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When Is Abortion Racism?
desiringgod.org ^ | 1/23/07 | John Piper
Posted on 01/24/2007 8:28:37 AM PST by XR7
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things
the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not
become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now
you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of
light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to
discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful
works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to
speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is
exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes
visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise
from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Look carefully then how
you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time,
because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand
what the will of the Lord is.
For the sake of full disclosure let me tell you one of my main aims in
this message: In the name of Jesus Christ and rooted in the gospel of
his death and resurrection for sinners (including abortionists and
pastors), my aim is to stigmatize abortion by associating it with
racism. I would like you to link abortion and race the same way you
link lynching and race.
Abortion and Racism My aim is that those who abhor racism will abhor
abortion-"Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good" (Romans
12:9). My aim is that abortion would be as culturally taboo as racism
is. My aim is to hasten the day when being publicly pro-choice will be
as reprehensible as being publicly racist. My aim is to hasten the day
when declaring yourself pro-choice would be like declaring yourself a
white supremacist.
My aim is that just as once even though the Supreme Court in the Dred
Scott case of 1857 held that Black slaves were property without rights
as free persons, yet today we view that as unthinkable; so also even
though the Supreme Court in the Roe v. Wade case of 1973 did not give
the unborn the rights of free persons, nevertheless the day may come
when that too is viewed as unthinkable. Racism might-and often
did-result in the killing of innocent humans; in our history, it
often did. But abortion always results in the killing of innocent
humans. Between 1882 and 1968, 3,446 Black people were lynched in
America. Today more Black babies are killed by white abortionists every
three days than all who were lynched in those years (Life Education and
Resource Network).
But I am getting ahead of myself. I simply want you to know where I am
going, so that no one will say I made this association between abortion
and racism in a sly or subtle way. It is not subtle. It is open and
intentional and, I hope to show, justified. May God make the support of
abortion in America and around the world as unthinkable as support for
racism.
I don't expect to escape misunderstanding or criticism for this
message. But a few attacks might be avoided by quoting Randy Alcorn
whose view I share:
I do not believe that most people who support abortion rights are
racists, any more than I believe there are no racists among pro-lifers.
I am simply suggesting that regardless of motives, a closer look at
both the history and present strategies of the pro-choice movement
suggests that "abortion for the minorities" may not serve the cause
of equality as much as the cause of supremacy for the healthy, wealthy
and white. (Eternal Perspectives, Sept.-Oct. 1993, p. 9)
Again my aim is to associate abortion and racism, not to equate them.
Whether the association is justified, you will decide. It's not a
biblical declaration; it's a cultural observation. But we must look
at the Bible to see why I would venture to makes such an observation in
a Christian sermon.
What Abortion Is First, a word about what abortion is, and then a look
at our text. I got an email last week from one of our apprentices who
told me of a conversation he had with a junior high student: "He . .
.. had never heard of abortion, nor did he know what it was. That fact
alone shocked me." So if you don't think you know enough to be an
educator, think again. If you simply know what it is, you know enough
to educate. And education really matters. There is mass ignorance.
Merriam Webster defines abortion as "The termination of a pregnancy
after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death
of the embryo or fetus." Defining abortion as the "termination of
pregnancy" is like defining the death of your aged father as the
"termination of hospice care." Abortion is the intentional killing
of unborn babies. It happens by inserting instruments into the
mother's womb pulling the babies into pieces and removing them. There
are special clinics where it happens. There used to be over two
thousand. Today there are about 740. They have killed forty-six million
babies since abortion was legalized by the Supreme Court in 1973. Each
year 1.2 million abortions happen in the U. S. You can watch an actual
abortion online at The Center for Bioethical Reform [Editor's note: the
video begins immediately and is very graphic.] One of the fullest and
best sites for education on abortion is Abort73.com.
Abortion and the Gospel Before we go further into abortion and race,
let's look at our text and put this issue in the context of the
Christian gospel. In Ephesians 5:6, Paul writes, "Let no one deceive
you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God
comes upon the sons of disobedience." "These things" refers back
to verse 5: "You may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually
immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God." So the really great
issue of the universe is described: People may enter the kingdom of
Christ, or people may endure the wrath of God. The great issue of life
is: How shall I escape the wrath of God and enter into the eternal life
of Christ's kingdom?
