Posted on 12/08/2014 4:10:19 PM PST by Morgana
Several months ago, one of my co-workers was speaking with a Christian university campus minister about the issue of abortion, and he dismissed the topic with a wave.
Abortion isnt prevalent at our school," he said. "Contraception is widely available, but our students also take sexual purity to heart.
I was a bit suspicious of his answer, so I spoke with a recent graduate of the same university about her thoughts.
I suspect one in three women on campus have had an abortion, she said matter-of-factly. It may be higher. Christian kids dont want to deal with the shame a pregnancy brings. So they abort instead of tell their parents.
Why are Christians aborting their children? They dont fully understand and accept the gospel. And they arent being discipled. They know Jesus and accept Him as Savior but do not know or understand His lordship. They do not know the radical, transformative, awe-inspiring impact of being discipled.
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I took a logic class in college.
I can see that you received an A+. I did as well. So sorely needed now.
I have read that the most effective thing is stories— not statistics— in persuading people to be chaste. It works to say, “Well, you know what happened to Aunt Sadie...”. In our family, my son’s best friend was born to an unwed teenage mom. My daughter and I have talked about how, as a Christian, she gave life to her son, and we are all better off for it, because we have had the gift of his friendship. However, the ideal way is to bring life into the world with the full support of two responsible parents. So, she should keep her pants up until she is married, and most prepared to share the joy of children.
I think Christians forget that humility is part of the deal— so if it’s embarrassing to be caught sinning, oh well.
We have Jamie, our hairdresser, as our bad example. She's a very sweet person and can really cut hair, but having two children without marrying either father has not proved to be a wise life plan.
When we talk with the teens about how sex outside marriage is wrong and stupid, stupid and wrong, we can add, "You see how it's worked out for Jamie ...," and mention the latest catastrophe.
yep.
Yup.
What is new in this time and place as compared with the 50s, is that shame of being a virgin is more than as the shame of being known to have had sex. Even then a boy who was a virgin was thought to be a bit odd, a Holy Joe. Girls got away with it because they could get pregnant. But underlying the shame was also a sense of guilt. If a person lacks of a sense of sin, and morals are based only on convention, then shame is more easily overcome.
No church in the Bible?
What about James, where he said “If you are sick, call the elders of the church and have them anoint you with oil”?
Ed
Where ever you see “church” substitute “believers” Church was inserted and distorts the Greek badly.The phrase of wich you speak referred to the older believers who were in the entire believer community. There was absolutely no building— pulpit or central authority other than God and Christ. Look it up— Im not making this up!!.Ekklesia!!! Means the “called out” in Christ.-— BELIEVERS. This “Church” thing was to gain control over the masses.
Interesting...thanks!
Ed
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