Jesus didn't come to save us just from the penalty of our sins; he came to save us from our sins - now, today, if we will only respond to the challenge and let him.
Frederica Mathewes-GreenLike an animal caught in a trap, trying to gnaw off its own leg, a woman who seeks abortion is trying to escape a desperate situation by an act of violence and self-loss. Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate.
Frederica Mathewes-GreenCould a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life?
Frederica Mathewes-GreenDisaster movies do us the psychological service of forcing a quick march through the worst that could happen. At the end we see that you win a few, you lose a few, some cars are up in trees, and only the most attractive of the young people have survived.
Frederica Mathewes-GreenAbortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate.
Frederica Mathewes-GreenNo woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal caught in a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg.
Frederica Mathewes-GreenDusty, dark, cold, and hard, coal has no beauty of its own, but when it is consummated by fire it is beautiful and becomes what it was designed to be.
Frederica Mathewes-GreenIt is not a loss of inert, amorphous tissue, but of a growing being unique in history.
Frederica Mathewes-GreenJesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them.
Frederica Mathewes-Green