Babies Saved From Death, John Barros' Thanksgiving, Street Ministry in Rockland, and Bible Memory.

Hi everyone,
This week by the grace of God our murder mill in Portland was closed! We enjoyed Thanksgiving with family at our house. We then enjoyed a Friday morning without having to go to Portland to stand pleading for the lives of babies because their mother was going to murder them. I do not know if any babies were spared from death because the murder mill was closed or if their death was just postponed but we still are Thankful knowing that no babies were murdered at that mill on Friday.

Sadly the murder mill in Orlando, Florida was still open. John Barros is a full time minister outside this murder mill in Orlando. He attends R.C. Sproul's Church who supports him so that he can be at the murder mill full time to plead for the lives of the unborn. He has a great ministry there and many babies are saved due to his work there. On Friday John wrote:  "Well it was a different kind of Black Friday than most of you know of down here today. The people that came were so Vile, threatening, and Angry that we were here. The Lord turned three away but ten babies met their end. So Thankful to have Matt, Beth, Karen, and John, serve throughout the day."

John had an amazing story from Wednesday:
"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.Luke 6:27-28
Today was one I will never forget. Matt, Pastor David, Elizabeth, Sionna, and Bill served throughout the day. It was slow with only five coming and we had one turn away. It was a day filled with the word, praise, and prayer. It was a Blessing to serve. When they were finished with all the abortions they locked the doors. I stayed to pray and was going to leave several times over the hour or so I was praying but something stopped me.
I heard a voice calling from behind the mill. I opened my eyes and Tireya the lady that runs this place called me down. She grabbed me by the elbow and said "Come with me." She led me to the back door and said "Come inside its Thanksgiving." At first I stopped in my tracks and then Kerry did a light frisk of me to see if I was carrying.
I went inside and all of the workers and the abortionist Randall Whitney were there getting food from a pot luck they had brought together. All but a couple of the new girls were happy to see me and one got me a plate of food. This was the most Surreal position I have ever been in. I was able to have conversations with all I wanted to one on one.
I told them all that I Loved them. Kerry said "You could sure fool me with all the videos you have done against us" I gave it my best to let them know that because I Love them I say those things. The message I preach is because I Love them. I can Love them personally and hate what they do. I warned them again that it is wrong and they need to get out.
It was so strange to see them being so nice. Thanking me for coming all these years. You know blindness is just that. A couple of the ladies I know want out and are being convicted but the others don't see it.
The abortionist Randall Whitney was so kind. He was worried about my knees and back. I have preached against him literally thousands of times. If you type his name into Google you will see a small portion of the times he has.flipped me off down here. We have been battling a looong time. He came over another time and told me that he will probably be.losing his license. He has a hearing December 1 for some clerical error of.some type. He shook my hand and thanked me for being there but said i will have to battle someone else after the first.of the year. He thanked me again and I knew I needed to get out before I started weeping as they were all wishing me a happy Thanksgiving. I cried all the.way home. I really do Love these folks and don't want to see what will happen to them if they don't repent and turn to Jesus.
Please Pray With Me For This To Happen... And Happy Thanksgiving To You And Yours
Please pray that the Lord would use the time we spent together


I will say I have never had anything like this happen to me before. I echo the request of John, pray for these people at the Orlando Women's Center! Pray also for all those involved in the murder of children around our country and around the world. Pray for their salvation!

In more abortion ministry news, our dear friend Patte Smith posted on Facebook earlier today:
Rejoice with us!
Denise and Raj just left with their little son or daughter safe inside the womb!
They have opened their hearts to their little baby and embraced the precious gift that God has given to them.
They took a blessing bag and Raj shook my hand and thanked me.🤗 I saw Raj embracing Denise earlier as she wept in his arms. He motioned to Zack to be quiet for a few minutes while he spoke with Denise. So Zack ceased his open-air pleading while the couple were embracing and speaking to one another.
We are always thankful to see the tender-hearted parents, who, sadly, are few and far between.
I showed Raj and Denise my contact information on our special ministry packet. I invited them to write to me if they had any needs or wanted support or would like prayer or if they simply just wanted to tell us their story. I do hope they write to me. But, we praise God for the way He uses His Word to speak to the consciences of mothers and fathers. Glory to the Lamb!

Praise be to God for saving these babies and for all that He has done through the lives of His faithful servants!

As I said earlier our murder mill was closed which meant we had our Friday open to do ministry in the next town over, Rockland. This weekend was the Festival of Lights celebration. Rockland is known for their art, (they call themselves the art capital of Maine) they are also known for the Lobster Festival which is held every August, and for their huge lobster trap christmas tree. The Coast Guard helps put together lobster traps into a 30 foot tall tower in the shape of a tree. On Friday night they lit the tree which has a lobster figurine on top. The event drew hundreds of people to watch the tree be lit. It may have also helped that Santa was supposed to be there.

We did not keep people from the tree lighting but we did use the opportunity to pass out tracts, hold signs, preach, and read Psalms through an amplifier for some of the people as they came. We had one person start yelling at Daddy while he was preaching that the "lamb was murdered" and that "religion is the number one cause of homicide". He yelled for awhile despite the rebukes from his group who kept repeating his name over and over. Pray for the salvation of this man, Tim.

 I was able to use the amp to read Psalm 96, 145 and 146. Which I highly suggest rereading. On Saturday our local art museum held an event featuring horse drawn carriage rides, cookie decorating, a giant train set, and more. We positioned ourselves in the middle of the activity and Daddy preached and we sang Christmas hymns and some of my younger sibling used the amp to read or recite Scripture. We did not have any good discussions with people but nevertheless the truth of God's Word was proclaimed.

I have been requested to share how I memorize Scripture. My approach is basic, I read a verse or section of a verse and then repeat it over and over. After I have done that I move on to the next verse or section of verse and repeat that. I then say both verses or sections together and then move on to the next part. I continue to do this for awhile. If I am doing a whole chapter I can start repeating a smaller section. Like if I am memorizing say Romans 1 instead of restarting at verse 1 once I have memorized the first paragraph I can start repeating at the second paragraph. Once I have practiced the passage I may recite it to my sister or Mommy or Daddy.

