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Bible or Barber on Abolishing Abortion?
“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation.” —Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Recently, the Ethics &…
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Nation’s Largest Pro-Life Group Bringing More Abortion to Oklahoma
On Wednesday afternoon, an affable, elderly gentleman visited office-after-office of Oklahoma Senate Health and Human Services Committee members, delivering memos to Senators and their aides and requesting “yes” votes on Senate Bill 834, which was scheduled to be heard Thursday morning. SB834 is a pro-abortion bill that would promote child sacrifice in Oklahoma in four…
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Disagreement in GA: Josh Buice is Right. Life Training Institute Woefully Wrong.
Josh Buice, Pastor of Pray’s Mill Baptist Church and Founder of G3 Ministries, wrote an excellent article last week announcing his support of the Georgia abolition bill and promoting abolitionism; specifically focusing on the abolitionist doctrines of immediatism and equal protection. Life Training Institute, which, like Buice, is headquartered in Georgia, published a counter-article on…
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Barber/ERLC Swing and Miss (Again) at Abolitionism
Few things in the evangelical landscape of the west have caused a more polarizing response than that of the abortion crisis. More specifically, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, has been torn over the issue for the better part of its existence. Whether through weekly sermon applications, daily evangelism, or annual resolutions,…
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Midterms Analysis: Abolitionist Candidates and Lessons Learned from Failed Initiatives
Conservatives were disappointed on Tuesday by the all-but-certain red wave turning out to be a red ripple that resulted only with Republicans possibly picking up a slim majority in the U.S. House. Former President Donald Trump’s handpicked candidates around the country faired especially poorly, but it was a bad showing across the board for Republicans…
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Weeping Time Documentary: The Beginning of an IVF Conversation
Like many young couples, Brian and Ying Payton got married desiring a big family. To their dismay, five years went by without any sign of pregnancy. Brian had always believed that IVF was morally wrong, but the couple felt like they had to do something, so they turned to fertility drugs and intrauterine insemination. They…
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SBC President Bart Barber Gives a Lesson in How Not to Repent
On September 15, Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Bart Barber unleashed a vicious, dishonest Twitter attack against SBC pastor Dusty Deevers. (Watch Deevers’ response to the various attacks here.) One day later, Barber Tweeted an equally dishonest thread against the Abolitionist Movement in general. On Friday, Barber “repented” on Twitter. Unfortunately, the “repentance” was nearly…
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The Three Categories of Pro-Lifers
Do you call yourself “Pro-life?” Understand, there is a significant and growing internal conflict among the self-described Pro-life. It is not going away. Some know this and have begun to try to confront it. There are at least three groups within the current Pro-Life Movement. Let’s briefly consider each Pro-life group. This is so important…
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SBC President Slanders SBC Pastor
Last week, on Sep. 14th, Dusty Deevers, SBC Pastor of Grace Community Church of Elgin, OK, commented on the ERLC’s appointment of Brent Leatherwood. It is crucial to understand what is being said here because the facts and history in this tweet are what caused the following Twitter storm. Deevers tweeted: “In Louisiana this spring…
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4 Abolitionist Rapid Reactions to the (Wrongly Decided) Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health decision was announced Friday morning and Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey have been overturned. Writing for the majority, Samuel Alito said, “The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those…
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