In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM. - Genesis 1:1,27

The gospel and its confession that Jesus is Lord confronted the claim that Caesar is Lord in the time of the Roman empire. The gospel and its confession that Jesus is Lord confronts the claim that self is lord and that we are accountable to no one beyond earthly, civil governments.

By Jeff Schapiro, Christian Post Reporter
November 20, 2012 | 4:17 pm

""What we've seen is that we've focused a lot on the doctrines of our faith, and not as much on the lifestyles, so that the church has been really good at making believers but not as good at making disciples," Claiborne told The Christian Post on Monday."

This universally-understood 'better place' argument ignores the words of Jesus. How can you 'love thy neighbor as thyself' by killing your own unborn child? When hearing of pastors baptizing post-aborted children, this seems to overlook Jesus command to love one another, disciple all nations (even Somalia) and baptize them in the Trinity.