Saturday, August 16, 2008

Young Evangelicals, Abortion and Obama v. McCain

Many news articles have been written in recent days about young evangelicals. The assertion is that young evangelicals are concerned about issues other than just abortion and may vote for Barack Obama.

Because they care about the environment, energy, and the poor, their vote is in play as never before.

If this is true, we are right to question whether these young evangelicals are actually evangelical.

A true evangelical, young or old, simply cannot vote for Obama in this presidential election.

Recent articles about "young evangelicals" are missing this point. A true evangelical simply cannot vote for an unabashed advocate of abortion on demand. Biblically speaking, abortion must trump every other issue being debated. Christ died to rescue people. Abortion - the government sanctioned and funded murder of young babies - must be evangelicals' leading and vote-determining issue.

Obama can kill you with niceness. But, if you tease out what he really said during tonight's Leadership and Compassion Forum with Rick Warren, you will notice that he has no plan to stop the killing of unborn babies. His answer was full of "understanding" and "reducing" abortions, but he will not stop them; he will not appoint judges who will stop them. He will support women in the "difficult decision" to kill.

The best way to reduce abortions is to make them illegal. Obama does not want to reduce abortions. He wants to distort his view on abortion and reduce the chance that evangelicals will vote their conscience and keep him from the White House.

The best way for "young evangelicals" to make a difference on this issue is not to imply or even risk implying that not recycling is the moral equivalent of taking the life of a unborn child.

The young evangelicals who who are lovingly portrayed by the liberal media as vacillating in this election risk obliterating recent advances for the sanctity of human life in order to be seen as cultured, trendy, modern, hip, and more robust in their approach to politics.

As a young evangelical, I applaud this interest is other issues, but abortion must trump the other challenges before us.

I urge all young evangelicals to stop the charade and to stop equivocating.

If you're an evangelical, you are voting for John McCain (or a third party candidate who is more pro-life than McCain). You may disagree with McCain on taxes. You may disagree with him on labor issues. You may disagree with him on health insurance. You may disagree with him on immigration. You may disagree with him on welfare. You may disagree with him on Iraq. You may disagree with him on drilling for oil.

You may disagree with him on everything else, but you agree that abortion is murder, and it must be stopped.

You know McCain will appoint judges who will allow states to ban partial-birth abortions.

By contrast, you know Obama is no evangelical.

You know Obama is using the language of faith to deceive the faithful.

You know that a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate, and a Democratic President means turning back the clock on the strides we have made for life.

Christ gave His life for us. Certainly we can subordinate our pet issues for the sake of the unborn.

"Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea (Matthew 18:4-5).

For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well (Psalm 139:13-14).

Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
And before you were born I consecrated you;
I have appointed you a prophet to the nations" (Jeremiah 1:4-5).

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:41).

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