June 2, 2007 by Eugene Clingman.

JAY AND GENE, I still believe we need a new strategy (perhaps Gene’s wise counsel below) or at least discuss the strategy and the biblical ramifications of this with “leaders” and those with a heart for this killing of babies in the pro-life community, as discussed in our early 2006 conference phone call Board meeting of COR (when I proposed this and we pursued the #22 Essentials, which is excellent work). Our shameful baloney about the partial-birth abortion matter, with congressional legislation a few years back, finally culminating in the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ban on this “procedure” and Justice Kennedy’s remarks on it (again confusing and maybe deceiving pro-lifers) which ONLY did one thing: stop a particularly gruesome way of killing babies who are ready for birth, with various restrictions. It did not really stop even one baby from being murdered in or out of the womb by abortionists, who can go to other gruesome procedures as well and get around the restrictions. We are always so kind (and we think we are being wise as serpents, but more we are harmless as doves, but non-effective) - by taking little tiny baby (so to speak) steps in this abortion industry and blight on America. I like Gene’s proposal (approach) and think much brainstorming talk needs to be done, with the high powered groups out there fighting the battle. We must stand for godly (God’s) principles and commandments. Oh my gosh, how many years in America will the church continue to kow-tow on this issue, pussyfoot around, and tolerate the murdering of innocent (so to speak) children before they are born or even at birth!!!!! We can rescue some at abortion mills, and that is good. We can pray all we want, but we need a comprehensive (2.4 year) plan to end it; through Imprecatory Prayer and wiser and better approaches to reach people and save children and terminate the “legal” murders, etc. etc.

A summit meeting of key people, and some others at the mills, and those we are getting on our lists. Who is ever going to do it when we are all going our separate ways, with approaches that are good intentioned and making some difference. But even after this partial birth ban, we are NO better (other than maybe the general public becoming a little bit more aware). The opposition took on the pro-choice banner (verbiage) as their campaign a long time ago, and we have yet to counter that garbage effectively. I do not have the answers, but I believe Gene is on the right track; and COR and Int’l Church Council has one of the better biblically-reasoned position papers. We need a summit on this issue! (I think even more than “organizing” trying to get pastors and pastor councils going around the country which will take umpteen years; while a much worthy goal)….. IF we can’t lick abortion in the USA after 35 years, when will we ever do so. Business as usual is not making much of a dent. Radical approaches and campaigns, and action with prayers, coordinated perhaps among key pro-life groups and people. Like the Unruh’s in So. Dakota – Jay’s friends. But so many more. Like the Florida group Jay met with. But Operation Rescue, National Right to Life League and so many more groups and people; we could come together and at least talk about a new direction or continue to the old direction. As Pastor Ed Martin in Florida, who goes to mills several days a week to rescue babies and mothers, says: The Church could stop abortion quickly if we were all serious about doing so (most pastors aren’t)!

Shall we take the lead on this (as a main and primary focus, along with Solemn Assemblies) of our 24-year Plan (and make it our 2.4 year goal) to END ABORTION IN AMERICA!!!!!????????

Any furthering thoughts on this? Do we have a Sanctity of Life Committee and what is it doing about getting our documents into the hands of those who are interested in this pro-life Christian matter and then to maybe get everyone we can together (discreetly if possible) to hammer out a focus and new strategy the Lord may give us as to how to reach more people, and shut down more clinics and override the Supreme Court with their insane pronouncements and decisions on allowing legal murder of our children and for so long. The impotent Church must arise to this task!!!!!! Jerry

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June 2, 2007 by Eugene Clingman.

Jerry,

I believe we Christians need to be coming to grips with the essence of why abortion is wrong. It is wrong because God is the only one who has the sovereignty to determine who should live and who should die (Deut. 32:39). Watching such a film as you referred us to can make one feel sentimental and/or abhorred over the mutilation of little bodies, but when we go to the root of why this is wrong we must stand in the fact that God is, that He is Creator of life, and therefore is the only one who may determine who should live or die. This Sovereign Creator God has given us direction concerning the killing of certain people (capital punishment for murder, rape, kidnapping, adultery, homosexuality, etc. as according to God’s Word), but He has given us no authority to take life from the womb, from newborns, or from sickly or deformed people. Therefore we must not take it. If God wants someone dead, He is well able to remove life from them (or as in instances of capital punishment mandated by God the state is authorized). Humans are not authorized to decide who lives and dies apart from those instances in which we are directed by God’s Word.

Are we Christians impotent in the “right to life” fight because we compromise with sentimentalists who do not bow to this truth? Are we in doing so as the Children of Israel going into Canaan failing to deal totally with the enemy? (Deut. 33:55-56). Do we allow the enemy to live in our midst and so render ourselves unable to carry the battle forward because we do not deal with the real issues?

I believe ending abortion must be accomplished by restoring to our culture (and by insisting in our pro-life endeavors) the absolute sovereignty of God over life. We bow before Him. To fight abortion on the terms of antinomian sentimentalists who feel queasy over the destruction of little bodies will continue to render us without lasting success.

As we are wise as serpents and harmless as doves, we must maintain “No Neutrality!”

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June 2, 2007 by Eugene Clingman.

Dear Jay, Dave, Gene, kindly check out this website and hook on to the video tape of an aborted baby (its dead body, limbs, organs, etc.).

Maybe something like this ought to be sent to key people together with our Essentials #22 on Sanctity of Human Life? Who is the Committee networking and coordinating distribution of the #22 documents and helping on a campaign to end baby murder (child sacrifice)? This is from England. I think we need some sort of SUMMIT MEETING of all the Pro-Life groups in USA to figure out a new campaign (not to ignore the Holy Spirit, but to find where God is working on this crucial issue and get going faster). We have all these wonderful documents prepared by excellent theologians and Christian brothers; how can we get them to people who can utilize them in this battle for “life”???? (anyway, is the video on this website too gruesome (or graphic anyway) for dissemination, or will it rile up people for action and educate women to reconsider what they are doing (and how to get into their hands)????? Jerry

The LifeLeague Website - http://www.uklifeleague.com

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