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All right. It’s June, and I have a new chance to get myself into the habit of a weekly blog. My first couple of tries (weeks and months apart!) belied the obvious fact that this has been a hard habit for me to get myself into. So, here we go!
This morning I woke up to the news that Dr. Tiller, a Wichita late-term abortion doctor, had been gunned down while he was ushering at his church on Sunday. I was saddened to hear the news. Saddened for two reasons.
The first reason is because Dr. Tiller, though he did horrific things in the name of “helping” women who were depressed or who did not want to care for a handicapped child, was a person made in the image of God, precious in His sight. The person who believes the answer to the murder of babies is the murder of men has a messed up world view. I am sad for Dr. Tiller’s wife, family, and friends. Sadly, Dr. Tiller now must stand before the Judge of all the earth and account for his misdeeds without having, at least to my knowledge, repented of his actions.
The second reason I am saddened is because when some idiot goes off half-cocked in the “name of Jesus” and kills an abortion doctor, the media and pro-abortion politicians have a field day trying to tie this action to pro-life protesters or preachers who proclaim abortion is a tragedy. They will say, See what happens when you say things like, “Abortion is murder. Abortion is wrong”? The truth of the matter is that this one murderer’s actions clearly do not reflect the values of the pro-life movement or God’s value system. If anything, it lies in stark contrast to the values of life and peace espoused by the movement.
Before we leave this subject, however, let us also make clear that what Dr. Tiller was doing in killing babies who were “viable” (i.e., capable of living outside the womb) was deplorable. Sadly the twisted value system that led him to believe that he was doing a service to women is but a reflection of the broken world in which we live. A world in which good is evil, and evil is good. Dr. Tiller’s life, work and death are just another reminder for the Christian why Jesus’ taught His disciples to pray, Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Let this be our prayer as we seek to live out Jesus’ kingdom principles in a world that is badly in need of a Savior. We will be faithful to preach and to live out these principles, and we will allow Jesus to sort out the rest. That’s His job no ours. | 