The answer has been fully presented in the first three chapters of
Ephesians, and a summary is right here in Ephesians 4:32-5:2. "Be
kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in
Christ forgave you. [1] Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved
children. [2] And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up
for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." So put 5:2
together with verse 4:32. Verse 2: "Christ loved us and gave himself
up for us." In other words, Christ died for sinners-people who need
forgiveness. Women in this room who have had abortions. Boyfriends,
husbands, fathers, mothers, grandmothers who condoned or even demanded
it. Doctors who urged it or performed it. And all the rest of us
sinners in this room who will perish under the wrath of God (v. 6) if
we reject God's substitute for us, Jesus Christ.
Christ died for sinners-that's what the phrase "gave himself up
for us" means in verse 2. And then in 4:32, he says, "God in Christ
forgave you." The aim of his giving himself up for us was to forgive
us. If we receive Christ as our only hope and guide and treasure, if we
are "in him" by faith, then God's forgiveness is ours. "God in
Christ forgave you." That means that we may escape the wrath that is
coming and enter into the kingdom of Christ. O that every sinner in
this room would hear this and believe this and feel this. Only in Jesus
Christ is there salvation from the guilt of sin and the wrath of God.
And that salvation is available for every abortionist and everyone
involved in abortion at every level. There is nothing too hard for God.
In Jesus Christ, God Forgives Sinners And lest anyone think that you
are simply too sinful-that there have been too many sins for too
long-listen to the way the great sinner, the apostle Paul, speaks to
you-directly to you. This is 1 Timothy 1:15-16: "Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I
received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus
Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who
were to believe in him for eternal life." In other words, if God can
save me, the foremost (he was a murdering Christian-hater), then he can
save anyone who comes to him. "Everyone who calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved" (Romans 10:13).
Now with that spectacular good news in place, Paul calls us to walk in
the light and expose the works of darkness: Ephesians 5:8-11, "For at
one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as
children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good
and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose
them." When a person is forgiven for all his sins, and escapes from
God's wrath, and enters the kingdom of Christ, he has a calling-to
be light! To shine with the light of Christ in the world. To display
the beauty of Christ and to expose the fruitlessness-the moral
emptiness and deadly effects-of the works of darkness. We sang as
children, "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. This
little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it
shine, let it shine." But have you ever sung, "Shine all over
Planned Parenthood, I'm gonna let it shine . . ."?
Paul carries the image on through in a very hopeful way. His hope is
not that the light of goodness and righteousness and truth simply
expose and damn. His hope is that it expose and that the exposed will
become light. That the spiritually dead will be quickened from the dead
and call upon Jesus and join the forces of light. Ephesians 5:13-14,
"But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for
anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, 'Awake, O
sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'"
Out of Darkness, Into Light Paul's aim-and our aim with him-is
not damnation. Our aim is salvation. "Awake, O sleeper, and arise
from the dead and Christ will shine on you." That is possible for
pastors and abortionists and all who have been involved in abortion.
And there is a very particular application here for the words, "When
anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that
becomes visible is light." Some of the strongest witnesses to the
light of life are women who have had abortions and come out of the
darkness into the light of forgiveness and light. They have become
light. They are shining with the truth. Let's turn to one of them who
had two abortions and listen.
Dr. Alveda C. King is the daughter of Rev. A. D. King, Martin Luther
King's brother. She is the founder of King for America. Her uncle had
a dream that she loves. Here is her own dream:
We have been fueled by the fire of "women's rights," so long that
we have become deaf to the outcry of the real victims whose rights are
being trampled upon, the babies and the mothers. . . . What about the
rights of each baby who is artificially breached before coming to term
in his or her mother's womb, only to have her skull punctured, and
feel, yes agonizingly "feel" the life run out of her before she
takes her first breath of freedom. What about of the rights of these
women who have been called to pioneer the new frontiers of the new
millennium only to have their lives snuffed out before the calendar
even turns?
