{"id":4208,"date":"2012-01-30T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2014-12-14T13:07:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T21:07:54","slug":"abortion-hub-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2012\/01\/30\/abortion-hub-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion &#8211; Hub Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Stephen Rodgers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is the hub post for var\u00adi\u00adous arti\u00adcles and ser\u00admons on the sub\u00adject of abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Our church recently took a Sunday to consider what the Bible has to say on the topic of abortion. For anyone who missed it, both the <a href=\"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/sermons\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"broken_link\">sermon<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=4234\">follow-up article<\/a> are still available.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the magnitude of the issue, I was asked to create a repository on the subject, much like we&#8217;ve already done with several other topics (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=3903\">DTR<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=4152\">Church Discipline<\/a>). Periodically we may update this page to introduce links to new resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All posts in the A<em>bortion<\/em>\u00a0series:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=4234\">Jesus Loves the Little Children<\/a> (article)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All ser\u00admons in the <em>Abortion<\/em>\u00a0series:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/sermons\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Jesus Loves the Little Children<\/a> (sermon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In addition, there are a number of excellent books that deal with the topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the interest of keeping this list relatively short, here are four that approach the topic (directly or indirectly) from a variety of angles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The ESV Study Bible<\/em>\u00a0contains a series of essays on the subject of Biblical ethics, one of which specifically addresses the issue of abortion<\/li>\n<li><em>The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture<\/em> by Scott Klusendorf<\/li>\n<li><em>Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue<\/em> by RC Sproul<\/li>\n<li><em>Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Questions<\/em> by Randy Alcorn<\/li>\n<li><em>Safe in the Arms of God<\/em> by John MacArthur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also a great many resources that are freely available on the internet. Given the sheer breadth of those resources, I will initially present a number of topical indexes (please be warned, some are quite large) that you can review and search yourself, and then conclude with a few particular articles of note.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the topical indexes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/thabitianyabwile\/?s=abortion\">Thabiti Anyabwile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apologetics315.com\/search\/label\/Abortion\" class=\"broken_link\">Apologetics 315<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dennyburk.com\/?s=abortion&amp;submit.x=0&amp;submit.y=0\">Denny Burk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/resource-library\/topic-index\/abortion\" class=\"broken_link\">Desiring God<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevindeyoung\/?s=abortion\">Kevin DeYoung<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gty.org\/resources\/search\/abortion\" class=\"broken_link\">GTY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MandM (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandm.org.nz\/tag\/abortion\">Abortion<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandm.org.nz\/category\/ethics\/embryocide-ethics\">Embryocide<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandm.org.nz\/category\/ethics\/abortion-ethics\">Feticide<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandm.org.nz\/category\/ethics\/infanticide-ethics\">Infanticide<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/category\/topics\/abortion-topics\/\">Al Mohler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/?s=abortion\">Russell Moore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2008\/11\/115\/\">Public Discourse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/str.typepad.com\/weblog\/bioethics\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Stand to Reason<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justintaylor\/?s=abortion\">Justin Taylor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/triablogue.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/abortion\">Triablogue<\/a>\u00a0(Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=site%3Atriablogue.blogspot.com+abortion\">search results<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>And here are the specific articles and series:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/books\" class=\"broken_link\">e-book on abortion<\/a> (John Piper)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/resource-library\/taste-see-articles\/fifteen-pro-life-truths-to-speak\" class=\"broken_link\">15 Pro-Life Truths to Speak<\/a> (John Piper)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/triablogue.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/christianitys-history-of-opposition-to.html\">Christianity&#8217;s History of Opposition to Abortion<\/a> (Triablogue)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theconstructivecurmudgeon.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/why-i-am-pro-life-short-nonsectarian_25.html\">Why I Am Pro-Life: A Short, Non-Sectarian Argument<\/a> (Douglas Groothius)<\/li>\n<li>Abortion and the Morality of Feticide\u00a0(MandM) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandm.org.nz\/2011\/02\/abortion-and-the-morality-of-feticide-part-i.html\">Part I<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandm.org.nz\/2011\/02\/abortion-and-the-morality-of-feticide-part-ii.html?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=abortion-and-the-morality-of-feticide-part-ii\">Part II<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2012\/01\/23\/my-take-why-the-abortion-issue-wont-go-away\/\" class=\"broken_link\">My Take On Why The Abortion Issue Won&#8217;t Go Away<\/a> (Al Mohler)<\/li>\n<li>What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable? (Al Mohler) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2009\/01\/23\/what-makes-abortion-plausible-what-makes-abortion-unthinkable-part-one\/\">Part 1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2009\/01\/26\/what-makes-abortion-plausible-what-makes-abortion-unthinkable-part-two\/\">Part 2<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2009\/01\/27\/what-makes-abortion-plausible-what-makes-abortion-unthinkable-part-three\/\">Part 3<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2009\/01\/28\/what-makes-abortion-plausible-what-makes-abortion-unthinkable-part-four\/\">Part 4<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2009\/01\/29\/what-makes-abortion-plausible-what-makes-abortion-unthinkable-part-five\/\">Part 5<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2009\/01\/30\/what-makes-abortion-abortion-plausible-what-makes-abortion-unthinkable-part-six\/\">Part 6<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibchr.com\/bullseye.html\">The Bible and the Bulls-Eye on the Baby<\/a> (Dan Phillips)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2012\/01\/19\/the-gospel-in-an-abortion-culture\/\">The Gospel in an Abortion Culture<\/a> (Russell Moore)<\/li>\n<li>The Biblical View on Abortion (John MacArthur) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gty.org\/resources\/sermons\/90-67\/the-biblical-view-on-abortion-part-1\">Part 1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gty.org\/resources\/sermons\/90-68\/the-biblical-view-on-abortion-part-2\">Part 2<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additionally, there have been some relatively recent developments in the field of medical ethics that have begun to examine the question of <em>post<\/em>-birth abortions as well:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/tgc\/2012\/02\/28\/60-second-summary-after-birth-abortion-why-should-the-baby-live\/\">60 Second Summary: After-Birth Abortion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/baylyblog.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/editor-identifies-critics-after-birth-abortion-fanatics\" class=\"broken_link\">Editor Identifies Critics of &#8220;After-Birth Abortion&#8221; as &#8220;Fanatics&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/journal-editor-defends-pro-infanticide-piece-killing-newborns-is-already-le\">Editor Also Defends Article Based on Legality of Killing Newborns in Netherlands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandm.org.nz\/2012\/02\/10262.html\">Upcoming Discussion Between Minerva and Flannagan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dougwils.com\/Sex-and-Culture\/our-ruling-class.html\">Douglas Wilson Comments on the Progression of this Issue<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Stephen Rodgers This is the hub post for var\u00adi\u00adous arti\u00adcles and ser\u00admons on the sub\u00adject of abortion. Our church recently took a Sunday to consider what the Bible has to say on the topic of abortion. For anyone who missed it, both the sermon and the follow-up article are still available. Considering the magnitude [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel-and-culture","category-lighthouse-news","category-weekly-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4208"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10119,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208\/revisions\/10119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}