Thoughts On The Death of George Tiller
Today’s installment of “Blogs I Wish I Wrote” features a post from Randy Bohlender. Randy, better than anyone I read or know of is qualified to speak on behalf of the pro-life movement about what happened to Dr. George Tiller. Randy is an advocate for the unborn, a practitioner of adoption, and a voice for redemption in the fight for the rights of unborn children.
It comes as no surprise then that everything that I and many other pro-lifers were subconsciously chewing on, he has articulated extremely well in his latest posts. The death of Tiller was in no way a victory for our movement, just another opportunity for gross misunderstanding on all sides. Randy’s post takes us beyond just the sad death of this doctor and looks at the struggle that has brought us here. I would encourage you to read his post on the subject here and take a look at some of the follow up thoughts here.
Deep Thought While Watching Star Trek
My wife and I went and watched the latest Star Trek movie last night, not because we’re “Trekkies” but because we thought J. J. Abrams would do an amazing job. The movie was good and J. J. Abrams did not disappoint.
But while I was sitting there I had a thought that I think would be helpful to share. It’s hard to deny the impact that Star Trek has had on us as a society. If you scour the internet there will be no end of articles about how the technology we “saw” in Star Trek has become what we use. This article has a great summary of some surprising ways Star Trek changed what we do.
But what struck me was how much the ideology of Star Trek has become part of our society, even more than the technology. We shouldn’t forget that the point of Gene Rodenberry‘s show was to show humanity working together beyond their boundaries to better mankind. This is why Star Trek was the first T.V. show to have an interracial kiss and why all the members of the Enterprise are from distinctly different nationalities. Rodenberry also intentionally created a world where human beings had stopped believing in anything beyond science. His depicition, no matter how comical at times, has very subtley shaped society.
So here’s my deep thought: This man created a vision of the future and sold it to the Earth in such a way that we have begun to build towards it. How should our vision of the end of the Age and the Kingdom of God change the way we live in society now? How shoud it cause us to live our lives differently?
Encouragement
Lately there’s been plenty of chances to be discouraged about things going on around me. So I thought I would share a few things that have kept me pursuing Jesus in the midst of disappointment.
First, there’s Paul:
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
‘Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?’The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:50-58)
And then…there’s Rita:
The encouragement from Jesus to me that I’m passing on to you is to be faithful and fulfill your calling in the midst of all the obstacles. God is faithful and the struggle for the age to come is worth the price paid here.
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Pursuing Glory 