Oh, God, what would Martin Luther King, Jr., who dreamed of having his
children judged by the content of their characters do if he'd lived
to see the contents of thousands of children's skulls emptied into
the bottomless caverns of the abortionists pits?
It is time for America, perhaps the most blessed nation on earth to
lead the world in repentance, and in restoration of life! . . .
Abortion is at the forefront of our destruction. Partial Birth Abortion
is perhaps the most heinous form of this legal genocide. . . . The only
healing and redemption is in the blood of Jesus, blood willingly shed
so that we could stand today and cry out for the blood of the unborn
that is drenching the land of our children.
.. . . [Martin Luther] King [Jr.] once said, "The Negro cannot win as
long as he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his children for
comfort and safety." How can the "Dream" survive if we murder the
children? Every aborted baby is like a slave in the womb of his or her
mother. . . . If the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live,
our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse to
answer the cry of mercy from the unborn, and ignore the suffering of
the mothers, then we are signing our own death warrants.
I too, like Martin Luther King, Jr., have a dream. I have a dream that
the men and women, the boys and girls of America will come to our
senses, and humble ourselves before God Almighty and pray for mercy,
and receive His healing grace. I pray that this is the day, the hour of
our deliverance. May God have mercy on us all.
Black Genocide Ms. King refers to abortion as genocide. Rev. Clenard H.
Childress, Jr. goes further and refers to black genocide. In 2002, he
birthed a website by and for African Americans called
Blackgenocide.org. The lament at that website reads like this
(referring to statistics in 2002):
[The] incidence of abortion has resulted in a tremendous loss of life.
It has been estimated that since 1973 Black women have had about 10
million abortions [probably up to 13 million now]. Michael Novak . . .
calculated, "Since the number of current living Blacks (in the U.S.)
is 31 million, the missing 10 million represents an enormous loss, for
without abortion, America's Black community would now number 41 million
persons. It would be 35 percent larger than it is. Abortion has swept
through the Black community like a scythe, cutting down every fourth
member."
A Vision to Do Something Perhaps the best way I can put this is to let
John Ensor describe the situation racially, not in the abstract, but in
the context of his vision to do something about it. John founded five
crisis pregnancy centers in Boston called A Woman's Concern. That
remarkable achievement is part of something amazing nationally. In the
last thirty-five years, the Christian community has founded 2,300
pregnancy help centers. This means Christians ready to help women
before, during, and after pregnancy, while saving the children.
But here's the catch. Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion
provider in America. They were founded by Margaret Sanger whose
"Negro Project" in the 1930s was designed to reduce the births of
black children (Randy Alcorn, "Planned Parenthood: a Closer Look At
Its Founder and Philosophy, Eternal Perspectives, Sept.-Oct., 1993, pp.
8-9; see also George Grant, Killer Angel: A Short Biography of Planned
Parenthood's Founder, Margaret Sanger [Franklin, Tennessee: Ars Vitai
Press, 2001). Today 78% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority
communities. John Ensor takes this as the crucial challenge of the
pro-life, crisis pregnancy center movement: Go to the urban centers.
Here is what he says:
To date, the pregnancy center movement has grown mostly in rural and
suburban areas. The great challenge now facing us is to respond to the
abortion industry's dominant business strategy of abandoning rural
and suburban abortion facilities and targeting urban neighborhoods. For
example, Planned Parenthood closed 17 abortion facilities in 2004. But
they sold 20% more abortions. How did they do this? By targeting
minority neighborhoods in major cites. Currently, 94% of America's
abortion facilities are in cities. And African-American women, who make
up 13% of the female population account for 36% of all abortions.1
Latino-American women makeup another 13% of the female population, but
account for another 20% of all abortions. (See Susan Enouen, "Planned
Parenthood Abortion Facilities Target African American Communities.")
In other words, the de facto effect (I don't call it the main cause,
but net effect) of putting abortion clinics in the urban centers is
that the abortion of Hispanic and Black babies is more than double
their percentage of the population. Every day 1,300 black babies are
killed in America. Seven hundred Hispanic babies die every day from
abortion. Call this what you will-when the slaughter has an ethnic
face and the percentages are double that of the white community and the
killers are almost all white, something is going on here that ought to
make the lovers of racial equality and racial harmony wake up.