Another thing I use is memverse .Currently I have my schedule set so that I have about 30 minutes a day to memorize on Memverse but you can set it for much less time. The basics of Memverse. When you sign in you put on the Bible verses that you want to memorize in the version you use,(You can use different versions for different verses). They will then make these verses pop up in your daily memory session. In regular review you can make it so that the site gives you the first letter of each word and then you have to type the whole verse by using those letters as prompts or if needed you can show the whole verse. When you have completed typing the verse correctly and without spelling errors it will tell you that you are correct and you then rate how well you did on the verse. There is a scale from 1-5 for you to choose from. On passage review it brings up the entire passage everywhere from 1 verse to a whole chapter and there will be words missing or maybe the entire verse missing and you have to fill it in. No spelling errors are allowed although punctuation and capitalization is not needed to move forward. Depending on how well you rate that you know the verse the site will put off giving you that verse for a certain number of days. Once you are only reviewing a verse once every 30 days it is considered memorized. Currently Memverse says that I have memorized 546 verses but that does not include all the verses I know that is just the ones that are considered memorized according to their system. I currently have over 1,000 verses marked to memorize on Memverse but not all of them are coming up in my memory sessions right now. I memorized Romans, Ephesians, and the first 13 chapters of Proverbs so far this year.

People think that I am good at memorizing but I when I am memorizing I spend time on it. I know that even if you spend time on it it may not come easily to you but I encourage you to keep trying. Hiding God's Word in your heart is important. Work at it and you may be surprised how much you can memorize!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Maturity And "Teenagers"

Hi everyone,
My post this week is about maturity and living above cultural norms. Please hear me out and do not think I am bragging. People tell me how smart how I am, and how well I write, etc. Why do people say that? Why do I somehow stick out from the rest of the crowd? Why am I seen as some smart young woman? Why am I seen as so mature? I think the answer is in what we expect of young adults and how my generation is trained. We do not expect enough of our young adults.

In our culture young adults are not trained and expected to act as young adults. They are trained to act like "teenagers" whatever those are. They are given a cultural excuse to rebel against their parents, to act like children who get the privileges of adults without having any responsibility. And I am just going to say it and I think I am speaking for a lot of Christian young adults who are classified as "teenagers". Christians, please stop saying things about teenagers acting up when they reach their teen years like that is a normal part of life that every person will go through when they turn 13 until they reach 19 or 20. Please stop saying that when a person is being defiant they are just acting like a teenager. Please stop giving everyone an excuse for their actions simply because they are a teenager.

Please stop stereotyping people between the ages of 13 to 19. We as Christians are called to be different. We young adults who are Christians do not want to be grouped in with the teenagers of our culture who have nothing expected of them. It should not be a surprise that we can cook a meal, or interact with someone who is not our own age, or care for younger siblings, or actually be able to understand what the pastor is talking about in the sermon because we actually read our Bible once in a while, or that we are able to understand terms like "justification" or "atonement" or "apologetics" etc because we have been trained in the Word of God. 

These things should not be a surprise. As a young adult Christian I want to be more than the teenagers of the world. I should stand out from the world, but my ability to understand things of God and expressing myself in writing and conversation or my interest in apologetics and such should not be a strange sight at Church. I suggest that the reason that I stick out even among some other young adults from professing Christian families is because of Christians buying into the culture's idea of what we should expect from young adults.

People in the Church have bought into the idea that people between the ages of 13 and 18 or 19 should not be able to communicate with people outside of their age group, they have bought into the idea that young adults cannot learn how to run a household and care for younger siblings, they have bought into the idea that a young adult can act however they want and they do not have to take any responsibility for their actions. This is not how Christian young adults should act. We should be expected to be preparing for our lives as adults which will come quickly. We should be able to survive in the real world.

People say I am sheltered. I think teenagers who are in youth group all the time who never talk to anyone older than them besides their family members, who do not understand basic doctrines of the Christian faith do so because instead of actually doing Bible study in youth group they play games. People who instead of surviving in the real world sit at home playing video games while their parents are expected to do all their chores, how are these people going to survive in the real world?

I am learning how to be a wife and mother. Oh yes, that is right I've been told I do not have to worry about that because I am not supposed to get married for years because after all I am only 14.
The idea that marrying at 14 would be wrong is yet another cultural idea that the Church has bought in to which is no where in Scripture. But back to the point at hand, I am being trained to be part of the real world.

I am also being trained as a Christian who can clearly articulate my faith and defend it against attacks from the enemy. I am being trained in the fear and admonition of the Lord. I am being trained to be a help meet suitable to my future husband if that be God's will for my life. I am being trained to train any children that may be entrusted to my care in future years. I am being trained as a ballistic missile in the army of the Lord. I am being trained as a soldier who will be in a spiritual battle to my dying breath. As a Christian I am always going to be on the front lines of the battle. Why should I put off my training until I am older? Right now is a great opportunity for me to learn and practice skills that we needed throughout my life.

For all Christian young people who are seen as the strange ones in your Church because you are striving toward maturity in your walk with the Lord, please realize that you are not alone. There are other young adult Christians who are like you. We are seen as the strange ones that only hang out with the adults because we have nothing in common with the other teenagers who want to talk about the latest TV show. It is okay to be seen as the strange one because you want to talk about the Bible while the other girls want to talk about which boy is the cutest.

It is okay that you find more in common with the pastor than with the girl closest to your age whose sunday school class you are "supposed" to be in. It is okay to be seen as the strange one who wants to take books out of the Church library that have to do with theology instead of the romance novel. It is okay to be seen as the strange one because you listen to a James White podcast instead of which hip hop song is the most popular. Do not give up if you are seen as the strange one who does not fit in with the other young adults. Find an adult who will talk with you when all the youth group kids see you as an outcast. Find someone who will encourage you in your walk with the Lord. Do not worry about fitting in. Being strange for the right reasons is okay.

I hope people do not take me as rude but I want people to stop stereotyping Christians along with non-christians. We are different. Do not hold us up to the same standard. You can expect something more from us than you would expect from a secular teenager. Please start treating us as young adults. I know we are young but we are still all brothers and sisters in Christ no matter our age. We should be able to carry on a conversation about the Bible on a level more than a first grader.

