Comments on: Are We Willing To Pay the Price? http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/ Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on issues of the day... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:13:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ilona http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-22723 ilona Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:52:30 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/#comment-22723 Thank you God! I hold a yellow pages large advert for days advertising an abortion clinic and scream God why is someone not doing something? Then I see this page. Thanks to Bill for introducing Graham. Yes, I want to do more then read from the comfort of my heated home. I spent a year in Vietnam and thought I was doing it hard, no prison, bearings, dying, I recall those are the things the bible speaks of. No wonder the world is apathetic, Christians set the pace and tone - watch and wait - maybe a few dozens in prison may rock the boat a little more? I see an era of martyrdom, no not for the east but for the west. If we can't die for our faith then what is it we are really made of? Ilona Sturla Thank you God! I hold a yellow pages large advert for days advertising an abortion clinic and scream God why is someone not doing something? Then I see this page. Thanks to Bill for introducing Graham. Yes, I want to do more then read from the comfort of my heated home. I spent a year in Vietnam and thought I was doing it hard, no prison, bearings, dying, I recall those are the things the bible speaks of. No wonder the world is apathetic, Christians set the pace and tone – watch and wait – maybe a few dozens in prison may rock the boat a little more? I see an era of martyrdom, no not for the east but for the west. If we can’t die for our faith then what is it we are really made of?
Ilona Sturla

]]> By: Albert Kamau http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-13480 Albert Kamau Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:18:01 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/#comment-13480 Thanks Bill, One thing is for sure, that God is for life and when we offer prayers to God to intervene in our case when life is threatened, He sure does. One does not have to abort innocent babies to come to terms with how sinful it is in both in the eyes of men and God. Blessings do come to our lives as soon as the baby arrives in the family, and those things that makes us unhappy and afraid when pregnancies come are reduced to nothing before your eyes by the grace of God, who enables us to cater for the new child in the family, whether to a single parent or to married couples. Albert Kamau Thanks Bill,
One thing is for sure, that God is for life and when we offer prayers to God to intervene in our case when life is threatened, He sure does. One does not have to abort innocent babies to come to terms with how sinful it is in both in the eyes of men and God. Blessings do come to our lives as soon as the baby arrives in the family, and those things that makes us unhappy and afraid when pregnancies come are reduced to nothing before your eyes by the grace of God, who enables us to cater for the new child in the family, whether to a single parent or to married couples.
Albert Kamau

]]> By: Ian Brearley http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-12876 Ian Brearley Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:08:48 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/#comment-12876 What good people Graham and Liz Preston are - they prick the conscience of us all. Here in Canberra, 4 babies a day are killed in the name of "family planning" and convenience. I don't know anyone doing anything directly about this, me included. And it is all so respectable, so white-collar, so middle-class (how I hate to use this term) and "normal". After all, it is just a "procedure" isn't it? Just like having a wart removed. And the little miracle of God's creation is just a "clump of tissue" isn't it? A young mum goes into hospital pregnant and comes back without her baby, for the rest of her days wondering what might have been and trying to push it to the back-burner of her mind. Church, we HAVE to do something about this. Ian Brearley, Canberra What good people Graham and Liz Preston are – they prick the conscience of us all. Here in Canberra, 4 babies a day are killed in the name of “family planning” and convenience. I don’t know anyone doing anything directly about this, me included. And it is all so respectable, so white-collar, so middle-class (how I hate to use this term) and “normal”. After all, it is just a “procedure” isn’t it? Just like having a wart removed. And the little miracle of God’s creation is just a “clump of tissue” isn’t it? A young mum goes into hospital pregnant and comes back without her baby, for the rest of her days wondering what might have been and trying to push it to the back-burner of her mind.
Church, we HAVE to do something about this.
Ian Brearley, Canberra

]]> By: Bill Muehlenberg http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-12757 Bill Muehlenberg Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:36:12 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/#comment-12757 Thanks Dale No I am not. It was Graham who quoted him. But since this post is on abortion, we will not go down the path of either agnosticism or Darwinism, which he of course is famous for. Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch Thanks Dale

No I am not. It was Graham who quoted him. But since this post is on abortion, we will not go down the path of either agnosticism or Darwinism, which he of course is famous for.

Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch

]]> By: Dale http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-12749 Dale Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:13:24 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/#comment-12749 You're quoting Darrow? Dale Flannery You’re quoting Darrow?
Dale Flannery

]]> By: Ewan http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-12627 Ewan Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:44:06 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/#comment-12627 Indeed it is as Bill says rather easier to give lip service to pro-life causes than to actually do something that may threaten our liberty. I had the pleasure of meeting Graham a few years ago and told him he was one of only a few Christians in the entire nation who were acting consistently with what many of us claim to believe (that abortion is murder). In fact it was because of Graham's example and the fact that I was embarrassed at my own apathy that I joined <a href="http://www.rtlaust.com/" rel="nofollow">RTLA</a> and last year took the family down to Melbourne to attend the <i>Freedom to be Born March.</i> I think that joining RTLA is the very least we should do as Christians. It is only about $50 per year. If you are a Victorian I can also highly recommend the Freedom to be Born march as something that is extremely well organised and a pleasure to be a part of. Ewan McDonald, Victoria Indeed it is as Bill says rather easier to give lip service to pro-life causes than to actually do something that may threaten our liberty. I had the pleasure of meeting Graham a few years ago and told him he was one of only a few Christians in the entire nation who were acting consistently with what many of us claim to believe (that abortion is murder).

In fact it was because of Graham’s example and the fact that I was embarrassed at my own apathy that I joined RTLA and last year took the family down to Melbourne to attend the Freedom to be Born March. I think that joining RTLA is the very least we should do as Christians. It is only about $50 per year. If you are a Victorian I can also highly recommend the Freedom to be Born march as something that is extremely well organised and a pleasure to be a part of.

Ewan McDonald, Victoria

]]> By: John Angelico http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-12554 John Angelico Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:18:35 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/#comment-12554 Thanks, Tas for the link. Quoting from the article: "In instances where the mother's life may be at real risk during pregnancy, then everything possible must be done to save the mother and child." We know a wonderful family in NSW where the mother suffered a heart attack half-way through her pregnancy. With prayer, careful non-invasive medical attention, and plenty of rest, baby Mercy was born naturally at full-term, by which time there was no need for anything drastic like heart surgery. I believe there is almost always a life-preserving alternative available. John Angelico Thanks, Tas for the link.

Quoting from the article:
“In instances where the mother’s life may be at real risk during pregnancy, then everything possible must be done to save the mother and child.”

We know a wonderful family in NSW where the mother suffered a heart attack half-way through her pregnancy.

With prayer, careful non-invasive medical attention, and plenty of rest, baby Mercy was born naturally at full-term, by which time there was no need for anything drastic like heart surgery.

I believe there is almost always a life-preserving alternative available.

John Angelico

]]> By: Tasman http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-12411 Tasman Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:39:59 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/04/24/are-we-willing-to-pay-the-price/#comment-12411 Thanks Bill for this news. The story of his arrest can be found <a href="http://www.qb.com.au/database/images/QBmag_article_54.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Tas Walker Thanks Bill for this news. The story of his arrest can be found here.
Tas Walker

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