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Deliverance Ministries have been growing in popularity and are built on the premise that while Christians cannot be possessed by demons, they can be oppressed by demonic spirits. As with any teaching that claims to be based in the word of God, it is our duty as Christians to examine and compare every teaching to the Bible to see if what is being said is true (Acts 17:11).
Here are some great resources concerning deliverance ministries that we recommend everyone consider. After you have viewed and read all the resources, we would be glad to know your thoughts in the comments.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
Deliverance Hits the Big Screen
Do Christians Need Demons Cast Out of Them?
Are Deliverance Ministries Biblical?
A Pastor’s Review of Greg Locke’s Movie
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Truth or Territory: A Biblical Approach to Spiritual Warfare
June 24, 2023, marked the one year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade. Ben Zeisloft wrote an excellent article concerning the current reality of abortion in our country.
To acknowledge this anniversary, Mayday Health set up a chemical abortion information store in Bastrop, TX to let women know abortion is still legal in all 50 states. The story was covered here and here.
Abolition Headlines
Abolitionists Rising, which has reached 100K YouTube subscribers🥳, released multiple videos on YouTube:
The Conversations With a Calvinist featured yours truly on his podcast this week and I was able to speak about abolition as part of the episode. The portion concerning abolition begins at the 47:00 mark.
Abolitionist Bradley Pierce was featured on episode 239 of the Out of The Question podcast concerning the differences between pro-life and abolitionism.
C.R. Cali released a video and the Foundation to Abolish Abortion released an article both concerning HR464, the new “North Star” of the pro-life movement which in reality is Roe 2.0. The Instagram account @soyouwantthetruthabout also had an informative post concerning this resolution.
Not A Victim/Things You Say to Us is fundraising to help legally restructure her two organizations. The cost will be $6,675. Please help spread the word about this effort and donate if you are financially able here.
God has answered a specific prayer recently concerning the kill mill in Bristol, VA. Those who minister outside of this mill (The Imago Dei and Life Bristol) have been praying for the Lord to soften the hearts of the owners of the house that is adjacent to the mill and allow them to use part of their yard to be able to speak to the women in the parking lot of the clinic. Two weeks ago, they were granted access and we praise the Lord of that!
Pro-Life Headlines
Live Action held a “Rally Against the Abortion Pill” on June 23rd at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Thankfully, there was an abolitionist named Philip Miedzinski on site in DC to remind attendees that abortion pills do not kill any child, the mothers who take them do.
Lila Rose, President of Live Action, and Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life, were guests on the Whatever Podcast to debate the issue of abortion. The host stated that Kristan’s argument against penalizing pregnant women who willfully kill their children in the womb because they are also victims of abortion was “the worst answer ever”. The full exchange can be found here.
JAMA released a report about live birth rates in Texas since the Heartbeat Act was passed. As usual, the Pro-Life establishment interpreted this report to mean something it does not, and, as usual with Texas news concerning abortion, Abolitionist Paul Brown was there to set the record straight.
Tweet Threads Worth Reading
If you're interested in abortion numbers post-Dobbs, this thread is for you 🧵 (I'm going to reference some sources, which I'll hyperlink at the bottom of the thread, FYI)
The Pre-Roe History of Abortion in America: The Truth That Abortion Has Never Been Treated Like Murder (Not Even Close) Many people falsely believe that prior to Roe v. Wade abortion in the United States was illegal, and that women were jailed en masse for it.
🧵5 Reasons We Must Reject Maternal Immunity in Abortion Laws
1) If someone is allowed to do a certain act without any possibility of legal penalty, the act is legal. If women are immune from prosecution in an abortion, they have the right to abortion. (1/15) pic.twitter.com/XCwbNqm7xv
— Abolitionists Rising 🌳🪓 (@AbolitionRising) June 23, 2023
🧵There are some abolitionist brothers who argue that incrementalism vs. immediatism isn't a helpful paradigm for understanding this difference between abolitionism and pro-lifeism. They argue that just laws vs unjust laws is the more helpful way of explaining it. (1/7)
— Abolitionists Rising 🌳🪓 (@AbolitionRising) June 27, 2023
Upcoming Events
July 29th – Abolish Abortion North Carolina’s Director of Education, Wayne Groover, is speaking at the NC Constitution Party’s State Convention in Asheboro. The topic will revolve around the abolition of abortion. It would be helpful for other abolitionists to attend and engage! You can register for the event here.
