Moral Outcry

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Our documentary Not Evil Just Wrong is on tour in Alaska. The film asks if Global Warming science is really settled but perhaps more importantly focuses on the damage that proposed “solutions” will have on the poorest people on the planet.

However it seems that the school authorities were not so keen on the alternative.

A bill (LB 104) has been introduced in Nebraska which would prohibit the performance of abortions after the fetus has the “physical structures necessary to experience pain.” The bill would require that an abortionist determine the gestational age of the unborn child before performing an abortion. It is well established scientifically that by 20 weeks gestation, the unborn child experiences substantial pain. The impact of this bill, if passed and upheld, is that abortions after about 20 weeks or later would no longer be legal if a state passes a law prohibiting such abortions.

LB 104, of course, flies in the face of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and presents a new challenge to the holdings in Roe which allows abortions to be performed throughout the full nine months of pregnancy.

Many of you across the country attended churches that celebrated "Sanctity of Human Life Sunday" this last week. I am thrilled to see God coming to His Church in intimacy, and the burdens of His heart are becoming the burdens of ours. Thank you to all the churches that devoted a portion of your service to give voice to the most marginalized, disenfranchised among us- the preborn dreams of God.

Mr. Tebow is causing quite the stir right now for actually having some convictions and for (wait for it) talking about those convictions.

"The NFL's championship game is still two weeks away, but some women's groups are already protesting one of the commercials scheduled to air during the Super Bowl.

University of Florida football star Tim Tebow and his mother will be featured in a commercial sponsored by the Christian group, Focus on the Family.

Protesters say the ad will likely promote an anti-abortion message."

We tweeted this picture earlier today but I wanted to make sure everyone had a good chance to see this.

This image is seriously one of the saddest things I have ever seen. Please pray for the ending of abortion.

In the course of one week just before the holidays, as we were preparing for our meetings in Houston and the health care debate has raged, two other stunning news stories broke.  

The most striking was in our own nation as we learned of this woman accused of suffocating her baby after its birth. She wasn’t charged because:

“In the state of Virginia as long as the umbilical cord is attached and the placenta is still in the mother, if the baby comes out alive the mother can do whatever she wants to with that baby to kill it,” says Investigator Tracy Emerson. “She could shoot the baby, stab the baby.  As long as it’s still attached to her in some form by umbilical cord or something it’s no crime in the state of Virginia.”

As we prepare to take a massive stand this weekend in Houston against the Planned Parenthood clinic being erected, my heart has been stirred by a Scripture that hold s a principle we in America often like to ignore.

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil. (Ecc. 8:11)

In our nation, we have not begun to see trouble on a widespread basis. One reason 9/11 stunned us so much is because we felt invulnerable. It seemed unless we chose to go to war, we were immune. But just like war, sometimes if we don’t choose to go, we will suffer greater. A delayed judgment isn’t an absence of judgment.

It can be easy, when years go by and we remain comfortable, to think that that judgment stuff is “Old Testament law” and since God is merciful and it will be okay. We say things like “I hate abortion but there are so many problems in the world, and we can’t fight them all.”

But we can fight this...

Pastor Richard Rodriguez of Christian Life Center in Houston, TX hosted Bound4LIFE Director Matt Lockett on his Daystar program this week to discuss the Planned Parenthood Abortion "Super Center" and the events coming up on January 17-18. Leah Nelson and Nik Slimp, Houston Chapter Leaders, also joined the program.

This morning Drudge Report featured a CNS News article about our pro-life events in Houston coming up on January 17-18. The news item reads, "'Abortion super center' set to open in Houston..."

You can read the CNS News article here: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/59334

Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) recently gave hope to pro-lifers that he, like Rep. Stupak (D-Michigan) in the House, would go against his party and uphold what is right for all Americans by taking a stand for life in the Senate. We believed he was helping us to have real choice by introducing an amendment so we would not have to pay for abortions with our tax dollars. And he stood—for a while.

Then he compromised. That’s a bad word to most Christians. We teach our churches to not compromise for the cause of Christ. But in politics it’s a word that is supposed to mean a solid business deal with benefits for all sides. This "compromise" actually, upon examination, didn't change anything significant when it came to abortion funding. Senator Nelson caved to political pressure, with the end result being he received more money for the state of Nebraska. I've been unable to shake Ezekiel 22:12, which is all about God's attitude at nations that shed innocent blood.