ANOTHER YEAR

Another year, since Roe v. Wade in 1973, with more than 48 TO 49 million unborn children trashed, a slaughter without historical precedent. Generations from now, people will wonder how mankind could kill so many, so often, for so little. Some will wonder, where were the Christians, where was the church? Where were the shepherds? Were we a civilized people?

Recent polls claim that the majority of Americans oppose abortion, but do not want it to be illegal. What's wrong with this statement? How can a nation founded on biblical principles, “oppose” the killing of innocent life, yet refuse to outlaw it? The reason is that we have been conditioned to overlook abortion as a necessary evil, nothing more. If we truly believe in the depth of our souls, we would stop at nothing, to make abortion a crime. Abortion can never be legal in a civilized society.

We Americans have become numb to numbers. They don't mean a thing! According to the CDC, since Roe v. Wade, over 48 million innocent lives have been lost through surgical abortions. 3,600 lives are terminated every day by surgical abortion. Innocent lives were taken! This figure may be low. What about unreported abortions. Add chemical abortions and contraceptives and the figure might double.

What are we doing to our brothers and sisters in Christ and to our nation? Scientific advances reveal the reality of a child in the womb, but the media and culture have dulled our consciences.
Where will it all end? How can we expect God to bless a nation that has permitted deaths of innocent and defenseless babies as a right? What will it take for people to put their faith into practice? Our faith must be evident at the ballot box, at work, where we shop and in everything we personally do! What will we say when God asks us, what we did to stop the killing?