Celebrating Dobbs. Pressing the Case for Life.

Dobbs, June 24, 2022.

We will remember that name and date for a long time. In the Dobbs case, the Supreme Court corrected the grave and unconstitutional injustice of legislating abortion from the bench. On June 24, 2022, the Court returned the issue to the people and our elected representatives. 

This means that Dobbs is something we must celebrate. 

As those who believe God is the source of all morality, we must celebrate what he says is good and right. God has made every person (regardless of his or her size, location, level of development, or degree of dependency) in his image. Thus, we must celebrate laws that protect innocent life and rulings like Dobbs. The Dobbs case now allows us to argue for such laws without them being immediately overruled.  

This means that Dobbs is not the end. It is the beginning. 

It is like D-day in WWII. It opened up the battlefront and allied advance. But, it was not VE-day that marked the end of the war. Victory required much more fighting. So, we must now engage even more than ever in persuading our neighbors, ministering to those contemplating abortion, and calling on our legislators to pass laws to protect the most vulnerable class of people. We have been doing that, and now we engage in it with greater urgency because there is greater opportunity. 

Here are a few resources that I encourage you to take advantage of (they are free).

• Scott Klusendorf's book The Case for Life (note there are many other articles and resources available at that link too). 
• Scott Klusendor's Article "How to Defend Your Prolife Views in 5 Minutes" 
• RC Sproul's book Abortion: A rational look at an emotional issue

If you have any questions that your friends are asking that you'd like answers to, email me at ben@gcot.org. 

This Summer: Focus on the Glory of God

This is the second part in the series "Summer is a Stewardship." Click here for the first post.

As we seek to steward our summer, the first thing you must do is aim to glorify God in all that you do. This begins by meditating on God's greatness: His attributes and acts. 

This is not something distinct from growing in your faith. Romans 4:20-21 says of Abraham, 

No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 

Notice the way he grew strong in his faith. It was "as he gave glory to God." Glorifying God grows your faith in him. Why? Because in glorifying God, you are exercising the muscle of faith. That is, you believe his promises (which glorifies him). And this exercise of faith does what physical exercise does for the body: it produces greater strength.  

And to know God's promises and character (for what are promises if you don't know the character of the one making the promises?), you must be in God's Word. Read Psalm 103 or Isaiah this summer. Perhaps you could pick up a book on the attributes of God (like AW Pink's little book on the attributes of God) that will pull out various passages of Scripture to meditate on. (Here is a link to a post on methods for meditating).

One more thing to help you with this. Take time to curate the kindness of God. Write down or mentally recall things to thank God for: his sustaining grace in a trial, strength to overcome temptation, an enjoyable experience, etc. This is a means of glorifying God and will cause you to grow strong in the faith (which will glorify God).