TH Spangler wrote: ↑October 27th, 2020, 8:46 am
stokesjokes wrote: ↑October 27th, 2020, 8:26 am
Yep, still waiting on Al Mohler’s apology to Bill Clinton...
Now, I was encouraged to read John Piper’s recent essay. Say what you want about the severity of some of his positions, but they are always in line with his convictions.
So I guess Piper wants Mr and Ms plan parenthood in office? 62% of their clinics are in minority neighborhoods. What % of the population do they represent? Sad.
Trump is supporting life.
Apparently you didn’t actually read the essay:
“ I will not develop some calculus to determine which path of destruction I will support. That is not my duty. My calling is to lead people to see Jesus Christ, trust his forgiveness for sins, treasure him above everything in this world, live in a way that shows his all-satisfying value, and help them make it to heaven with love and holiness. That calling is contradicted by supporting either pathway to cultural corruption and eternal ruin.”
“ What About Abortion?
Where does the wickedness of defending child-killing come from? It comes from hearts of self-absorbed arrogance and boasting (James 4:1–2). It comes from hearts that are insubordinate to God. In other words, it comes from the very character that so many Christian leaders are treating as comparatively innocuous, because they think Roe and SCOTUS and Planned Parenthood are more pivotal, more decisive, battlegrounds.
I think Roe is an evil decision. I think Planned Parenthood is a code name for baby-killing and (historically at least) ethnic cleansing. And I think it is baffling and presumptuous to assume that pro-abortion policies kill more people than a culture-saturating, pro-self pride.
When a leader models self-absorbed, self-exalting boastfulness, he models the most deadly behavior in the world. He points his nation to destruction. Destruction of more kinds than we can imagine.
It is naive to think that a man can be effectively pro-life and manifest consistently the character traits that lead to death — temporal and eternal.”
You should read the whole thing, but I found those snippets especially relevant to your post.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/po ... hs-to-ruin