August 11th & 12th – Woodlawn Baptist Church (Baton Rouge) is hosting a conference on August 11th & 12th titled, “Protecting Life After Roe”. Speakers include Brian Gunter, Blake Gideon, and Dusty Deevers. Registration for the event can be found here.
September 21st-23rd – National G3 Conference in Atlanta, GA. Although this is not an abolition conference or event, numerous abolitionists will be attending and engaging those at the convention and around Atlanta. Several abolition organizations were also approved for booths at the conference.
November 4th – Abolish Abortion Texas and The Foundation to Abolish Abortion is hosting an appreciation dinner in Georgetown, Texas on November 4th.
June 6th-9th – The 2024 Abolitionists Rising Conference has been scheduled for June 6th-9th in Charlotte, NC.
The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention took place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week in New Orleans, LA. We were in attendance and wanted to do a special edition of Abolition News to cover the highlights concerning abolitionism at the convention.
Resolution
Abolitionists did have a resolution to submit this year, but unfortunately, due to an incorrect date listed on the resolution submission website (stating resolutions were due May 30th instead of May 29th), the resolution was not submitted in time to be considered by the resolutions committee. An effort was made to have the resolution heard and voted on. Abolitionists pastor Aaron Wright made a motion to bring the resolution to the floor, but the motion was ruled out of order.
President Election
This year there were two men running for President of the SBC. Bart Barber, who is staunchly opposed to abolition, and Mike Stone, who is supportive of abolition. Bart Barber won reelection, receiving 68% of the votes. Abolitionist Dusty Devers was nominated for 1st Vice President, but did not receive enough votes to secure the position.
Questions to SBC Leaders
On Wednesday, abolitionist (as well as any other messenger) had the opportunity to ask questions of SBC entity heads as well as Seminary Presidents. Questions are limited to three minutes, therefore, only 1-2 questions are able to be asked. After the ERLC report, abolitionist Pastor Brian Gunter was able to ask ERLC President, Brent Leatherwood, if the believed women who murder their children after they are born should be criminalized. Leatherwood refused to answer the question directly.
Abolitionist Beau Hill was able to ask Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President, Danny Akin, his position regarding abolition. Although Dr. Akin gave a more straightforward answer than last year, he still spoke of how he is 100% pro-life.
Abolitionist pastor Richard Henry was able to ask Midwestern Baptist Seminary President, Jason Allen, his position regarding abortion abolition. Abolitionists Rising summed up the exchange well by tweeting, “Allen was more forthright than last year, but he appears to argue that women should be able to murder children with legal immunity. Allen also parrots the common but false idea that some states have outlawed abortion. Abortion is still legal for mothers in all 50 states.” It is worth nothing that in the SBC Book of Reports that is given to every messenger, the ERLC also parroted this false narrative (page 151, paragraph 5).
Abolitionist Rodney King was able to ask New Orleans Baptist Seminary President why there is a group of people allowed to murder pre-born children with impunity and President Dew stated he did not know what King was referring to.
For a summary with videos attached, please read this great twitter thread from Abolitionists Rising.
🧵The Abolitionist Movement is at the SBC Annual Meeting once again! This will be a running thread of Tuesday's events which relate to abolitionism. pic.twitter.com/OZd5ArpGQt
— Abolitionists Rising 🌳🪓 (@AbolitionRising) June 13, 2023
Looking Ahead
Next years SBC will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana! If you are an abolitionist in the Southern Baptist Convention, please start saving and planning to attend the convention next year!
A rally to support HB484 in Alabama was held on May 30th at the State Capitol in Montgomery. Speakers included Jeff Durbin, Derin Stidd, Jason Storms, Paul Abbott, II, and Representative Earnie Yarbrough. An informational meeting was also held that evening at Reformation Baptist Church in Wetumpka.
