Sanctity of Life Sunday + MLK Jr.

This is a sermon by John Piper I heard last summer. I thought of it again this morning, when I realized last week was both sanctity of life Sunday and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. That’s probably where the inspiration for the sermon came from originally, but no matter. 

Couple that with this editorial from the Wall Street Journal a month and a half ago.

Given the dismal situation in cities like Detroit, what are we to do, if anything?

Edited 1/28/08: In the interest of being more direct and perhaps fostering some discussion on specific points, here are a few more specific questions. Given the undesirable conditions that aborted children might have to live in if they were to be carried to term (see some statistics in the “Murder City” article above), is it reasonable to merely say that abortion is wrong? Abortion is often viewed as a liberating institution for women; is that an unreasonable assertion if only one in nine boys has a father around? Parenting is a big enough job when both parents are present and involved. Can abortion legitimately be called racist because a disproportionate amount of abortions are had by African American women?

Eet Smakelijk,

–Apothecary

~ by thefourhumours on January 27, 2008.