Fireproof

I had the opportunity to watch a screening of the movie Fireproof last week. I highly recommend it to you. I also recommend that you watch it opening weekend (begins Sept. 26). A great opening weekend will keep the movie in theaters longer. I encourage you to bring friends. It will strengthen good marriage relationships and provide much needed guidance for those that are struggling. Check out www.fireproofthemovie.com for much more information.

The plot focuses on the struggling marriage of a firefighter named Caleb (played by Kirk Cameron) and his wife, Catherine (Erin Bethea), both of whom are seeking a divorce after having fallen "out of love." Their lack of communication and their disagreements over finances -- as well as his addiction to Internet pornography and her budding romance at work -- are tearing them apart. Caleb's father, though, refuses to see the young couple split up.


stay off the paved road...

--craig

Abortion is about God

I wanted to share one additional post (see the last two) about abortion. Last night I came across some material that was written by John Piper. I think he really puts things into perspective. As we have stated many times, this is not about us. Below I have included the majority of Piper's article.

As Christians, we don’t have the luxury of speaking with vagueness, ambiguity, and cliché. When we open our mouths, we must speak clearly (Ephesians 6:19-20; Colossians 4:3-4). But if we are to speak clearly, we must first think and feel clearly about difficult and controversial moral issues. So we need to realize that abortion is not mainly about a woman’s right to choose. And it isn’t mainly about a baby’s right to life.

Abortion is about God, the Creator of the universe, the Giver and Sustainer of all life, the Judge of the living and the dead, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and the Redeemer and Forgiver of all who trust him. Abortion is about God. To leave God out of the picture of abortion is to trivialize it.

All things are trivial without God. God is the ultimate reality over the universe. All other reality is derivative and dependent and has no ultimate meaning at all without reference to God the ultimate reality. In him we live and move and have our being. If we leave him out of account, we know nothing of any lasting significance about ourselves or the world.

During this election season, as politicians court the evangelical vote, it is vital that Christians remind themselves why abortion is the transcendent moral issue of our time. At a time when being pro-life is marginalized in some evangelical circles, we want to lift up the cause of the unborn and urge our fellow Christians to not grow weary in doing good.

We will reap a harvest if we do not give up. And the strength to persevere comes from realizing that God’s supremacy over all things includes his work in the womb. Abortion is an assault on the person-forming work of God. Children are a gift from God. To reject them through abortion is to reject him.

stay off the paved road...

--craig