Abolish Abortion Texas Drop New Merch
Abolish Abortion Texas has premiered three new Equal Protection t-shirt that can be worn by abolitionist in any state. The shirts are available in men’s, women’s, and kid’s sizes!
Roe 2.0 House Resolution Introduced by Pro-Life Congressman
U.S Congressman Doug Lamborn introduced U.S. HR464, the “Recognize Life Resolution” on June 6th. According to Constitutional Attorney Bradley Pierce, this resolution is “Roe 2.0” as it specifically states abortion must remain uncriminalized for pregnant women. Abolitionists Rising described this resolution as the “most dangerous Pro-Life initiative yet“. Please read both threads below in their entirety!
🧵 This is neither an equal protection bill nor a personhood bill. It says the Constitution shall not be construed to permit any woman to be prosecuted for murdering her own preborn child, which declares self-managed abortions as a constitutional right. This would be Roe 2.0. 👎 https://t.co/paTEiDZpDTpic.twitter.com/eDLfUVGMIJ
U.S. HR464, the "Recognizing Life Resolution," was just introduced in Congress and is being touted by Rep. Doug Lamborn and @LiveAction as an equal protection resolution. But the reality is that this resolution is Roe 2.0. (1/10) https://t.co/lJsinPJyjK
— Abolitionists Rising 🌳🪓 (@AbolitionRising) June 7, 2023
According to Representative Doug Lamborn, who introduced the bill, and Live Action/Lila Rose’s social media accounts, Live Action is in full support of Roe 2.0 claiming this is the “New North Star” for the Pro-Life movement. Pro-Life site LifeNews.com, when reporting on the HR464, stated “Additionally, it acknowledges that mothers often are second victims of the profit-driven abortion industry and abortionists alone should be punished for killing unborn babies. Protections for unborn babies “shall not be construed to permit the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child,” the bill states.””
That is not equal protection, folks. Kansas abolitionist Stu McArthur stated in a tweet, “@LiveAction This Resolution is incoherent and wicked. It lays out an excellent argument for the pre-born child as a human person worthy of equal protection of the law – and then Resolves to deny that person protection from being murdered by their own mother. Every supporter of this resolution needs to repent. Deuteronomy 1:17″ and I could not agree more.
Abolition Headlines
Abolitionists Rising released multiple videos on YouTube:
Equal Protection SC are working on Summer Tour dates for Anderson county, Greenville/Spartanburg, Columbia, Grand Strand area, and York County. If you live in South Carolina and would like them to visit your area, please contact them.
Several articles have been published concerning HB484 in Alabama:
SeverentsandHeralds.com published an article titled “Bible or Barber on Abolishing Abortion?” about the President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s position against abortion abolitionists. The article was written by SBC pastor Dusty Deevers.
According to a tweet from Jon Speed, LOOR.TV in partnership with CHOICE42 will be premiering Episode 2 of their Exposed series covering IVF on Tuesday, June 12th.
A new webiste (I do not know who runs it or if they are abolitionist) titled “Build-A-Baby” released a satirical video by the same title concerning IVF.
Upcoming Events
June 11-12th – Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans. Although this is not an abolition conference or event, numerous abolitionists will be attending and engaging those at the convention and around New Orleans.
November 4th – Abolish Abortion Texas and The Foundation to Abolish Abortion is hosting an appreciation dinner in Georgetown, Texas on November 4th.
In a special called session of the South Carolina legislature, S.474 (Heartbeat Bill) was passed. Before its passing, Representative Rob Harris submitted Amendment 7 “to both protect the unborn and obey the SC and US constitutions” by giving equal protection to our neighbors in the womb. Pro-life politician John McCravy spoke against the amendment and the amendment failed 32-66. A video of Harris speaking for and McCravy speaking against the amendment can be found here.
Alabama Equal Protection Bill Filed
State Representative Ernie Yarbrough filed HB454, the Equal Protection Act, on May 11, 2023 in Alabama. The bill has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee where is must pass before it can move to a floor vote. As of publication, no hearing date has been set. 1819 News reported on the filing here and included an interview with End Abortion Alabama.
