Bully Pulpit: Abortion and the Public Square

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2014

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Aimee, Carl, and Todd are back at it - this time discussing the church's involvement in the public square, specifically when dealing with the polarizing issue of abortion. How are Christians to conduct themselves, in the church and on the street, when talking about and protesting abortion? Are we to engage in political debate or sit back and let it happen? Or is there a third way? Listen to the team's lively conversation.Click here for a free MP3 download of God's Church & God's Purpose by Eric Alexander

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0:00.0	This is Mortification of Spin, a bully pulpit from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:11.4	We can continue only with your help.
0:13.6	Visit Mortificationofspin.org to make a donation or call 1-800-488-48.
0:24.4	After the podcast, listen for details on how you can receive a free resource. Welcome to the Mortification of Spin Bulley Pulpit, the shorter podcast of the Alliance of
0:32.3	Confessing Evangelicals. I'm your host, Carl Truman, pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Ambela, Pennsylvania,
0:39.3	and Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary.
0:43.3	And I'm joined by my two co-hosts, Amy Bird, housewife theologian, and resident of West Virginia,
0:53.3	and the Reverend Todd Pruitt, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:00.1	Welcome, guys.
1:01.3	Thank you.
1:02.3	Hi.
1:02.5	Good to hear you, Carl.
1:03.9	It's good to be here.
1:05.5	Cutting straight to the chase, as always, on the bully pulpit.
1:08.7	There's been a lot of writing recently about the significant anniversary
1:12.2	of the Supreme Court decision
1:14.4	on the issue of abortion in Roe v. Wade.
1:19.5	And it raises, of course,
1:21.1	questions for us as Christians
1:23.6	and as church people.
1:25.7	How should the church be thinking about that decision?
1:29.9	How should the church be relating to the issue of abortion, which since that ruling, of course,
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