We do not need to play games during youth group we can stand a Bible study. We do not need to be segregated into a class of people our own age. We can carry on a conversation with adults. We can talk about theology and apologetics. And none of these things should be seen as strange. These things should be expected of young adult Christians. We are Christians who love the Lord and want to see Him glorified in our lives. We want to be seen as competent young adults who are preparing themselves for their future lives. We do not want to be held to the same low standard that the culture has for their young adults. We want people to expect us to act like young adults and not like little children. We want to be different than the world. But sadly in American Churches today when Christian young people stand out from the world they generally stand out from the rest of the young adults in their Church as well. They become the outcasts from the youth.

To adult Christians: If you see a young adult in your Church who seems to not be hanging out with the youth group kids, start a conversation with them. It may just be that there is one of those "strange" kids in your Church. See if you can be that adult who treats them like a young adult Christian who has something expected of them. Do not treat them as some super special smart kid because they actually take an interest in their walk with the Lord. You can praise them for their maturity but it should be expected that a 14 year old Christian can carry on a conversation about the things of God. Please treat as the young adults we are and not as the children that most people our age act like.

I hope that this post is seen as a challenge from a young adult who knows all to well what it is like to be the one who sticks out from the crowd.

Planned Parenthood Update
For those of you that read my post from a few weeks ago. The man who assaulted me outside Planned Parenthood a few weeks ago was found. The DA called the other day and the man has a court date on December 7th. Please pray for the whole situation as we may have to go to court depending on what happens December 7th. Pray that justice and served and above all that God is glorified.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Deathscort Irony, Pray For The Police Deathscort, And More Abortion Ministry!

Hi everyone,
Our family is now back to the point of being able to go to the abortion mill more often. This week was a little crazy at the abortion mill but no need to the call the police or anything.

I mentioned in last week's post that there is a Portland police officer who is now a volunteer for Planned Parenthood. She is very polite to us and talks to us. Her name is officer Bealls. I had nicknamed her "officer Schooley" because she looked so much like my friend with that name. She will say "Good morning" and when we are leaving she will say "Goodbye" and tell us to have a good day. This week she talked to me some. I did ask her what her last name was so that I could call her something besides "officer". At one point during the day officer Bealls told me that there was one guy on the sidewalk who she was keeping an eye on. I do not know what about him makes him someone to be careful around but at least officer Bealls keeps an eye on things even when she is a Planned Parenthood volunteer.

Next time I see her I am hoping to have a conversation about the Gospel with her. All the deathscorts can hear the Gospel being preached but I want to be able to actually talk to her about it as well. I think it will be easier to talk to her since she will actually talk to me. If I tried to have a conversation with some of the other deathscorts they would probably either turn their back to me, ignore me, or laugh that I would try to talk to them. She is one of the 3 deathscorts that I have actually talked with pretty much at all. One of them that I will talk about later, Marian, has talked a little before and taken tracts from me. She seem so to be one of the more friendly deathscorts. The other deathscort that talked to me is a new one I think. She talked to me a little bit but I do not know how long that will last. Please pray for the Salvation of all the deathscorts and that officer Bealls will be willing to talk to me and that I would be given words to speak and wisdom during the conversation.

We have found a Facebook page for one of the deathscorts, Marian, we look at it occasionally to see what is going on. She loves animals by the way. First point of irony, she loves animals and yet stands in support of a murderous organization and leads children to their death but she loves animals. Recently Mommy looked at Marian's Facebook page. There was a picture on there of Marian along with two other women. One of the women was her sister and the other was her mother. The thing is  we know her mother! Her mother is a midwife at our local hospital! Talk about irony. Her mother helps women care for their unborn children and tells them all about their "baby". Meanwhile her own daughter volunteers at Planned Parenthood helping make sure women murder their "fetus". How can one who has seen the precious gift of life given to so many different families, who has helped so many women have healthy pregnancies so that their babies are healthy, who has herself had the gift of life given to her that she may carry a precious child in her womb, how can someone like that stand the fact that her very own flesh and blood stands for the murder of children? Their jobs are very different. We mentioned to Marian that we knew her mom but her response was not as impressive as I was hoping it would be. I have not yet mentioned the fact to the midwife that I know her daughter but I do want to talk to her about it next time I see her. One of the funny things is that I think the midwife likes me. If only her daughter did too. Marian has always looked somewhat familiar to Mommy but we did not know why. Now we know that it is because she looks so much like her mother. Please pray for the salvation of both of them.

As soon as we got to the abortion mill a man started arguing with Donna who was just walking down the sidewalk with her sign. Here is a video of the interaction

Another man came up and was arguing with Daddy. The man was a little loud and a little too close to Daddy for my liking. Thankfully the man did not punch Daddy, (which was highly possible due to his anger) and after awhile walked off. During the conversation the man said that the Lord is not God, the Lord is His Son. Evidently John 1 was not something this man had studied enough.  He also said that Psalms were something people had made up. He was not happy with Daddy because Daddy kept going to the book (the Bible) instead of logic. Well that is another discussion for another day about how he can justify logic apart from going to the Bible. But keeping to what happened. The Bible is the truth. The man asked if he wrote a book if Daddy would obey it. That had a simple answer, the man is not God. Here is a video that includes the conversation which starts around 8 minutes 20 seconds. Sorry for the terrible video quality I was using a makeshift kindle holder attached to my bag and I could not see what I getting video of. So I apologize for the terrible quality. I also apologize for all the profanity from passersby. We do not remove it from our videos. Please know before you turn the video on that there is very bad language in it.

After Planned Parenthood outreach we went to Wiscasset to hold signs. We did not preach or pass out tracts only held signs. We have now been to Wiscasset a few times to do ministry. Twice a local man has called the police on us. This week the man who called the cops on us was there and kept running down to the door from his second story apartment. Either he really likes running up and down the stairs or he was trying to catch us doing something so that he could have something to report to the police. The police never showed up while we were there but it seems that this man is still unhappy with us. Another woman was also in the same building and at one point I thought she may have called the police but they never came to talk to us.

After Wiscasset we went to Waldoboro to hold signs as well. Nothing really happened there. We were holding signs for the cars going by but where we were there was no foot traffic.