South Carolina – The newly passed South Carolina Heartbeat Act (S.474):
Legalizes the use of chemical abortion pills through all nine months of pregnancy.
Codifies the murder of children by an abortion doctor (hitman):
up until the hitman or nurse decides to find a heartbeat
through 12 weeks if the mother claims she was sexually assaulted
through the entire pregnancy in the case of a “fatal fetal anomaly”
North Carolina – The North Carolina legislature overrode the Governor’s veto to pass SB20. This bill:
codifies the legal murder of children in the womb through 12 weeks if the mother decides to hire a hitman.
codifies the legal murder of children in the womb through all nine months if done by the mother.
Nebraska – After LB626 (12-week abortion “ban”) failed in April, Nebraska Republicans added the legislation into LB574. This Act passed this week and codifies the legal murder of our neighbors in the womb:
by a hitman through “the probable gestational age” of 12 weeks (longer if conceived in rape/incest).
through all nine months if done by the mother.
Kristian Hawkins, President of Students for Life, tweeted a congratulatory tweet to Daniel Cameron, current Attorney General of Kentucky, for securing the republican nomination for KY’s Governor this week. Hawkins stated, “As Attorney General, Cameron defended preborn lives & protected pro-life laws against the radical abortion lobby’s assault. He will be a great pro-life Governor for Kentucky!” As a reminder, Cameron openly opposed HB300 which would have granted our KY neighbors in the womb equal protection. This and what Representative John McCravy did in South Carolina this week simply show yet again that the pro-life establishment has no interest in abolishing abortion.
Upcoming Events
June 11-12th – The Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans. Although this is not an abolition conference or event, numerous abolitionists will be attending and engaging those at the convention and around New Orleans.
On Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023, SB356, the Abolition of Abortion in Missouri Act, was granted a committee hearing. Although multiple witnesses were there to speak for and against SB356, the committee only allowed two organizations to speak for and two to speak against. Bradley Pierce of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion spoke in favor stating the abolitionist belief “that murdering anyone should be illegal for everyone”. Jeff Durbin of End Abortion Now also spoke in favor of the bill.
Two pro-life organization spoke against the bill. Samuel Lee of Campaign Life Missouri and Susan Klein of Missouri Right to Life both opposed the bill citing the NRCL letter published on May 12, 2022. According to the committee minutes, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region & SW MO and Pro Choice Missouri were also present to speak against the bill. A video of the hearing can be watched here.
By their actions both pro-life organizations showed they share the same belief that Planned Parenthood and Pro-Choice Missouri hold-–that life in the womb is less valuable and therefore should be less protected than life outside of the womb.
Matthew Wiersema, who is producing the film “Abolitionists”, has put out a fund raising call to help finish the film. To donate, please click here.
Pro-Life Headlines
On April 27th, The Nebraska legislature voted down a pro-life bill to regulate abortion as healthcare. LB626 would have lowered the gestational age at which a pregnant mother could hire a hitman (abortionist) to murder her child from twenty weeks to six weeks and included exemptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother as well as IVF. The bill also kept abortion legal for the pregnant woman and gave no legal penalties to abortionists other than potential “professional discipline”.
In South Carolina, another pro-life bill to regulate abortion as healthcare, H3774 (which Students for Life gave huge support to), was defeated in the Senate. According to Equal Protection South Carolina, if H3774 would have passed, it would have made it nearly impossible to ever abolish abortion in South Carolina. As a reminder, South Carolina had a bill of equal protection filed (HB3549), and pro-life backed politicians refused to give it a hearing.
Upcoming Events
June 11-12th – Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans. Although this is not an abolition conference or event, numerous abolitionists will be attending and engaging those at the convention and around New Orleans.
On Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023, SB356, the Abolition of Abortion in Missouri Act, was granted a committee hearing in the Missouri Senate. Under current abortion law in Missouri, a doctor may perform an abortion in the case of a medical emergency. It is also legal for pregnant women to preform their own abortions with a chemical abortion pill regimen or instrument through all nine months of pregnancy. SB356’s intent is to change the law to provide equal protection to children in the womb, meaning the same laws that protect born individuals from murder would be extended to pre-born children.
