Friday, June 24, 2022, will long be remembered as the historic day when the US Supreme Court ended a 50-year reign of terror on unborn children.
Nationally and in our state, we are turning a page on the abortion issue. All you have to do is read the last few lines on the first page of the two-hundred-plus page opinion to know the essence of what the court decided: “Held: The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.”1
Those are twenty-eight powerful, long-awaited words—and we praise God for His goodness and grace to us in giving us this decision. But let’s be clear. God didn’t owe us this right opinion. It’s not as if nation- ally we’ve experienced a revival and are at a point where we can say that righteousness is exalting us. We should acknowledge the goodness of God in this moment—and we also need to be good stewards of what we have been given.
“It’s just a piece of paper. We love each other and that’s enough.” Ever heard anyone say something like that when explaining why they aren’t married but are living together? Unfortunately, that’s a common attitude about marriage.
Researcher George Barna is speaking quite bluntly about the importance of intentionally building a biblical worldview in the next generation. In his latest book, Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind, and Soul, Barna attributes our societal problems to a transition from a biblical worldview to alternative philosophies.
For 50 years, we’ve been recognizing January as Sanctity of Human Life Month, primarily focusing on abortion as we mourned the US Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling on January 22, 1973. Praise God that this horrific ruling was finally overturned on June 24, 2022. But let’s be honest. The fight for life is as intense as ever, and we must continue to work hard to reach hearts and minds with the truth that every human life, both unborn and born, is valuable and deserving of protection.
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