CRUEL GRACE
"Thirty years ago, many people chose churches based on whether the church believed and taught the truth. Today, many choose churches based on whether the church makes them feel comfortable. If a church tells the truth, it will gain some people but lose others.
One out of five women having an abortion in America claims to be a born-again Christian. Yet pastors tell me, 'I don’t talk about abortion because it will make our people feel guilty, since many have had abortions.'
Isn’t that exactly why we SHOULD talk about it? To help people - men as well as women since men are always involved - recognize and deal with their guilt and receive Christ’s grace? And to help others avoid the sin that creates the guilt?
I know many women who have experienced God’s forgiveness and
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