important than an innocent child's right to life. Thankfully, this teenager pictured here, who was carrying me in her womb at the time of the Roe v. Wade ruling, thought differently. She would have gladly lain down her own life to save mine.

Her mother abused her (and then me); her father rejected us; my birth father abandoned us; and the corrupt United Way sponsored maternity home deceived and mistreated her. The road for her was never easy, but He sustained, protected, nurtured, strengthened, comforted, provided, healed, and restored us both in supernatural ways that proclaim His marvelous sovereignty, goodness, and love.

Not only did she choose life for me, but she also chose to take the biggest risk of her life to selflessly give me the very best life imaginable. She entrusted me into the hands of Abba Father who then placed me into the perfect family for me, just as He had planned since the beginning. My precious parents had been waiting for a daughter for over five years. Did you know that there are at least 36 families waiting to adopt for every one child that is placed for adoption? So many families are waiting, yet Planned Parenthood, which claims to be "pro-choice", tells their clients/victims that killing the baby is a woman's only choice. They never present adoption as a loving option.  Yet, in my birth mother's case and so many others', adoption is without a doubt the most loving option.

The parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14–30) instructs us not to bury our treasure or invest it in only a little.  God calls us to invest the gifts He entrusts us with in that which requires the most faith but yields the greatest returns.  I am eternally grateful for the unconditional love poured out and for the huge sacrifices made by both my birth mom and my parents for me which yielded the greatest rewards. Such love testifies that life is sacred, for all life and love come from the God who never errs.

But as amazing as all that is to me, it is still just a tiny glimmer of the radiant love God has for each of us. God also gave up His child, His only Son, not to give Him a better life, but to save all mankind. God loves us so much He sent His only Son to take upon Himself the sins of all mankind so He could fully pay the penalty our sins deserve in our place, so that we could be justified, redeemed, restored, and made new.

He desires a deeply personal relationship with each of us. So He made a way to adopt each one of us into His family forever. Just as I now have a new name, a new identity, a new resemblance, and a new inheritance through adoption into my earthly family, God offers infinitely more to those who choose to be adopted as His very own children. As we grow in our relationship with Him and in our love for Him, we will begin to resemble Him. As His children, we take on a new name, beloved child of the King of Kings. In Him, we get to partake of all that He is. The Lord God is perfect and infinite in love, joy, peace, patience, knowledge, wisdom, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, goodness, truth, grace, hope, justice, forgiveness, and mercy. To choose Him is to choose life. To choose anything else is to choose death, darkness, and eternal separation from Him and from all that He is.

Choose Life!  Choose Christ!

Two Different Marches

Two different groups of people held marches this weekend. The March for Life was held on Friday, and the Women's March took place on Saturday.

The theme of the the first march was "love saves lives." The theme or motivating force behind the other was hate.

The first celebrated life; the second celebrated the right to kill one's own children with continued insistence that taxpayers pay for the dismemberment, no matter how much their religious and moral convictions may oppose the shedding of innocent blood.

The first march unified; the second march divided.

One sang hymns of praise; the other sang obscenities.

One group humbled themselves in prayer to God. The other group blasphemed His holy name.

One group marched selflessly for those who have no voice, deriving no personal benefit whatsoever. The other demanded free stuff (sanitary napkins, birth control, abortion, special entitlements, salary increases based on gender instead of merit, etc.) for themselves.

One group clothed themselves in pink hats resembling the female anatomy which should be kept private. The other group clothed themselves with "compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience".

One group accepted everyone who valued love and life. The other only accepted those who hate what progressives hate.

One group has steadily grown in numbers for the past 45 years. The other had approximately 50% fewer participants this year than they had the first year, which was just last year.

One inspired hope; the other stirred up bitterness.

One group represented me, both as a woman and as the product of an unplanned pregnancy. The other is the antithesis of all that I am and was created to be.

Ode to all the babies killed by Herod and Planned Parenthood

While listening to The Coventry Carol at church yesterday, I pondered the lyrics.


It's a lullaby (based on Matthew 2:18) to all the male babies throughout the kingdom aged two and under whom King Herod had massacred after he discovered the Messiah had been born.

