I love the way the internet helps you get around the world in minutes. For example, my man Zach links to a news and views round-up by Trevin Wax which links to an opinion piece by Bryan Kemper over at LifeNews.com called “Responding to: How Dare You Compare Abortion to the Holocaust or Slavery.” That’s around the world in about 8 seconds! Or at least around the evangelical blogger world in 8 seconds.
Information and opinions travel quickly on the internet. And that means we’re prone to gathering and absorbing views and opinions with far too much speed to carefully consider alternatives. I’d like to offer one to Mr. Kemper’s piece.
You see, I’m firmly pro-life and anti-abortion. And I’m also one of those persons who responds, “How dare you compare abortion to slavery?!” You can read an earlier post on this issue here. But here’s what I’d like to add as friendly fire to a soldier in a war I care about, who does not appear to understand how his rhetorical gunfire affects the one in the trench next to him. In other words, this is why I’d say “how dare you…” to my ally Mr. Kemper. Continue Reading>>>
Scriptures teach consistently that faith comes through the proclamation of the gospel, not through good works. Christ himself was not arrested and arraigned because he was trying to restore family values or feed the poor...The mounting ire of the religious leaders toward Jesus coalesced around him making himself equal with God and forgiving sins in his own person, directly, over against the temple and its sacrificial system. Michael Horton
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