One thing I would like to mention is our family's new Facebook page. Recently we started a new page, Public Proclamation of God's Word, The Bible.  The page was designed so that Christians can share video, audio, or written testimony of sharing God's Word in public. People do not have to preach, just read Scripture out loud in public.  I would encourage everyone to like the page and share what you have been doing to share God's Word with the world.

Without God we are nothing. He has saved us from our lives of sin, He has made us His sons and daughters, He redeemed us with the blood of Jesus Christ, how hard is it for us to get over our fear of man and go boldly proclaim God's Word? Believe me it is not that scary! Please visit the Facebook page, share it around on social media, share it with your friends, we want everyone to go out and share God's Word. It is not hard. You do not have to be gifted as an evangelist or as a preacher, just go share how great God is by reading His Word in a place where the world can hear you.

Take 15 minutes a week to go out to a busy place in your town and just read a passage of Scripture. Share with us how it went. Even if no one listens to you on the street you can still be encouraged by the fact that you proclaimed God's Word. You can also be a great encouragement to other Christians who are doing the work of preaching around this country. Take this as a challenge for this week. Share God's Word in public. You never know what will happen. Serving our King is a great adventure! Proclaim His goodness and give Him the honor, the glory and the praise He deserves!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Crazy Day At The Abortion Mill, Including Physical Assault, A Police Report, And More!

Hi everyone,
On Friday we once again had the privilege of  joining our brothers and sisters in Christ at the Planned Parenthood in Portland. We had no officer on the sidewalk with us when we showed up besides the one police officer who is a volunteer for Planned Parenthood. Yes, you read that right a police officer who is also a Planned Parenthood volunteer with a pink vest and all. That officer is at least polite to our group and responds when we say "good morning" and will say "bye" and tell us to have a good day. Another "deathscort" also talked to me some. Strange but a pleasant change.

We had the regular day of passing out tracts, having our signs out, preaching the Gospel, prayer, and a great time being able to be together as the body of Christ to proclaim our glorious Savior, Jesus Christ. Who has saved us from our lives of sin and by His grace and mercy has made us sons and daughters of God.

One person walked passed us saying that we hated women. What I do not understand is why a lady would say that we hate women when a lot of the people standing for life are women. I guess if her assertion is true I hate myself because I am a woman. I also must hate all the other women who stand out there as part of our group and I must be lying when I tell the woman "deathscort" that I love her. I do not know how she knows whether or not I love or hate someone. Evidently she knows my thoughts.

This is the adult male who assaulted me.

We also had some new happenings this week. A man came up to Mommy and took a tract from her which he then threw into the nearby trash can. I am calling him a man but really he is not a man only an adult male. He then came up to Daddy who was the preacher this week and started mocking him by repeating what Daddy said. The good thing was he repeated anything so he would repeat "Jesus Christ is King". Daddy was wearing a very visible body camera that we had borrowed from our friend Brian for the day. The man did not seem to mind that camera. However I took the kindle I had and started taking a video. The man evidently did not like that and decided to physically assault me and hit my kindle. Thankfully I was not injured.

The man then walked down the sidewalk. Daddy followed him and told him that we were calling the police and that he could not leave until he had talked to an officer. The man did not seem to want to stay around and wait for a police officer and crossed the street and walked off. When the man hit my kindle we shouted for someone to call the police. Soon we had I think 3 people on the phone with the police and Daddy was following the man down the street so that we could report his location to the police when they arrived.

The man who assaulted me walked into the post office and the police told Daddy to stand outside the building. Soon a police officer arrived followed by 4 more officers. Two officers went to the back entrance to watch there while 1 stayed with Daddy and 2 more went searching the post office. Thanks to the body camera the police officer got a picture of the man. Donna was also there today and got a good picture as well. (Posted above) Soon Daddy came back to Planned Parenthood and the officer also came and needed to talk to Daddy and I. I had to sign the police report and give my name, date of birth, address, phone number and the usual things. He asked if I was injured but I was not. The officer, Blake Cunningham, was very kind, respectful, caring, and overall professional. Daddy has already posted a recommendation of him. Officer Cunningham was going to track the man down and if he needed us he would call. We have not heard from him yet.  We will check the police blotter sometime to see if he was ever arrested or summoned. Please be praying for the salvation of the man who assaulted me. He needs a saving knowledge of the truth!

Prayer time at the mill. Chloe (right) Kiara (left)
Myself (center)

Another man made a gesture that was kind of like he was smacking a tract out of my hand but did not actually touch me. It was after the other man had assaulted me. The man tried to explain what he did and say that he did not actually touch me, which was true, but the definition of assault is not physical touch but making gestures or saying something that is threatening. He says that he was holding out his hand like a hand shake and then moved it like he was combing his hair. Very immature to say the least. Believe me I could not make this stuff up. We did not call the police on him but we were not happy with his actions.

Chloe, (a.k.a. C-Flow), Kiara, and I had a good time of prayer together. It is always a blessing to be able to pray together especially when it comes to a stressful place like Planned Parenthood. Even when no one seems to be listening to the Gospel or when people are very angry, we can always take our burdens to the Lord.


Nothing else big
happened at Planned Parenthood today. We did get the ever famous phrase, "Judge Not". If only people could read the whole Bible and not just cherry pick the parts they liked. I seem to recall another verse that said, 'Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Maybe we should start taking the whole counsel of Scripture.

After Planned Parenthood we traveled to Wiscasset to do some ministry. We had had a run in with law enforcement there back in June. (See my post from a few months ago, "A Week With The Police".) We contacted a lawyer, by the way I highly recommend Center for Religious Expression if you ever need a lawyer. After talking to the lawyer they wrote a letter to the town of Wiscasset.

The town wrote back and said that we were allowed to come back to the town and our lawyer wanted us to make sure they would allow us back so we decided to go back this week. We showed up and almost immediately the man who called the police on us last time saw us again and  he called the police again this week and lied about us.

A short time later an officer showed up and asked Daddy about our van. Daddy said that it was our van and the officer said that someone had said that it was parked in a handicap spot without a handicap placard. We did indeed have a handicap  placard so Daddy told the officer and the officer left. Thankfully this was a easy situation to clear up and we did not have as many problems as last time. Please pray for this man who seems to be calling the cops on us when we go to Wiscasset. He needs salvation!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

My Blog Refuted?

