God, Aliens, and Other Stuff

  S piritually, I'm pro-life. Politically, I'm extremely pro-choice. I'll tell you why. Why I'm Prolife I believe that a  fetus is a child  in the sight of God. It’s a child even before conception because God knows the whole future of that life. King David wrote in the Psalm 139:13-16 (NKJV),  For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb . I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. I am one who knows that experientially because I had a prophetic dream about my second son before he was conceived. In the dream, he appeared in my lap. I said, "What is this?" I picked up the bundle and saw that it was ...

There is no topic that arouses more emotion and conflict that abortion. I find that I am at conflict with myself over the issue.  Theologically I am prolife, and I’ll tell you why in a bit. But politically, I’m pro-choice . I’ll explain later.  Here’s why I, and every Christian I’ve ever known, am prolife.  Three stories reveal the child before conception First story: In the 70’s I had a friend named Mary. She was short, blonde, and cute in a unique gnomish way. There was only one Mary. No one else came close to looking like her. She married and had a daughter. One day they had a Pentecostal prayer meeting in their home. A man who had been an alcoholic, but had converted and been delivered, had a vision. Their daughter was an infant at the time. He saw a new baby, and saw the little girl riding a tricycle in the house. He said, “Mary, the baby looks just like you.” Mary and I were living in different locations at that time, so I never heard about that prediction. Well...