The Heidelberg: Lord's Day 39

Q. 104. What does God require in the fifth commandment?

A. That I show all honour, love and fidelity, to my father and mother, and all in authority over me, and submit myself to their good instruction and correction, with due obedience; and also patiently bear with their weaknesses and infirmities, since it pleases God to govern us by their hand.

http://www.ccel.org/creeds/heidelberg-cat-ext.txt

The Heidelberg: Lord's Day 38

Q. 103. What does God require in the fourth commandment?

A. First, that the ministry of the gospel and the schools be maintained; and that I, especially on the sabbath, that is, on the day of rest, diligently frequent the church of God, to hear his word, to use the sacraments, publicly to call upon the Lord, and contribute to the relief of the poor. Secondly, that all the days of my life I cease from my evil works, and yield myself to the Lord, to work by his Holy Spirit in me: and thus begin in this life the eternal sabbath.

http://www.ccel.org/creeds/heidelberg-cat-ext.txt

The Heidelberg: Lord's Day 37

Q. 101. May we then swear religiously by the name of God?

A. Yes: either when the magistrates demand it of the subjects; or when necessity requires us thereby to confirm a fidelity and truth to the glory of God, and the safety of our neighbour: for such an oath is founded on God’s word, and therefore was justly used by the saints, both in the Old and New Testament.

Q. 102. May we also swear by saints or any other creatures?

A. No; for a lawful oath is calling upon God, as the only one who knows the heart, that he will bear witness to the truth, and punish me if I swear falsely; which honour is due to no creature.

http://www.ccel.org/creeds/heidelberg-cat-ext.txt

An Abortion Doctor Gives the Details

Earlier today Zach Nielsen shared these horrific details as described by the abortion doctor who performed them. Please, set aside the propaganda for a moment and allow yourself to reflect upon what is being doing to these children – allow your heart to grieve!

Recently Newsweek magazine did a profile on abortionist, Leroy Carhart. In case you are not familiar with the specifics of what he does to these children, he describes it below:

Under oath in July 1997, abortionist Carhart comments on how he performs abortions. Here he is questioned by his attorney:

Question: Are there times when you don’t remove the fetus intact?

Carhart: Yes, sir.

Question: Can you tell me about that, when that occurs?

Carhart: That occurs when the tissue fragments, or frequently when you rupture the membranes, an arm will spontaneously prolapse through the oz. I think most…statistically the most common presentation, we talk about the forehead or the skull being first. We talked about the feet being first, but I think in probably the great majority of terminations, it’s what they world call a transverse lie, so really you’re looking at a side profile of a curved fetus. When the patient…the uterus is already starting to contract and they are starting to miscarry, when you rupture the waters, usually something prolapses through the uterine, through the cervical os, not always, but very often an extremity will.

Question: What do you do then?

Carhart: My normal course would be to dismember that extremity and then go back and try to take the fetus out either foot or skull first, whatever end I can get to first.

Question: How do you go about dismembering that extremity?

Carhart: Just traction and rotation, grasping the portion that you can get a hold of which would be usually somewhere up the shaft of the exposed portion of the fetus, pulling down on it through the os, using the internal os as your counter-traction and rotating to dismember the shoulder or the hip or whatever it would be. Sometimes you will get one leg and you can’t get the other leg out.

Question: In that situation, are you, when you pull on the arm and remove it, is the fetus still alive?

Carhart: Yes.

Question: In that situation, are you, when you pull on the arm and remove it, is the fetus still alive?

Carhart: Yes

Question: Do you consider an arm, for example, to be a substantial portion of the fetus?

Carhart: In the way I read it, I think if I lost my arm, that would be a substantial loss to me. I think I would have to interpret it that way.

Question: And then what happens next after you remove the arm? You then try to remove the rest of the fetus?

Carhart: Then I would go back and attempt to either bring the feet down or bring the skull down, or even sometimes you bring the other arm down and remove that also and then get the feet down.

Question: At what point is the fetus…does the fetus die during that process?

Carhart: I don’t really know. I know that the fetus is alive during the process most of the time because I can see fetal heartbeat on the ultrasound.

“I know that the fetus is alive…” There are no words.

Please remember that Obama is fully in support of this atrocity being fully legal.

(HT: Jeff Lewis)

Mission is the Opposite of Self

This past week the Leadership Network and Catalyst presented an online conference entitled The Nines which featured 70 speakers from all over the country sharing nine minute segments. Although I wasn’t able to watch as much as I would have liked, I do appreciate both Leadership Network and Catalyst for making this great event available at no charge. One of the speakers I was looking forward to but was unable to see was Ed Stetzer. Thankfully, he has posted his nine minute presentation for those of us who missed it.

Ed Stetzer – The 9s from LifeWay on Vimeo.

The Heidelberg: Lord's Day 36

Q. 99. What is required in the third commandment?

A. That we, not only by cursing or perjury, but also by rash swearing, must not profane or abuse the name of God; nor by silence or connivance be partakers of these horrible sins in others; and, briefly, that we use the holy name of God no otherwise than with fear and reverence; so that he may be rightly confessed and worshipped by us, and be glorified in all our words and works.

Q. 100. Is then the profaning of God’s name, by swearing and cursing, so heinous a sin, that his wrath is kindled against those who do not endeavour, as much as in them lies, to prevent and forbid such cursing and swearing?

A. It undoubtedly is, for there is no sin greater or more provoking to God, than the profaning of his name; and therefore he has commanded this sin to be punished with death.

http://www.ccel.org/creeds/heidelberg-cat-ext.txt

The Butterfly Circus

A good friend shared this film on Facebook today and after viewing it I wanted to pass it along. Please take time to watch this beautiful movie. It is only twenty minutes in length and worth every second!

When You Have Nothing Better To Do

http://relevant.tv