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In light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, I thought I would post a blog article I wrote more than a decade ago entitled "Indications We Are Winning the Abortion Fight"  ( see here for the original article ). A few things had to be changed (and a couple of links were broken), but I had forgotten about the video at the end (which still works). That was the first time I had heard of Abby Johnson; since then, a movie has been made about her story , and I also heard her speak at a Right to Life banquet in 2015. From 2009: A couple of weeks ago, the Missus and  I watched an episode of Law and Order where the case centered on the topic of abortion. It was a great episode, and involved a “ripped from the headlines” (or “ripped-off from the headlines” as I always like to say) story of an abortion doctor who was slain at his church during a service. The interesting thing about the episode is that several of the main characters were portrayed (fav...

Do you seek God’s direction in every aspect of your life? Or, do you have the same struggle as I do in which you make your decisions and then ask God to bless those decisions or to rescue from their consequences?   If you had the chance to ask the Apostle Paul any one question, what would it be? Would it be theological? Would it practical? Would it be historical?   Because of my pragmatic nature, I think I’d ask him to give me 3-4 things that a Christian should do to grow in his or her faith.  Since I can’t ask him that question, I’ve thought about what actions he might identify as essential for a Christian to live a faithful life as I’ve worked my way through 1 Thessalonians with our congregation. I’ve concluded that he would say there are four things that we must do, in addition to placing our faith in Christ, in order to be faithful throughout our lives. They are:  Read and believe the Bible (1 Thessalonians 2:13) Live your life in accordance with the Bible...