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<\/a><\/div>\nLate last year, I read a book by Eric Metaxas entitled Amazing Grace<\/em>. It\u2019s the story of William Wilberforce, and his quest to abolish slavery. Earlier this year, I read a book heavily endorsed by Eric Metaxas and written by Karen Swallow Prior, entitled Fierce Convictions<\/em>. It\u2019s the story of Hannah More, a companion and fellow warrior, if you will, of William Wilberforce. Together and with others, they\u00a0fought for decades in a battle of moral conflict to end the atrocity of human slavery in England. <\/p>\n Slavery was indeed abolished, four days before Wilberforce\u2019s death. <\/p>\n These books have\u00a0had a profound\u00a0effect on\u00a0me. The lives of Wilberforce and More have convinced me that no act is too small in fighting a just war for human lives. The methods\u00a0they used to abolish slavery\u00a0were prayer, legislation, the written word, relentlessly loving others with the truth, and sheer determination \u2013 all while risking\u00a0looking like fools to the world, and battling their own\u00a0life-altering illnesses. On many days,\u00a0it undoubtedly\u00a0seemed as though their efforts would be\u00a0futile, too small, and fruitless. But they were stubborn and\u00a0continued to take\u00a0countless baby steps toward their goal. They\u00a0refused to give\u00a0up, and their efforts eventually proved worthwhile. <\/p>\n The end\u00a0result of their quest\u00a0has caused me to get serious about\u00a0praying, doing what I can legislatively, and writing pointedly about\u00a0the current atrocity in the (not so) United States: the killing of innocent babies and the harvesting and selling of baby body\u00a0parts. <\/p>\n Where abortion is concerned, most\u00a0of us are merely onlookers, rather than warriors. We are cozy in our healthy bodies and lifestyles. We are not\u00a0angry enough or free enough (time wise)\u00a0to fight for those whose bodies are being torn limb from limb, because we\u2019re wrapped up in managing\u00a0our day job, our family, our housework, our workout, our\u00a0organic grocery shopping, and lobbying for the things that really<\/em> matter in this life: the abolition of GMO\u2019s. <\/p>\n Who has time or energy to hear the cries of unseen victims? Who has time to abolish the chopping of human babies\u00a0when we\u2019ve got home-grown spinach and eggplant to chop? <\/p>\n Well, I do. And I hope at some point (immediately, if not sooner), you will, too. I can\u2019t claim\u00a0I will ever accomplish\u00a0anywhere near what Wilberforce and More accomplished, but I will say that in my pathetic little efforts, I\u2019ve noticed\u00a0something: to\u00a0pro-choicers,\u00a0any semblance of pro-life activism\u00a0is seen as what\u00a0Douglas Wilson calls\u00a0battle joy. <\/em>In short, \u201cbattle joy\u201d is what happens when evil is exposed. Those who are against the evil\u00a0rise up in support of the exposure, while vehemently, courageously, relentlessly, and yes, joyously<\/em>\u00a0opposing the evil \u2014 all at the cost of looking like war hungry, finger-pointing tattle tellers who have nothing better to do than wage war on the healthcare of women. They will say that our \u201cjoy\u201d must mean that we are not really concerned with the morality of the war effort, and neither are we gripped by all the deep concerns that lie beneath that effort. We must not care about the human costs. This is like saying that the sailor kissing the girl in Times Square at the end of World War 2 must not have cared about his buddies who had died. It means that they don\u2019t understand the nature of serious moral conflict at all. <\/strong><\/em>(emphasis Wilson\u2019s)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Admittedly, I\u00a0am\u00a0\u201cguilty\u201d of battle joy. And in that joy, perhaps I have offended those who think\u00a0despicable acts of violence, murder,\u00a0and the Jeffrey Dahmer-ism of cutting up people and storing them in freezers\u00a0shouldn\u2019t be discussed in public. In which case, I don\u2019t care<\/em>. Shame on them for failing to think through the issues and\u00a0believing it\u2019s acceptable for\u00a0wicked to be hidden. I operate on the basis that if we know the truth, the truth will set us free.<\/p>\n Maybe\u00a0my words\u00a0have\u00a0offended those who have had abortions.\u00a0They\u00a0are hurt because I insist on hammering on the very thing they are guilt\u00a0ridden about and my battle joy\u00a0feels like their condemnation. In which case, I do care<\/em>.\u00a0Inflicting hurt\u00a0is not my intention. Nor is causing\u00a0anyone to re-live condemnation.