Hi everyone,
Recently a friend of ours posted a picture on Facebook and talked about abortion. One of her family members said something so Daddy responded to him. The conversation turned to evolution and Daddy told the man, Charles, that I argued with a professor from Columbia University on Facebook. Charles actually was skeptical that I (informally) debated the professor and said that he must not of known much about evolution.

Now while I will say that the professor is a fool because anyone that suppresses the truth about God by saying in their heart that God does not exist, is a fool according to the Bible. But what I would not say is that the professor does not know what he is talking about when it comes to the issue of evolution. I told Charles to "Google" the professor's name and try to prove his assertion that the professor did not know much about evolution. Charles has yet to provide a single shred of evidence that proves evolution. Anyway while he works on finding evidence for evolution that does not exist he decided to "refute" my blog. He picked my post from last week about the letter to the editor that the reverend wrote in response to my letter to the editor about abortion.

Charles' post is very long so here is link. Charles is working on a video refuting my debate with the professor. I wrote to Brian and Andrew since they are also good with these things. As always Brian thinks we could do a debate. I do not know how exactly we will respond whether in video, blog post, or debate. For now I will just comment about his argument against my last blog post.

I said: One person told me that I should seek help. You know there are many good counselors. I think this person should seek help from the only one who can really help any of us, God Almighty.

Charles said: I would not say a counselor but perhaps a real school? Not the suddo (sic) Christian indoctrination cycle you guys pathetically pass off as a school. I mean a real school, where you are taught science. Not this pretend 'christian' science. Yes, kiddo that is all christian science is, pretend. You are the product of abuse. Being denied truth in favor of fairy tales rather than making that choice for yourself after the age of reason. You did not make the choice it was made for you before you were ever born, by your parents.

You know this man is blaming my parents for what I said instead of me. If that is what he believes than why is he going to blast my name on the internet because of what I said. This guy has my picture on his Facebook page many times. But that is okay it is not my fault it is all my parents fault that is why he is blasting MY name and MY picture?  Why am I being held accountable for what I said if I had no choice in what I believed? This is confusing.

Charles said: So let me pose the question that you seem to ignore. How many hungry and needy children have you cared for? When was the last time you donated money to a children;s hospital? When was the last time you skipped a meal to feed a hungry child. The point this person was making, is your hypocritical double standard. 'Don't kill the unborn, but after they are born, screw them.'' Typical of a Christian but on an open debate not a great move.

Just so you know Charles. My parents believe that children are such a blessing that they have 7 of them. Because of this the state will not let us adopt more children to care for. When our group is at the abortion mill we offer help to mothers. And just because we do not donate money to children's hospitals why is it my job to take of someone else's child? We take care of our own children and then do what we can to help others. I think that is a pretty good approach. And to those who have the resources to care for hungry children by providing meals and such that is great for them. But we use the resources God has given us and other people use the resources God has given them. Is abortion acceptable if indeed we did not care for born babies? Is it acceptable to kill babies because their parents don't want to care for them?

I said: Another person said they wished they lived in a world where people like me did not exist. Well I bet that is how they feel about the one true God but that does not make Him, or me, cease to exist. You can wish all you want but that does not change reality.

Charles said: First, let me strongly disagree with said person. I do not want you Christians to disappear, you're to much fun. '' You can wish all you want''. Funny coming from someone who prays to an invisible creature they have never seen and can not prove is real. Wishing on a star is essentially your entire belief system.

I am a presuppositionalist. I can prove that God exists. But I do not think you are going to listen to me Charles. You know I have a shirt that says something very fitting it says: "I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you." Oh, and while I wish all professing atheists came to a saving knowledge of the truth I think talking to you is fun as well. By the way there are no atheists in the world.  Professing atheists know God exists they just suppress the truth in unrighteousness and last I checked people who do not exist cannot cease to exist. 

I said: Another accused one of the "fundies", I assume she meant one of our group, of saying that pregnancy resulting from rape was a blessing. I admit it, I think that even if the child was conceived because of rape that child is still a blessing. Children are always a blessing! This person may have been the one I had a discussion with on Planned Parenthood's facebook page because they accused me of something similar there.

Charles said: Woa. See this right here is indoctrination at it's finest. You are going to, with a straight face look at someone your own age, who after being brutally gang raped, tell them god blessed them? Let, me get this clear. God blessed them by having them raped so they could have a baby, when they themselves are still a child. Perhaps you should take some time and talk with actual rape victims. Go down to the local crisis shelter. Talk with them, see how many are feeling blessed.

Yes Charles I am going to tell a rape victim that the child in their womb is a blessing from God. Rape is not a blessing. Rape is evil it is a man willfully making the decision to brutally harm a woman It is terrible what happened to them that produced that child but the child is still a blessing and cannot be punished because of the sins of their father. I will love them and will help them in whatever way I can and share the Gospel with them. I will cry with them and do whatever I can to help them heal from their terrible circumstances. But I will not tell them that they can kill a child for the sins of their father which is expressly prohibited in God's word.

I said: That was just a few of the comments. Recently another man wrote a letter to the editor about his views on the abortion issue. This man claims to be a "reverend" and calls himself a christian. But I can tell you that in this aspect he is not acting Christlike. You can read the letter here. I am not writing exact quotes due to copyright laws but if you read the letter first this should make sense.

Charles said: Copyright laws do not apply to letters to an editor. 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.'' Ya, I am paraphrasing but I think the point is rather clear. You are judging someone far older than yourself who in all likelihood has studied the bible for twice as long as you have been alive. It is your opinion he is not Christlike. How do you know? Did you meet Christ? Or is your statement based on what you believe the bible says? I suspect the later.

The Bible also says, "Open your mouth judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy" I am "judging" the reverend based on the clear revelation of God. God said something clearly in the Bible, "You shall not murder". When someone says that it is okay to murder I can say to them that God said "You shall not murder" and that is not me imposing my opinion on someone it is me pointing someone who claims to be Christian back to the word of God. And in answer to your question, yes, I have met Christ. He is my Lord and the Holy Spirit is dwelling inside me. It does not matter how long someone has been studying the Bible that does not mean that they cannot be wrong. Everyone is fallible instead of looking to people's flawed interpretations of Scripture look to Scripture itself.

