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Answer: Not at all. On the contrary, I think all believers should do something, even if it seems small and inconsequential, in our effort to end the killing of children by abortion techniques. If a Christian never does anything -- never puts a bumper sticker on his car for a solidly pro-life candidate, never writes a letter to the editor of the local paper, never sends a letter to his congressman... never does anything but vote, and maybe not even that -- what will he be able to leave for his descendants? What will they find inspiring about how their grandfather or great-grandfather or great-great-grandfather conducted himself in these dark days?

When my grandchildren ask me, "Granddaddy, what did you do when they were killing all the children?" I want to be able to say something like, "Well, I didn't do much, but I did write a few letters to public figures, I maintained a website where the truth about abortion was published, I debated when it was right to debate..." and if I don't live to hear the question put to me by my grandchildren, they will perhaps find in our family archives a collection of things I wrote, an old Peg Luksik bumpersticker, a couple of Alan Keyes yard signs, precious feet pins that have been through the wash so many times the gold finish is peeled off.

Think about all those good German people who in the years following the downfall of the Nazis have had to live with their own decisions during the 30s and 40s -- the kind of decisions that caused them to mind their own business, that reduced them to silent spectators, that caused them to avert their eyes and shuffle by on the other side of the road as great crimes were planned and committed. No, no. I don't advocate that Christians should be uninvolved in the political struggle against injustice. Quite the reverse: It's 1939! The blood of the innocent cries from the ground and witless politicians call it "choice" and "health"! By the grace of God our citizenship gives us the right to proclaim the truth boldly and clearly. Let's not scorn the grace of God! Let us resolve that we will not be "good Germans".  

However, let's not forget that the effect of God's grace in our time will not be fully realized when we succeed in changing laws and putting abortionists behind bars. The hearts and souls of millions of people in this nation are subject to excruciating torment, and a change in the law of the land, though we badly need it, will not help them. It will only call attention to a sin which already they realize they can't face. They can't look at small children on a playground without feeling the abyss in their hearts, and they know they can't stand before the living God with the blood of a son or daughter on their hands. What do they need? They need to hear that in spite of their sin they can stand before God forgiven, cleansed from sin, on the same terms which are available to us all: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and you will be saved."

The political struggle is important, but we dare not forget that at this point in our history, it is not the strategic battlefield. It is, perhaps, like Rommel in North Africa -- a significant foe, but one whose defeat would not be sufficient to break the wicked heart and will of the enemy who presided over Berlin. The Enemy who stands behind the killing of children in our day will not be overthrown by law; he will be overthrown by the grace and power of God in the message of the Gospel.

Peter Barry 12/14/1999

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