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Southern Baptists of Texas Testifiers Go Off the Rails While Defending Incrementalism
Southern Baptists of Texas deliberated on the Resolution on Abolishing Abortion in November, but decided instead to affirm a resolution regarding the heartbeat bill. The arguments made by incrementalist messengers were some of the worst we’ve seen from incrementalists anywhere (particularly Nathan Lino’s argument), but still persuaded a majority of the convention to oppose a…
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Jesus’ Incarnation is the Death Knell to Abortion
It is important to remember that the Incarnation occurred not at Christ’s birth, but at His conception in Mary’s womb. Important, because it defines very clearly the point at which human beings become human beings (when they are actually made in God’s image), the point at which human life becomes sacred, and the point at…
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Timothy Cole: My Conversion From Pro-Life Speaker to Abolitionist
My mind was blown and my heart broken during junior high history class. I had always naively thought grave societal evil was mostly confined to ancient times, and that America had always been on the right side of history. Learning of our nation’s history of slavery, mistreatment of Native Americans, the Civil War, the civil…
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5 Principles For Abolitionist Candidates in Republican Primaries
As the Abolitionist Movement grows, more and more bold Christians are stepping up to run for political office. This article will set forth a handful of principles by which these many abolitionist campaigns should operate. This article is not intended to be a comprehensive guide for running a campaign; only a rundown of the basics…
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Robert L. Dabney: Wrong on Slavery, Right on Abolitionism
Theologian and Confederate apologist Robert L. Dabney was among the most influential southern Presbyterians of the Civil War era. Dabney authored a number of books held in high regard by some today including The Five Points of Calvinism, A Defence of Virginia, and his Systematic Theology. There is much to appreciate about Dabney, who was…
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Responding to (and Praying For) Randy Alcorn
Christian author Randy Alcorn published two articles last week addressing abolitionism; the first of which being a reprint of Scott Klusnedorf’s recent Gospel Coalition article with a short preface from Alcorn, and the second a more extended exposition of Alcorn’s own perspective. There is much to take issue with ideologically which we will discuss in…
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South Carolina Baptist Convention Passes Resolution Calling For Abolition
Following in the footsteps of the national Southern Baptist Convention, Arkansas Baptists, and Utah-Idaho Baptists, the South Carolina Baptist Convention passed a resolution calling for the total and immediate abolition of abortion on Tuesday. The resolution, as presented by abolitionist pastors, was virtually identical to the resolution passed by the Southern Baptist Convention in June,…
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No Quarter November: How Is Doug Wilson Not an Abolitionist?
Doug Wilson is one of the people I least want to argue with here on the FTS blog, and we have thus far avoided it. But he is perhaps the person we most need to argue with. At this stage of the movement, The Gospel Coalition publishing Scott Klusendorf articles is beautifully powerless to slow…
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C.R. Cali: How to Exhort Legislators Who Support Abolition and Pro-Life Bills
The Abolitionist Movement is blessed with many bold legislators who work for the immediate abolition of abortion without compromise like Warren Hamilton, John Jacob, Heather Scott, and others. But there are also many who support and even file abolition bills who simultaneously support incremental bills which are immoral and delay abolition by helping the very…
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Defiance of Tyrants Must Be the New Republican Litmus Test
In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis observed that “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” Without courage, the other virtues are hardly relevant, as they will only be expressed when it is easy to express them. Reworking Lewis’ point for the political situation we…
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