\u00a0Everything I\u2019ve done\u00a0thus far has\u00a0been\u00a0done with the assumption that those who have sought forgiveness\u00a0live in that forgiveness. <\/em>Forgiveness\u00a0entails taking\u00a0Christ\u2019s righteousness in exchange for filthiness \u2014 and never looking back. To look back is to say that Christ\u2019s death on the cross is only good until feelings of guilt\u00a0take over once more. <\/p>\n But Christ\u2019s death on the cross is once and for all (Rom. 6:10). So if\u00a0they have indeed\u00a0repented and asked His forgiveness, it\u2019s theirs. Forever. And nothing I, or anyone else says can\u00a0possibly snatch that\u00a0forgiveness away. When\u00a0they see others exposing their\u00a0past sins, they should rejoice<\/em>\u00a0and consider telling\u00a0others that though\u00a0they\u00a0are legit\u00a0guilty,\u00a0they have\u00a0found forgiveness.\u00a0As Romans 6:10 says \u2026\u00a0the death that He died, He died to sin once for all. <\/em>So by\u00a0no means should they\u00a0believe there is any\u00a0indictment\u00a0against them.\u00a0They are free, and as Jesus said, they simply need to \u201cgo and sin no more.\u201d <\/p>\n To those\u00a0who are offended\u00a0by battle joy\u00a0and refuse to repent, I care about\u00a0you as a person<\/em>, but I don\u2019t care whether\u00a0the pro-life\u00a0mission\u00a0offends you. Killing babies and selling their body parts is the real offense<\/strong>. No amount of so-called scientific gibberish that\u00a0you\u00a0or Planned Parenthood lie about will convince\u00a0me\u00a0otherwise. A baby is a baby is a baby.\u00a0My\u00a0hope for\u00a0every pro-choice person is that they\u00a0repent of\u00a0their actions, refocus on Christ, and replace\u00a0their wickedness with righteousness. <\/p>\n As a side note \u2026 something to be\u00a0considered is that we\u00a0could be on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. How do I figure? The exposure of the gruesome videos has something to do with it, of course. But in addition to that, Joe Carter, co-author of How to Argue Like Jesus,<\/a> has noted that four Supreme Justices (Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Bryer) will\u00a0soon be\u00a0age 78. This\u00a0means their terms are coming to a close. If we elect a pro-life president,\u00a0he will have the opportunity to elect four (4!!) new justices, which means\u00a0down the road,\u00a0the\u00a0opportunity to\u00a0overturn Roe v. Wade will be, in eloquent terms, a thing.<\/em> <\/p>\n But back to our original subject of battle joy. <\/p>\n In Surprised by Joy<\/em>, C.S. Lewis says this: <\/p>\n The sword glitters not because the swordsman set out to make it glitter but because he is fighting for his life and therefore moving it very quickly. <\/em> So, yes. I have a\u00a0case of blatant\u00a0battle joy. My sword is drawn, glittering, and moving to and fro at the speed of lightning.\u00a0Not\u00a0because\u00a0I\u2019ve set out in pride to make<\/em> it\u00a0glitter, but because\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0in the\u00a0fight for life; for evil\u00a0to be\u00a0halted and good\u00a0to be\u00a0triumphant.\u00a0If\u00a0my\u00a0sword\u00a0blinds, stuns, or offends, I will not apologize.\u00a0I will stick to my fierce convictions, rejoice in the progress being made, the truth being spilled, and the potential of justice\u00a0being\u00a0served and innocent life being preserved. <\/p>\n If you do not understand that, you do not understand the nature of serious moral conflict. At all.<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Late last year, I read a book by Eric Metaxas entitled Amazing Grace. It\u2019s the story of William Wilberforce, and his quest to abolish slavery. 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Wilson goes on to expose and comment on the\u00a0thought process\u00a0of pro-choicers: <\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n
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The politically correct rule book\u00a0prefers I\u00a0not\u00a0battle at all,\u00a0but\u00a0if\u00a0I\u00a0must<\/em> battle,\u00a0I\u2019m to battle sad. Battle \u201clovingly.\u201d Battle \u201ctolerantly.\u201d\u00a0Battle anything but joyously. Well pardon me, but I am glad \u2013\u00a0giddy, maybe\u00a0\u2013 that\u00a0the truth is coming out and exposing Planned Parenthood (or Planned Barrenhood, as Wilson calls it). It\u2019s possible my joy will be squelched by defeat, but\u00a0there will always be the\u00a0joy\u00a0that someone by the name of David Daleidon\u00a0realized silence\u00a0is not always golden and set out\u00a0to expose\u00a0evil. I don\u2019t relish in the evil.<\/strong>\u00a0Only its exposure. Because without exposure, abolition of the evil\u00a0is impossible. The truth can only set us free if we know it<\/em>. Planned Parenthood hiding\u00a0a lucrative holocaust\u00a0behind their so called \u201cprovision of\u00a0women\u2019s health care\u201d is\u00a0deceptive at best and Satanic at worst, and\u00a0America needs to be privy to their wickedness. <\/p>\n