John and his wife Kristin just moved temporarily from Boston to Miami
to take up the challenge. Forty percent of all the abortions in Florida
are done in Miami. There are forty abortion-selling centers in that
city, but only one ultrasound equipped pregnancy center. John and
Kristen hope to turn that around, not only there, but with CareNet and
Focus on the Family, across the country.
Here is his closing dream: "The abolition of abortion is in sight,
and will be looked back on by future generations the way we currently
look back on slavery, when the pregnancy center movement is established
in our cities and led by the Black, Latino and White Christian
community." I know that I am talking mainly to a white audience. But
not only. Word spreads. One person could make all the difference.
O that the murderous effect of abortion in the Black and Latino
communities, destroying tens of thousands at the hands of white
abortionists, would explode with the same reprehensible reputation as
lynching. May the Lord raise up from the African-American churches and
the Hispanic-American churches a passion to seize the moral high ground
against the slaughter of the little ones. Such leadership would sweep
the field, and the white pro-choice establishment would fall before it.
May it happen in the name of Christ and for his glory and for the good
all people until the Lord of glory comes. Amen.
1 The African American leaders at Life Education and Resource Network
ask, "Are we being targeted? Isn't that genocide? We are the only
minority in America that is on the decline in population. If the
current trend continues, by 2038 the black vote will be insignificant."
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"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trum...@myway.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772896/posts
When Is Abortion Racism?
desiringgod.org ^ | 1/23/07 | John Piper
Posted on 01/24/2007 8:28:37 AM PST by XR7
[...] my aim is to stigmatize abortion by associating it with racism.
Why racism? Why not associate abortion with shoplifting? Jaywalking?
Housing code violations? Sheesh!
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26 Jan 2007 09:36:56 AM |
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On 25 Jan 2007 20:36:52 -0800, in alt.abortion
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<1169786212.309315.147400@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com> wrote:
"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trum...@myway.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772896/posts
When Is Abortion Racism?
desiringgod.org ^ | 1/23/07 | John Piper
Posted on 01/24/2007 8:28:37 AM PST by XR7
[...] my aim is to stigmatize abortion by associating it with racism.
Why racism? Why not associate abortion with shoplifting? Jaywalking?
Housing code violations? Sheesh!
At least it is honest about it's deceptive practice of propagandizing
through creating guilt by association.
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Pro-Choice is Pro-Freedom
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25 Jan 2007 09:32:37 AM |
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"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> writes:
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When Is Abortion Racism?
When are you ever sane?
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LAST GAME: Worcester 3, Houston 2 (January 24)
NEXT GAME: Friday, January 26 at Manchester, 6:35
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25 Jan 2007 05:26:55 AM |
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On 25 Jan 2007 02:06:44 -0800, "Sound of Trumpet"
<sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> in alt.abortion with message-id
<1169719603.944375.172240@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772896/posts
When Is Abortion Racism?
desiringgod.org ^ | 1/23/07 | John Piper
Posted on 01/24/2007 8:28:37 AM PST by XR7
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things
the wrath of God
Prove any god exists.
Propaganda removed pending source verification.
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Pro-Choice is Pro-Freedom
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25 Jan 2007 10:24:00 AM |
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On 25 Jan 2007 02:06:44 -0800, "Sound of Trumpet"
<sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> wrote:
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When Is Abortion Racism?
When you White Christians think that blacks should not be allowed to
make their own CHOICES because of their skin color.
Now KKKrawl back to you cave, *****.
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25 Jan 2007 04:57:15 PM |
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:24:00 -0800, "Yang, AthD (h.c)"
<eacmole@/*AWOLBUSH*/mail.com> wrote:
When Is Abortion Racism?
When you White Christians think that blacks should not be allowed to
make their own CHOICES because of their skin color.
Now KKKrawl back to you cave, *****.
Now wait a minute, ChiNK.
duke, American-American
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25 Jan 2007 10:09:32 AM |
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