Although multiple witnesses were there to speak for or against SB356, the committee only allowed two organizations to speak for and two to speak against. Bradley Peirce of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion spoke in favor stating the abolitionist belief “that murdering anyone should be illegal for everyone”. Jeff Durbin of End Abortion Now also spoke in favor of the bill.
Two pro-life organization spoke against the bill. Samuel Lee of Campaign Life Missouri and Susan Klein of Missouri Right to Life both opposed the bill citing the NRCL letter published on May 12, 2022. This same letter also killed a bill of equal protection in Louisiana last year. The letter openly opposes equal protection for our neighbors in the womb and requests that law makers keep abortion legal for the pregnant woman. According to the committee minutes, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region & SW MO and Pro Choice Missouri were also present to speak against the bill.
By their actions, both pro-life organizations showed they share the same belief that Planned Parenthood and Pro-Choice Missouri hold–that life in the womb is less valuable and therefore should be less protected than life outside of the womb.
If you live in Missouri and are interested an supporting an organization who truly does fight to abolish abortion in the “Show-Me” state, please support the work of Abolish Abortion Missouri.
According to Abolish Abortion Missouri, SB356, the Abolition of Abortion in Missouri Act, will be given a hearing in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee at 9:30am local time on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at the Capitol in Jefferson City. Out of love for and on behalf of our pre-born neighbors, all who are able to attend this hearing need to show up!
We also need anyone who can to be contacting members of the committee. Their publicly available contact information is below. You DO NOT have to live in Missouri to contact these legislators.
Facebook Page: Holly Rehder (one of her latest posts was about attending Missouri March for Life, that would be a great post to kindly tell her that should mean she will support SB356)
Be kind and ask each legislator for their support of SB356 as it is the only bill of equal protection filed this session. Remind each legislator that every person is made in the image of God, that as elected legislators they have the duty to establish justice and protect even their most vulnerable citizens, and that abortion is still legal in Missouri and will continue to be unless SB356 is passed. I personally am going to point out the Missouri’s nickname is the “Show-Me” state and these legislators can be seen as leaders in this space since, if SB356 is passed into law, they would be the first state to equally protect all human beings from the moment of fertilization! I will encourage them that they can show the rest of the country what it is like to LEAD on the issue abolishing the holocaust of abortion!
I also find the graphic below helpful if questions arise about the term equal protection.
Please share with everyone you know. Remember, you do NOT have to live in Missouri to contact these legislators!
Abolishing Abortion in Texas Conference & Mission Recap
The Abolishing Abortion in Texas Conference and Mission was hosted by Love of Truth Ministries in Spring Branch, TX, on April 13th-15th. Outreaches were conducted at the University of Texas – San Antonio as well as the Alamo.
State Abolition Bill(s) Updates
Kentucky
Pro-Life backed politicians refused to give HB300 a hearing.
Indiana
Pro-Life backed politicians refused to give HB1596 a hearing.
South Carolina
Pro-Life backed politician refused to give HB3549 a hearing. According to Facebook post from Equal Protection South Carolina, the bill the pro-life lobby is pushing is set for special order next week to be debated in the Senate. If the bill is enacted, it would make it more difficult, if not impossible,to actually abolish abortion in South Carolina.
Abolition Headlines
Abolitionists Rising released multiple videos on YouTube recently including:
Pro-Life Congressman Lindsey Graham, who introduced a bill to limit abortions at the federal level in September 2023, was interviewed recently about his views on abortion. He has several quotes worth noting:
“I’m very pro-life, and I think being pro-life is a winning message,” the Republican senator said. “I oppose late-term abortions. I have a bill that set a national minimum standard of 15 weeks. Fifty out of the 53 European nations ban abortion at 15 weeks. I have an exception for rape, incest and life of the mother.”
“We can win this issue at the ballot box if we show up with reasonable positions. If we have our head in the sand, we’re going to lose,”
I shared this in order to show, again, that pro-life backed politician have no interest in abolishing abortion, only to continue regulating it as healthcare.
