This is not a perfect testimony, but then there aren’t any of those…. See what you think…. Read more
This post is dedicated to the ‘lesser of several evils’ issue. I remember a moment in a class in seminary in the 70s when a professor asked the question– What will you do when you only have 2 or more bad choices? One student stood up and said ‘God would never put me in such a situation!’. But frankly, Christian history makes clear that this view is naive at best, and seriously wrong at worst. It’s simply not true. Some... Read more
This post is devoted to the issue of ‘unwanted pregnancies’. The proper question to be asked about that phrase is— unwanted by whom? There are literally thousands of good parents out there who have not been able to have children of their own who are desperate to adopt a child. If a pregnant mother is going to be unable for whatever reason to raise a child, the first thought should not be— How can I get a quick abortion? It... Read more
Back to the issue of public policy. According to the surveys I’ve seen, the vast majority of Americans are not in favor of abortions of convenience, by which I mean abortions that do not involve medical emergencies which risk the very life of the mother, and do not involve rape or incest. The general public thinks abortions should be legal and available from capable medical professionals in such exceptional cases. But one should not make a principle or rule out... Read more
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