Can a Christian Be Prochoice?
Why I'm Prolife It was never my intention to make my next post be about abortion. For one thing, I’ve already blogged about it, and for another it’s a really emotional issue for both sides. Let me say first, I believe that a fetusis a child in the sight of God. It’s a child even before conception because God knows the whole future of that life. I am one who knows that experientially because I had a prophetic dream about my second son before he was conceived. In the dream, I welcomed him into the family. I was 42 at the time and gave birth at 43 to a perfectly wonderful child who looked exactly like the infant in my dream. As a Christian, I know that life is precious. We Christians believe that life is a gift of God, but when you’re 16 and have been raped or seduced by a creep, and your whole life is about to turn upside down, pointing that out is not the best approach in counseling her. If that child is born into poverty, or is born to an addicted mother, it may turn out fine or