Handwriting in Philadelphia

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Finally, after days of deliberating the jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of Dr. Herbert Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor accused of running a filthy charnel house euphemistically called an "abortion clinic". All done of course under the protective cloak of law that allows doctors to rip human life from the womb of a mother. I hope he spends the remainder of his life behind bars dealing with the consequences of his actions, and maybe by the grace of God coming in time to a measure of guilt, the first step toward redemption.

Nothing decided by any judge or jury can restore the lives of these unborn children, or the those who were born and decapitated while whimpering on a cold table. No decree of justice will bring back to life Karnamaya Mongar, a 41-year-old woman who died from an overdose of anesthetic drugs during an abortion procedure.

Abortion rights proponents have long called for "legal, safe and rare" procedures. After hearing the grisly details of this story I don't see how any sane person, calling themselves human, can say that forty years of legalized abortion in America has produced such an environment. "Legal" murder of the unborn will kill a nation. There is nothing "safe" about a surgical procedure that rips flesh from flesh, the very essence of the divine pathway to life. And "rare"? The revelations of this trial leave one wondering how many other such clinics are operating without any regulation from state authorities.

Abortion is murder. Those doctors and nurses who perform abortions are murderers or assist in committing murder. The grisly details of this case in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, is another stroke of handwriting on the wailing wall of shame in America.  The nation is being tried in the balance and the evidence clearly shows a people lacking in judgment and mercy. Unless there is a repentance God’s day of judgment will come.

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Darris McNeely

Darris McNeely works at the United Church of God home office in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his wife, Debbie, have served in the ministry for more than 43 years. They have two sons, who are both married, and four grandchildren. Darris is the Associate Media Producer for the Church. He also is a resident faculty member at the Ambassador Bible Center teaching Acts, Fundamentals of Belief and World News and Prophecy. He enjoys hunting, travel and reading and spending time with his grandchildren.