Dr. John Walker is the pastor of Faith Christian Center, in addition to his roles as Associate Professor of Business at Roberts Wesleyan College and Executive Director of Daniel and Friends. Dr. Walker speaks out in this video about the reality of abortion, and invites us to ask the penetrating question: “Ask yourself why people would try to convince you that it’s not a child. To what benefit is it to them?”
Dr. Walker notes the parallels between slavery, women’s suffrage, and abortion, continuing the theme of the Am I Not a Child campaign: “We’re created in the image and likeness of God. We’re created with this great opportunity and potential. None of us are 3/5 of a person, as they said then. They used to say that women weren’t quite equal. They couldn’t vote because they didn’t have the capacity of men. Every time these ‘myths’ come up, we find out that they’re not true. So another myth is that having your baby is going to make your life worse off.”
Interview Transcript
I see that linkage with a child not being called a child inside the womb, they’re being called a fetus or an unviable mass.
Ask yourself why people would try to convince you that it’s not a child. To what benefit is it to them? Do they not want you to have children? Do they not want you to grow? Do they not want you to have a heritage or a legacy? Why is it beneficial?
They tell you it’s because it’s going to make your life easier. But once again, ask someone who’s had an abortion, “Did life get easier because I killed my child?” Did I not have regrets because I lost a life that I’ll never get to know and I always have regret?
We’re created in the image and likeness of God. We’re created with this great opportunity and potential. None of us are 3/5 of a person, as they said then. They used to say that women weren’t quite equal. They couldn’t vote because they didn’t have the capacity of men. Every time these “myths” come up, we find out that they’re not true. So another myth is that having your baby is going to make your life worse off.
That child is presented to us as a child that we should love and care for, and as pastors I think we should make everything as easy as possible to make sure that that child and the mother, the child and the father, can come to the place of grace and understand that life isn’t over, it’s just beginning. And they still have choices to make that can make their life better.
He has a good purpose for you, and you need to trust Him.