Pro-Life Congresswoman Nancy Mace also made headlines recently when she stated the FDA should be in charge of what drugs it approves, not judges, concerning the ruling on Mifepristone. She stated, “We have, over the last nine months, not shown compassion towards women, and this is one of those issues that I’ve tried to lead on as someone who’s ‘pro-life’ and just have some common sense.” When Mace was a state lawmaker in South Carolina, she successfully advocated for the inclusion of exceptions for rape and incest in a proposed six-week “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban bill. I believe Abolitionists Rising said it best in the tweet below:
"Life is sacred and must be valued, but I definitely support legal abortion and you're anti-woman if you don't." How stupid does Rep. Mace think people are? https://t.co/IvoDC99wJm
— Abolitionists Rising 🌳🪓 (@AbolitionRising) April 17, 2023
Upcoming Events
There are no scheduled upcoming abolition events. If you would like to submit an event, please email transformed4more@gmail.com.
It has been a busy week sorting through what the pro-life movement is calling “wins”. I know it is hard to keep up so I decided to write a brief synopsis of the truth about the Mifepristone ruling, the 32,000 “saved” babies since Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Florida’s passage the Heartbeat Protection Act. (Please note, I am not a journalist, this is simply a blog).
Mifepristone
It has been a back and forth week of rulings concerning Mifepristone, the first drug used in most chemical abortions; however, as it stands now, the Supreme Court has put a hold on any decisions until Wednesday, April 19th, so they can consider the Biden administration’s appeal. Regardless of what happens, if Mifepristone cannot be produced here in the US, there are plenty of overseas retailors who will ship the pills (and already do) to women in the US. Remember, chemical abortions are legal in every state for pregnant women to perform meaning they would face no criminal penalties for ordering pills from an overseas source and taking them to murder their child(ren) in the womb. It is worth noting, Mifepristone is the pill in the chemical abortion regimen that starves the child in the womb to death, it is not the pill that aborts the baby. The pill that aborts the baby is called Misoprostol and chemical abortions can be done using only Misoprostol. If Mifepristone is pulled off the market and a woman does not feel comfortable ordering from overseas, they will simply prescribe her a Misoprostol only abortion. It is also worth nothing that abortion pill reversals cannot be done after Misoprostol is taken. Chemical abortions will continue at the same rate no matter the ruling, unfortunately, and more babies will die as a result of the pill reversal no longer being an option.
32,000 Babies Saved?
You may also have seen headlines this week about 32,000 babies being saved since the overturning of Roe. This is misinformation, unfortunately, as well. Those statistics only take into account abortions that happen within the US healthcare system. They do not take into account abortions outside the healthcare system which are done by ordering pills online and consuming them. According to a recent report, chemical abortion pill requests have increased to 6,500 pills a month, which is more than the total decline of abortions within the US healthcare system. That means more children have potentially been murdered since Roe was overturned than before its reversal, not 32,000 less.
Florida’s Heartbeat Protection Act
I have seen many headlines celebrating Florida’s passing of the Heartbeat Protection Act. Here are the main issues with this bill and why it should not be considered a “win”:
It codifies the legal murder of children into law, regulating abortion as healthcare. This is an abomination to God which is explained on this podcast episode.
It has exemptions for fetal abnormalities and children conceived in rape/incest.
It does not abolish abortion; it forces women make their decisions in haste which will lead to the death of more children.
There is no oversite at abortion clinics requiring them to be truthful about gestational age. This law supposes women who are bringing their children in to be murdered and the abortionist will be honest.
Here is another point to contemplate. DeSantis beat out his opponent by 19 points in the 2022 governor’s race. They have a Republican super majority, and we are in a post-Roe world. All of that and they are still regulating abortion as healthcare. Why? I have ideas, but it is clear the pro-life backed politicians in Florida, and every other state, have no interest in abolishing abortion.
Wrap-Up
So there you have it. For those of you new to our site, we are abolitionists, not pro-lifers. If you are interested in learning more about the abolition movement, please click here.
