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Living pro-life
FRIDAY, MAY 03, 2013
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Rachel Jankovic is quickly catching up to her dad (Doug Wilson) as a fantastic writer of practical theology. She has several books out, one of which Amanda and I have read and learned much from (Loving the Little Years). In this article at Desiring God, she exhorts mothers to daily choose life.

“Far from having done our part when we carry a baby to term, we can continue to choose life every day. Every day we choose the life of another over our own life. Every day we can lay down our desires, our selfish ambition, our self-importance, and choose life. And of course this is not unique to mothers — every Christian has the means of fighting for life by laying theirs down for those around them.

Right now, in our culture, in our time, there is something uniquely potent about mothers sacrificing for their children. As we lay down our lives for them, presenting ourselves to God as a living sacrifice, that sacrifice makes an aroma. That sacrifice directly contradicts and blasphemes everything the world is fighting for. As you care for your children, on the long days and tired moments, disciplining yourself, sacrificing yourself for them, you are reaching out to the world. When you present yourself as a living sacrifice, the aroma of that sacrifice cannot be contained.”

I can’t think of any better way to say it. She concludes:

“Motherhood is the big-leagues of self-sacrifice. Millions of women kill to avoid it. In our culture of self-gratification, to embrace selfless motherhood is a revolutionary act. To see the sacrifice and rejoice in it. To recognize that the cost is your own life, and to willingly lay yourself down. The world hates the smell of that sacrifice, because it is the smell of grace. They hate it because it is the smell of something living and burning at the same time — something that is impossible without a risen Savior.

There are times to stand on sidewalks and hold signs, but holding a sign isn’t what makes a mother pro-life. Being pro-life means putting the life of another ahead of your own. It means being daily grace to the small souls nearest to you. It is not just an opinion or a position or a lobbyist group. It is the glory of maternal self-sacrifice that begins at conception and runs through labor and midnight feedings and diapers and sandwiches and crayons and homework and flu seasons and graduations and on into grandkids. It is an avalanche of small and large sacrifices. It burns bright in kitchens and bedrooms and backyards. It is the real life of the pro-life movement, and it will change the world.”

She’s on to something. Changing the world is not about everyone giving up all their money, or moving to the inner-city, although some are called to do those things. Changing the world is cleaning up one dirty diaper at a time, washing one dish, making one pie, taking one fishing trip at a time, all as unto the Lord.

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The problem of evil and the hope of God
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
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This is a sermon I gave a couple of years ago. With the bombings in Boston, it was a reminder that we will never escape the problem of evil and that we need to face it honestly and accurately. This is a time when Christians are posed with the...
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Have you heard one?
TUESDAY, APRIL 02, 2013
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“Many Americans have complained of too many hellfire and damnation sermons in their past, but Bradford was one of the 112 individuals in our generation who had actually heard one.” – Doug Wilson, Evangellyfish
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A word on behalf of “Easterâ€
MONDAY, APRIL 01, 2013
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As one who enjoys defying received wisdom from the ancients, here’s a blog post on the origin of the word “Easter.” As you might guess the author, Dr. Tim LeCroy, doesn’t hold to the “Easter is a pagan term”...
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Evaluating the Radical Movement
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013
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Matthew Anderson recently published an interesting piece at Christianity Today that evaluates the radical movement. For those unsure of what that is, Radical is a book published by David Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills, in Birmingham,...
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Oh for ears to hear
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013
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This is an open letter from a Christian lady who struggles with homosexual desires (courtesy of Touchstone magazine). It is a powerful message to believers who want to ignore that there are people like this, as well as to those who want the...
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Learning submission where we are
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013
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“Before we can even think about ruling a nation we must learn how to exist under the present order and still accomplish the bulk of our goals. Like the Israelites under the Babylonians and Assyrians, we must learn how evil the gods of our...
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What changes the world?
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2013
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“It is not tanks that bring down governments; it is pamphlets, Bibles, photocopy machines, mimeograph machines, carbon paper, typewriters, samizdat (underground) literature, secret prayer groups…” – Gary North, Tactics of...
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Reading the Bible again
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013
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James Jordan recently spoke to a church in the U.K. where he gave a series of talks titled, “How to Read the Bible the First Time…Again.” The pastor, Steve Jeffrey, has made those talks available for free. They will challenge...
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Battling the bully of guilt – Revelation 12:10
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013
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One of the blessings we have in living in the Kingdom of God is that the one who would accuse us before God is cast down. He has no place before the Almighty. When Jesus established His kingdom, He cast Satan down. But guilt still plagues us. It...
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