¹⁶ Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. ¹⁷ Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

¹⁸ “A voice was heard in Ramah,
    weeping and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
    she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”  (Matthew 2:16-18)*

*See also Jeremiah 31:15

"Massacre of the Innocents" Credit: Nicolas Poussin

So I asked, "What would enable and drive a man to commit such an atrocity?"

Here are three reasons:

1. A Seared Conscious
2. Fear
3. Lust for Power or Control

Then I considered that those are the same themes of Planned Parenthood's sales strategy to convince clients to choose abortion.

Their recent advertising campaigns have sought to remove the stigma of abortion-on-demand (abortion for convenience purposes only). Since science has blown holes all through their previous argument that it's not a baby, just a clump of cells like a tumor invading your body, they now have to make killing innocent babies seem less horrible. So after their previous #ShoutYourAbortion campaign, they are now launching a new ad campaign in which PPF CEO Cecile Richards talks about her own abortion of convenience as if it was no big deal.  They want you to believe that your CONVENIENCE is more important than an innocent child's LIFE!  Our culture has been working with PPF to sear the human conscience for decades. Whether in the womb, on life support, or in old age, our culture has been trying to deny the sanctity of human life so they can pursue their own selfish desires.  Our progressive cultures strives to deaden the moral conviction and awareness of eternity which God has placed inside each human heart. (Ecc. 3:11)

The majority of PPF's clients and/or target audience are youth as young as 10. Much of their lobbying work and propaganda over the past decade or more have pushed for the "Sexual Rights of the Child" and for increased privacy laws. The goals are two-fold: encourage more risky sexual behavior among children at younger ages when they are too young to understand God's design for sex and too irresponsible to use contraceptives correctly, and keep parents completely out of the loop. Without the shelter and guidance of their parents, children and young teens feel much more desperate and afraid. So they go to their guidance counselors who often send them directly to PPF centers for abortions without parental consent, or they go to PPF on their own because they remember seeing them in their schools teaching a morally bankrupt version of "sex education". Once these girls walk into PPF clinics, PPF "counselors" use fear tactics to pressure them into an abortion. They convince these girls there is no other option by failing to provide any other alternatives and by giving them all these worst-case scenarios while failing to inform them of the physical and emotional risks of abortion.  They push girls through the abortion mill quickly before they have a chance to back out (as if they were ever given a choice) by using fear as the primary catalyst.

The Rights of the Child propaganda seeks to convince young people that they are the ones who should have control over their lives and over their bodies (and that their parents need not know or interfere) despite how naturally immature, irresponsible, and naive most kids are at that age. They have even lobbied to have children sit on government boards making decisions about reproductive health...as if kids have a clue at that age. Power and control are the candy they dole out to children to win their favor and lure them in. 

For their older clients, they argue that abortion will give them more control over their own lives and more power to pursue their dreams. Such flimsy arguments are completely self-centered, one-sided, and short sighted. Children are a blessing not a curse. PPF argues that it's okay to kill all the children in the land like Herod did except they focus on the children who are still in the womb (or who were born alive following a botched abortion) so as not to interfere with women's careers or immediate goals.  They justify abortion because they think it will keep them on the throne of their self-centered lives. But the truth is that we are not in control of our lives; God is. And if we try to live it outside of his plans and purposes, we will live an empty, lonely, miserable existence that may give us lots of worldly things, but it will not give us anything that truly matters or lasts forever.

So this Christmas, if and when we hear the Coventry Carol being sung, let us weep not only for the children Herold had slaughtered but also for the millions of babies butchered every year through abortion.

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Extra tidbit gleaned from The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Khan: 

When Isaac blessed Esau (after giving Jacob the greater blessing), he told him he would live by the sword and under the dominion of his brother Jacob. Furious, Esau plotted Jacob's death. Jacob's descendants became the Jewish people, Israel. Esau's descendants became the nation of Edom (the Idumeans). During the Roman Empire, an Idumean was appointed by the Romans to rule over Judea, and his name was Herod. And so the prophecy of the sword came to pass. Just as Esau plotted to kill Jacob, Herod plotted to kill the Messiah.

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For further information on Planned Parenthood's marketing strategies, visit these posts:

1. Planned Parenthood Encourages Children to Engage in Risky Sexual Behaviors While Opposing Parental Authority

2. Planned Parenthood is the Biggest Abuser of Women and Children