First, a story (my emphasis added):

From here.

Finley Crampton really shouldn’t be here. Although his parents would have loved another child, they knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition – and they couldn’t take the risk.

After all, their first son had died of the condition and the second was born with serious kidney damage.

So when Finley’s mother, Jodie Percival, became pregnant while on the Pill, she and her fiance Billy Crampton, 35, made the agonising decision to abort this child.

‘Deciding to terminate at eight weeks was just utterly horrible but I couldn’t cope with the anguish of losing another baby,’ said Miss Percival, 25.

However, Finley had other ideas. And some time after the operation, Miss Percival felt a fluttering in her stomach.

Eventually her doctor sent her for a scan – and she discovered she was 19 weeks pregnant.

The child had survived the abortion and thrived in the womb. ‘I couldn’t believe it,’ said Miss Percival. ‘This was the baby I thought I’d terminated.

‘At first I was angry that this was happening to us, that the procedure had failed.

‘I wrote to the hospital, I couldn’t believe that they had let me down like this. They wrote back and apologised and said it was very rare.’

But a week later, another scan confirmed that this baby had kidney problems too, like the couple’s previous children.

Miss Percival carries a gene which triggers multicystic dysplastic kidney – which causes cysts to grow on the kidneys of an unborn baby.

Her first baby, Thane, had lived for only 20 minutes after she was forced to deliver him prematurely.

Her second son, Lewis, now 20 months, was born with a similar condition. He survives on one kidney.

However, doctors told the couple from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, that this child was likely to survive, so they decided he deserved a chance.

And in November, Finley was born three weeks premature, at 6lb 3oz.

He had minor kidney damage but is expected to lead a normal life.

‘I knew if that operation hadn’t failed he wouldn’t have been there,’ said Miss Percival, a hairdresser.

‘I just couldn’t believe that this child had got through it all and looked so perfect.

‘He may need an operation but as only one of his kidneys is affected he can survive.

‘I still struggle to believe just what he has fought through. Now he’s here I wouldn’t change it for the world.’

Wow. I rejoice, yet I seethe with righteous anger. So these parents wanted another child, but because there was a *possibility* that he would have kidney issues and *possibly* die later, they decided to go ahead and *matter-of-factly* murder the baby. Okay, let me try to  understand this. Rather than risking a passive loss of a child due to health issues, they wanted to actively take his life? And because they had a previous child lost to such issues, that somehow justifies murder?

The article says it was an “agonising” decision for the parents. Somehow, I don’t think so. Let’s consider the words of this mother.

“Deciding to terminate at eight weeks was just utterly horrible but I couldn’t cope with the anguish of losing another baby”

Look who the emphasis is on, according to this mom. Let’s change some words around that basically show the statement for what it is. “Deciding to murder my baby at eight weeks so that it wouldn’t have to deal with only a *possible* kidney issue and die was just utterly horrible, but not so horrible as ME, MYSELF, and I having to cope with the anguish of losing another baby.”

HELLO!??!? Murdering a child in the womb IS “losing another baby!!!!” Furthermore, she doesn’t care about the baby, because as far as she is concerned (along with the spineless daddy) is herself and her emotional stability. It’s funny that the article says, “the parents would have loved another child …” I’m not following. First, they were on “the pill.” Second, they didn’t love the child that God gave them; instead, they sought to end its life.

We’re not God, folks. We’re not the ones who decide when a life is “worth it” or not. That’s God’s job, and should be His doing. He gives, he takes away, blessed be His holy Name. When the state executes capital punishment, it should be because God has called for it, and it fits the crime. So even then, we’re not the ultimate deciders. We’re not to determine when it’s best for a Baby to be born or not. This is disgusting.

Can you imagine how this baby will feel when she grows up and catches wind of all this? Furthermore, the mom got angry when learning that the murder didn’t finalize. Awww … bless her heart (NOT!). So she writes a letter to the hospital complaining. “You know, I payed you to get rid of this problem, and now look what has happened.” The hospital even apologized for not successfully murdering the baby!