I said: This man thinks that I am entitled to my opinion but I am not allowed to require other professing Christians to to agree with me. I do not require other Christians to agree with my opinion. I just tell them that they need to agree with God's word. There is a difference. My opinion does not matter, what God said in His Word does matter.

Charles said: I Timothy 2:12 ''But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.'' So do you agree with God's word? Are you 'in silence''? Apparently god's word does not matter to you. Only the parts that you think are important and have translated to fit your narrow minded viewpoint, do.

So I am not allowed to speak at all? I am not in authority over men. I can say what God's Word says and when I do that it is not me speaking from my own authority that is God's authority because He said it. When I speak I am not in authority over men I am merely expressing my opinion. Like I said my opinion does not matter.

I said: At the end of the letter the reverend said that in such a context abortion can be morally justified and ethically correct. Since abortion is murder, this "reverend" just said that murder is morally justified and ethically correct in at least certain circumstances! And then he calls himself a person of the Christian faith!

Charles said: Oh no whatever will we do?! This guy who claims to be a Christian disagrees with me! ..... Yes kid it happens. This only offers evidence your bible was written by men, not a perfect god. If it was written by a perfect god then the message within would also be perfect. It would be unmistakable and understood by all who read it without any room to be mistranslated. Oh, and no he said under certain circumstances abortion is justifiable, not that murder is justified. 
To save the life of a mother who happens to be nine years old and was brutally gang raped by an Islamic extremist group, defiantly (sic) seems justifiable. Does it not? Or are you the judge of whose life is more important? If the doctors do not preform (sic)the abortion she dies. Now let's say they share your view and do not preform (sic) it. The mother dies. Is that not murder of the mother? .... I know Christians brain working overtime now.
Yes people are going to disagree with me. I know, trust me plenty of people disagree with me. The problem is not when people disagree with me, the problem is when someone says that they believe God and call themselves a Christian and then deny the plain meaning of God's written revelation. That is a problem. People can disagree with me all they want, they just should not disagree with their Creator and King.

When you say that this offers evidence that the Bible was written by men I have to disagree. The Bible is the Word of God. People are fallible that is why there are different interpretations of the Bible not because the Bible is in error it is because the people reading it are in error.
Let me translate. Abortion is murder in every circumstance. So when someone says abortion is justifiable they say that murder is justifiable. Now I think you are trying to make me feel pity for this hypothetical 9 year old. Yes I would feel sorry for this young mother and would do everything I could to help her, like I said before. Now I would like you, Charles, to provide me with one piece of evidence that shows that pregnancy has ever killed someone. And if the pregnancy has not yet killed the girl how do we know it will? Sometimes doctors make mistakes and misdiagnose someone. And no I do not think that murder is justifiable in any circumstance.

Charles said: You have done nothing but offer opinion. In direct violation of I Timothy I might add. You do realize that Planned Parenthood does more than just abortions right? In fact abortion services make up a very small percentage of what they do. Maybe just maybe, if you I don't know, actually visited a facility and talked to the people inside a light might come on for ya.

Yes Charles I do know that Planned Parenthood offers more than abortions. But no matter how much supposed good someone does that does mean that they are allowed to murder people. As long as Planned Parenthood provides abortions I cannot support them. And if I tried visiting the Planned Parenthood facility in Portland which is where I minister I would be arrested by Portland Police Department. Let's make a deal Charles, if you make a deal with Planned Parenthood in Portland and with the police that says that I will not be arrested for criminal trespassing and that a Planned Parenthood employee will actually talk to me and answer my questions I might go in and talk to them. But sadly I do not think that will happen.

Prayer
Please be in prayer for our family as on Tuesday we are planning on going to Earth Science Day in Augusta. I am hoping to be able to have conversations with some of the scientists there about evolution and the Christian worldview. Please pray that I would have wisdom and that God would give me the words to say and that God would open the eyes and the hearts of the scientists to the truth of His word. Please pray for their salvation.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Letter To The Editor On Abortion Receives Many Comments And Even Another Letter To The Editor About My Post

Hi everyone.
In my last post I wrote about my letter to the editor at Portland Press Herald. The letter was in response to another letter to the editor written by a young woman named Caroline. I wrote back, (see my last post.) It was published on their website and received over 80 comments. Recently a "reverend" wrote a response to my letter. I would like to take a little time discussing these comments and the reverend's response.

For the comments:
One comment asked, Whose god? Which god? and went on to tell me to do what my God wants me to do and to keep out of other people's beliefs.Well I hope everyone can see the blatant contradiction there. He is arguing against my beliefs by saying that I should leave people's beliefs alone and at the same time trying to make me follow his beliefs. Oh well, what should I expect from people who cannot even justify their worldview let alone justify logical argumentation.

Another person wanted to tell me that my view on abortion being premeditated murder is just my opinion. Sorry but that was not my opinion God had come up with that "opinion" long before I did.

One person asked me to please stay out their bedroom and out of their religion. Well if they want me to stay out their business maybe they should stay out of my business and stop telling me what do with my religion.

And I did not know this but my level of ignorance and my blind faith will end up putting millions of women at risk and without access to healthcare. Or at least that is what one person thinks about me.

One person told me that I should seek help. You know there are many good counselors. I think this person should seek help from the only one who can really help any of us, God Almighty.

One person told me that as an American first and foremost they respect my opinion. They then went on to say that they were an atheist and disagreed with my belief in God but at least they were polite. I like civil conversations more than yelling matches. This comment was better than some of the others.

Someone said that we do not want to adopt special needs children, babies born addicted to drugs or "other-racial" children. First question, who ever said that? I would love to adopt a baby no matter what problems they had. Health problems whatever, we can deal with it. And "other-racial" children? We are not racists. We accept people no matter what shade of skin they have. Maybe the person who wrote this did not realize that two of the brothers who preach outside Planned Parenthood are dark skinned and that two of the families there, including my family, have children with disabilities. Oh and the founder of Pro-Life Missionaries of Maine adopted a boy from Ethiopia. Hint, he is not white. Oh and that lady is actually half Japanese. She isn't even all white. Well there goes that argument.

