Think Wink.

I, like so many around the blogosphere, just recently finished watching John Piper present his take on the election. He does not endorse a candidate nor does he give away his personal vote this election. I like his take on the election and the interesting dichotomy that is presented to the Christian. As a Christian I hate racism. There is no place for it anywhere. All human beings are created by God. All human beings are condemned by sin. All human beings are saved by sovereign grace through faith in the finished cross-work of Jesus Christ. No one can belittle anyone on a racial or gender or socio-economic ground (that is also true for political views as well). I hate abortion. It is infanticide, the wanton murder of thousands–no millions–of infants since 1973. In the black population alone since Roe v. Wade in 1973 some 12 million babies have been killed (see the video below)! The problem is that the black candidate in Barak Obama is the most radical pro-abortion person in both houses of Congress. I want to vote for Barak Obama because of what will happen for race relations in this country. It will go a long way to heal the wrong of American slavery and the rampant racism that was so prevelant in this country–even today. Yet by putting that man in office, more will be done to further cheapen the sanctity of human life by furthering the cause of abortion. Millions more people will die as a result of this same candidate that can do much to heal the grievous wound caused by slavery and racism. It is almost a question of what is more evil, racism or abortion? I think the question is better stated, “What is more important to me, healing the wound of racism or eliminating the murderous practice of abortion?” I guess I’ll find out come Tuesday.

By the way, I love Piper’s smile when he speaks of an African American president. He really wants to see this happen. And he is right, Obama needs to address the issue of 12 million African American babies dead because of Roe v. Wade. Why is it this way? Tears well up just trying to grasp the breadth of that number, let alone the total number of people who are dead because of abortion. Here is the video and I know that certain readers of this blog will squirm at Piper’s comments and probably want to dismiss everything else he has to say about the election.

Wednesday and Thursday

With All His Warts

If anyone ever thinks Piper is perfect…