May God have mercy on the Church for standing idly by as things such as these pervade every facet of life. May God grant repentance to this mother and father and hospital who are so calloused to reality. May God have mercy on us all.

Well, I certainly encourage you to order your copy today of the Gunn Productions’ The Monstrous Regiment of Women. So long as you buy this gem before October 15th, you’ll get free shipping, and the shipping is fast! This doucmentary was a welcome addition to my very small DVD collection (I’m more into books ;)), and I want to point you to a good friend of mine’s review on The Monstrous Regiment, as I think she captures well the substance of the film.

I also want to say “Thanks” to all those folks at Gunn Productions for bringing this issue to the forefront, as the subject matter therein needs to be heard not only by those outside the Church, but many inside as well. Feminism has perniciously crept its way into the hearts and minds of women throughout our culture. Why? Well, ultimately, in my opinion, I think it’s due to the Men abdicating their roles as Protectors.

To any at Gunn Productions, in case you read this, I’m not sure what other plans you have for documentaries, etc., but I just wanted to suggest a few topics that I believe would be invaluable contributions to Christ’s Church:

1. Covenantal Headship/Responsibility of the Man(This would be a great companion to The Monstrous Regiment due to subject matter)

2. A More Specific and Exhaustive Look at Abortion

Thanks again to Gunn Productions for making this available.

You know, there are just a few things that I’m sick and tired of seeing/hearing/experiencing in this world. And even more particularly amongst self-professing evangelicals. Now, when I use the term evangelical, I use it very loosely, as I, myself, don’t know if I’m comfortable using it to describe myself. More and more, I’m leaning toward the Reformed label in a historical sense, but we shall see.

Anyway…

I have had it with feminism. I have had it with the whole selfish, infantile, screamings of women who are tired of being “oppressed”, “restricted”, ________ (fill-in-the-blank). It’s ridiculous. But you know what I hate even worse? Can you guess?

Within evangelicalism, feminism has had its way, admnistered its poison, and spineless jellyfish of…ahem….men have allowed it to happen, even within the church. I’m sorry, guys, but its our fault. It is time to be men. It is time to cherish the woman for the role that God has given her. This means a return to the godly, biblical, chivalrous exaltation of the role a woman plays in being a wife, a mother….a helpmeet.

No longer should we sit idly by and allow this bastard world define equality between men and women. No longer should we acquiesce to the mundane montras like, “well, in today’s world, a household needs two full-time incomes to make ends meet…that’s just how it is.” It is time to, in the words of the Apostle Paul, by inspiration of God Himself, “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” This is not some call to hollywood John Wayne machismo (Cuz to be honest, I like Eastwood better). This is a call to strong-minded, determined, biblical godliness and masculinity in a world that is so saturated, pervaded, and perverted with the cancers of effeminate male-passivity, and godless feminist tendencies.  

It is my desire to undertake some blog entries examining the biblical roles of men and women (particularly husbands and wives) in the church, in the home, and in society. In doing so, I’m sure I’ll be labeled a dogmatist, a chauvenist, a paranoid alpha-male, and the like. The truth is, however, our sisters in Christ deserve better leadership than they’re getting. They deserve better treatment than they’re getting. And God knows, He alone is worthy of men acting according to His revealed, prescribed roles as He has set them forth.

Just as through one man, sin entered the world, and not through the woman who actually was the first to sin chronologically…just as Adam was held responsible and culpable for abdicating his headship over Eve….men, it’s time that we take back the reigns of responsibility and relieve women of a burden that was not given to them. We are the burden bearers of family responsibility. We are the ones held accountable for familial spiritual welfare, life, and well-being. It’s time to stand up, Gentlemen. Stop being so selfish and brace yourself like men.

We are to be faithful to our Creator. May it be so.