One person said to feed, clothe, and help the living children before I get obsessed with anything else. That is what I am doing trying to keep mothers from murdering their living children. I think that is a good first step to caring for them.

Another person said they wished they lived in a world where people like me did not exist. Well I bet that is how they feel about the One True God but that does not make Him, or me, cease to exist. You can wish all you want but that does not change reality.

Yet another person said that I need to minister to the group in front of Planned Parenthood about lying because ALL of our posters lie and they actively LIE. If they could provide facts that show we are lying I would like to hear them. PLEASE provide evidence for your claims instead of just making assertions.

Another accused one of the "fundies", I assume she meant one of our group, of saying that pregnancy resulting from rape was a blessing. I admit it, I think that even if the child was conceived because of rape that child is still a blessing. Children are always a blessing! This person may have been the one I had a discussion with on Planned Parenthood's facebook page because they accused me of something similar there.

That was just a few of the comments. Recently another man wrote a letter to the editor about his views on the abortion issue. This man claims to be a "reverend" and calls himself a christian. But I can tell you that in this aspect he is not acting Christlike. You can read the letter here. I am not writing exact quotes due to copyright laws but if you read the letter first this should make sense.

Yes I do claim to know God's will in this matter concerning abortion. He said "You shall not murder." I think that is pretty clear what He meant. This man can think whatever he wants but that does not make it true. As is made clear in the rest of the letter this man is not getting his argument from the Bible so I think that he probably went against his own advice and had an already formed opinion and then twisted Scripture to try to justify his claim.

This man thinks that I am entitled to my opinion but I am not allowed to require other professing Christians to to agree with me. I do not require other Christians to agree with my opinion. I just tell them that they need to agree with God's word. There is a difference. My opinion does not matter,  what God said in His Word does matter.

Also, the prophet Micah said to "do justice." Being a voice for the voiceless and calling people to stand up for justice and the rights of the unborn sounds like doing justice to me. "Love kindness." Yes be kind to the baby in the womb. Maybe for a start you could try showing kindness to them by not murdering them in their mother's womb. "Walk humbly with God." Yes, humble yourself before God acknowledge that God is smarter than you and stop trying to make up your own opinions and saying that your thoughts are better than His revealed Word. And also why are you judging my personal faith decisions based on your biases and beliefs. Let me make my own decisions based on my understanding of God, faith and my circumstances Reverend. Please Reverend take your own advice and stop telling me what to believe.

At the end of the letter the reverend said that in such a context abortion can be morally justified and ethically correct. Since abortion is murder, this "reverend" just said that murder is morally justified and ethically correct in at least certain circumstances! And then he calls himself a person of the Christian faith!

He then says that he helped found the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights and then said that he is a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood. Then he says that is where his faith leads him not to the absolutism I expressed in my letter. Well, that can be where his faith leads you because he does not have faith in the God of the Bible who expressly states that "You shall not murder," and that we should take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness. I express absolutism because I am stating what God has said and He is the ultimate authority! I have a reason to be absolute. Sadly this reverend is resting his argument on mere opinion not on the authority of God's Word.

My friend Sam Caldwell wrote an excellent response to this man's letter. Here it is:
Dear Donald J. Rudalevige,

I would like to offer some loving responses to your ‘Letter to the Editor.’ I am praying for you - praying to our heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

You wrote, “Virginia Cowperthwaite is very decided in her knowledge of what is God’s will. I suggest that such certainty is usually derived from a person’s already-formed opinion, which then looks to Scripture to support it.”

That could very well be the case. But could it not also be the case that Miss Cowperthwaite is “very decided” because she is following Paul’s words in Romans 12:1? (Please forgive me; I am quoting the Bible because you were quoting the Bible. I want to meet the terms of your argument.) There Paul commands, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

Could it not be that Miss Cowperthwaite is in fact "testing" and "discerning" something true about the will of God? Could it perhaps be that she is taking the Scriptures to be clear enough for us to read them intelligently, clear enough for us to know and follow God’s will from them?

I appreciate that you quote from Micah 6:8. You write, “The prophet Micah says that it is God’s will ‘to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God.’” But I must ask: did you not discern something clear about God’s will in that verse? Or is your perception of God’s will here just as opinion-ridden as Miss Cowperthwaite’s?

I don’t know whom to trust!

If you did discern something intelligible about God’s will in Micah 6:8, do you believe that such a beautiful text stands alone? Or would you allow for the thought that Micah’s terms find further definition elsewhere in the Word of God?

(In a word, what do you think about how Paul and the Bereans teach us to ‘compare spiritual things with spiritual’ (1 Corinthians 2:13), to ‘search the Scriptures’ (Acts 17:11)?)

Don’t you love the other parts of the Bible where those things Micah promotes – justice, a love of kindness, and walking humbly – are further defined?

Is the “justice” you read of in Micah divorced from the enjoinment of Proverbs 24:11: “Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back”?

Is the “love” part of God’s will – which you clearly discerned in your reading of Micah 6:8, didn’t you? – at all connected with what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:6? There Paul tells us that true love “does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.” What do you think of such love? Or do you find that “the truth” is better left as a matter of opinion? Surely the truth could never “require agreement,” or lead Miss Cowperthwaite to do so, could it?

Does your love “rejoice with the truth,” or does your love find “the truth” foggier than the Portland Head Light?

Does your “love of kindness” also love the kindness of God? For the kindness of God leads you to repentance (Romans 2:4), if Paul was speaking clearly. But repentance from what? Surely we’d have to have a modicum of agreement – some semblance of truth – if we were to speak of an actual repentance from an actual…something, no?

But the part of Micah 6:8 that really speaks clearly to you is the part about “walking humbly.” You write, “For me, that humility suggests that we not try to judge the personal faith decisions of others on the basis of our beliefs and biases, but allow them the choice of their understanding of God, faith and circumstance.”

I guess you are entitled to your opinion, just as Miss Cowperthwaite is to hers. But what you “may not do, yet seek to do, is require others of us who identify as Christian” to agree with you.

You assume agreement, as you must be aware, when you tell us what it means to be “fully human.” You seek agreement when you tell us that “In such a context, abortion can be a morally justified and ethically correct option.”

And I hope you realize that at that point in your Letter you have laid down your Bible, so I will put mine down too for a moment - if only to try to meet the terms of your argument.

You believe that “To be fully human means to make choices based on one’s own understanding of faith, their personal circumstances and their relationship to others.”

My fully human choice-making faculties are telling me that either a) you are right in your stance on abortion, b) Miss Cowperthwaite is right, or c) you’re both wrong.

With an issue as serious as abortion, I quite respectfully would not want to follow a mere “matter of opinion” from either of you. The stakes are just too high!

Either “babies are being murdered” or “abortion can be a morally justified and ethically correct option.”

Or…maybe it’s all just a matter of opinion, and the God who called Himself “the Truth” (John 14:6) does not require agreement from His followers on something as insignificant as a few million human lives. Because after all, those lives are not "fully human" on your definition, are they?

I like that phrase of yours, “to be fully human.” If only someone could define it in a more humane way.

David, how did you define the "fully human" in Psalm 139:13-16?

"For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them."

David's approach seems just a bit more "just and kind and humble." What do you, think?

In Christ, 
-Sam Caldwell
sam.caldwell@utoronto.ca

I think this is an excellent response. Thank you Sam. I may write another letter to the editor in response. If I do I will post it here. This is turning into a fun conversation and not only that but God has made it so that the secular newspaper is publishing that abortion is murder! God can use anyone to proclaim the truth. Even the newspaper!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia.

Are "Abortion Protesters" Taking Away A Person's God Given Right To Choose?

Hi everyone. Recently a young woman named Caroline wrote a letter to the editor about Pro-Life Missionaries of Maine which was posted in a local newspaper, the Portland Press Herald. You can see the article here. I wrote a reply to this article and sent it to the same newspaper as a letter to the editor. I received a call from the newspaper to verify authorship of the letter and it was just recently published on there website.

Letters to the editor are supposed to be less than 300 words. I believe my submission was around 280 words. I did not want to write anything more so that Portland Press Herald did not have reason for editing anything out for the sake of length. But here I do not have a word limit so I can write as much as I want. Here is the letter I wrote to the paper:

"Recently Caroline Herriman wrote a letter to the editor about the Christians outside Planned Parenthood in Portland. My family ministers with the Christians there and I would like to respond to the assertions in Caroline's letter.

God is loving and forgiving. However the Bible also says that "God is angry with the wicked every day". God is loving but He is also just, and must punish sin. Justice must still be served, otherwise God would no longer be just. We cannot pick and choose which attributes of God we want and ignore the rest. We must remember all the attributes of Almighty God.

God created our minds with the ability to reason and make choices, but He also gave us commands to obey. You can make the choice to have an abortion, however God commanded in His Word that "you shall not murder". Abortion is the premeditated murder of a child created in the image of God in the womb. Abortion therefore is not a matter of exercising your "God given right to choose." Abortion is a matter of someone making the choice to disobey God's commandment. 

God is not "proud of His creations" killing their children and calling it "choice." Do not invoke the name of Almighty God to justify sinful actions which violate His express commands. Pro-abortion is pro-death. Abortion is murder! People who try to justify executing innocent children are pro-death. 

Christians should never "thank" an organization that murders children no matter how much good they do otherwise. Christians should not support Planned Parenthood. 

Those wishing to engage in civil discussion are encouraged to email us at prolifemissionary@gmail.com"

At the start of the letter Caroline identified our group as "Evangelical Christians." She correctly identified our group as Christians instead of "anti-abortion protesters." Usually we are the "abortion protesters" so someone recognizing that we are Evangelical Christians is a welcome change.

Caroline talks about trying to engage some of the protesters. I was not there but I would have loved to talk to her. Caroline talks about learning that God is all-loving, and all-forgiving. People like to think about God as a nice friend who is always there to help you when you need it but otherwise he just sits on the shelf next to all their others idols that they have created in their own mind. Yes, God is love, but as the Bible teaches a father who loves His children disciplines and instructs his children. He does not just leave them to continue to wallow in their sin and say "Oh, It's okay I love them no matter what they do." God chastises us when we sin. God hates sin He does not love it when His creations use the resources He has given us to fulfill our own sinful desires instead of using them to glorify Him.

Caroline talks about how she thinks that God would be proud of science that betters the lives of His creations. I do not understand what this has to do with murdering 3,000 of His creations everyday. That certainly is not bettering the lives of His creations it is the exact opposite, it is destroying them.

God would like it if every innocent person was given the ability in our society to exercise their God-given rights. One of these rights is the right to life. But this woman is arguing that people should be given the "right" to take away the God-given right to life of the child in the womb. She is trying to justify taking away a child's right to life by saying that it is a God-given right to murder that innocent
child.

God does not want us to give people the liberty to murder someone. He has commanded, "You shall not murder." That does not sound to me like He was giving people a choice. It sounds to me like He gave people a command to obey.

Caroline says that no one is pro-death, no one wants to see innocents killed. She is very deceived or ignorant. If you stand outside an abortion mill you will see lots of people that are pro-death although they prefer the term "Pro-choice". Since abortion is murder, anyone who is pro-abortion is pro-death.

I have a question. How does abortion heal someone's wounds? Murdering someone does not heal wounds. Yes, I agree that abortion lets the mother live her life in most circumstances except when something goes wrong and she dies from complications of the abortion as well as the child. But it still murders the child! Abortion is never good because it murders an innocent child. You cannot justify it simply because it lets a mother live her life the way she wants without having to deal with the consequences.

In the last paragraph Caroline asks if we should consider that we cannot save everyone. Oh yes that is something we should consider. Only God can save anyone, but He has also commanded us to rescue those being taken away to death and to preach the Gospel. So that is what we do. Also should Christians thank an organization that provides healthcare but also murders children made in the image of God. In the words of the apostle Paul, "By no means!" No Christians should not support anyone who murders innocent children.

Pro-Life Missionaries of Maine does not usually get letters to the editor published in the newspaper. I hope that I get to talk to this woman at some point to try to explain to her our position. It is always nice to be able to talk to people and have a pleasant conversation. Please pray for her Salvation.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia