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Voting to end the American Holocaust

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(This is part two of a series. Tap here to read the first half, which focused on scriptural examples of God’s people who virtuously supported flawed heathen leaders.)

Winston Churchill, known to be intentionally rude at times, was passionate to save the Jews from Hitler at a time when other world leaders (including our own) preferred to look the other way.

Does history offer any examples of holocausts which were ended by righteous rulers? I have found none. Instead, history seems to indicate that a narcissistic leader like Churchill is typically empowered by our sovereign God to lead urgent life-saving (and nation-saving) political tasks which often are too “dirty” for perfectionistic Christians to accomplish.

Are Christians then helpless to do anything in our nation to end the American Holocaust of abortion? Should we follow those who make the pledge to refuse to offer any support for any politician who falls short of penalizing every abortion as murder (in an effort to “immediately” end every abortion)? Or shouldn’t our primary goal first be to seek to support politicians who will allow Christians to pursue efforts to protect the lives of vulnerable children?

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Victory at the Gates of Hell: the Young Church

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Through His foundational proclamation that the Gates of Hell would not prevail against His Church, Jesus set the stage for transforming the most repugnant atrocities in Jewish history into a decisive victory against the agenda of Hell.

Crying baby left to die

Ezekiel 16: God’s abandoned baby

Jesus equated Hell with Gehenna, a notorious place near Jerusalem where innocent children had been sacrificed by being burned. When wicked people plot to destroy the innocent in places like Gehenna, God promises to avenge this innocent blood by catching the wicked in their own traps (Psalm 9:12-16). This is a major theme of stories throughout the Bible, such as Haman being hung upon the pole he made to kill Mordecai in the book of Esther. Gates are often identified as places of judgment in scripture (Deuteronomy 16:18), and Jesus emphasized that those who murder the innocent warrant the judgment of Hell (Matthew 23:23).

Jesus considered attacks against children to be particularly heinous (Matthew 18:1-14), so it is no surprise that the early Church made the protection of orphans a high priority, an essential aspect of “pure and undefiled religion” (James 1:27). Christianity’s emphasis on the value of children was an extremely counter-cultural concept in the Roman Empire, where newborn children were not considered to be fully human (as some philosophers even asserted that babies were more like plants than human beings).
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The key to our survival

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In this 13 minute video, Tim Palmquist (flanked by two City Council members) speaks at the Victorville March for Life, which was held on January 19, 2014 in front of the new Victorville Planned Parenthood mega center.  (For the best experience, please consider watching the video with captions turned on.)

The wide spectrum of points covered in this brief pep talk include:

  • Why there is hope for the future of our cities and nation
  • Why pastors can’t dismiss their responsibility to confront abortion deaths
  • Why God will not only judge individuals, but also cities — and churches!
  • Why it is so dangerous to look at abortion as a “personal” issue of “choice”
  • How we have been a part of changing the landscape of the pro-life movement

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Pulling down strongholds — or reinforcing them?

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Tim sent this message to local pastors on January 6, 2014:

Our Lord has charged us with the divine power to demolish strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4).  But all too often it seems that Christians in our community are reinforcing demonic strongholds instead of seeking to tear them down.

“A stronghold is a mind set impregnated with hopelessness that causes the believer to accept as unchangeable something that he/she knows is contrary to the will of God.”

(Ed Silvoso, quoted in Possessing the Gates of the Enemy: A Training Manual for Militant Intercession by Cindy Jacobs).

Do we believe that it is God’s will for babies to be aborted in Bakersfield?  Do we believe that God wills that those who attend our churches participate in abortions?   Do we believe that God wants His people to speak up for the innocent children who cannot speak for themselves?  Do we believe that we honor God by enabling members of our congregation to “sin that grace may abound”?  Do we accept as “unchangeable” the continuation of the carnage of abortion (nationally, locally, and in our own congregations)?
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Hitting the curve-ball to protect Bakersfield inhabitants

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A commentary by Tim Palmquist appeared in today’s Bakersfield Californian under “Community Voices.” It was written in response to last week’s Bakersfield Californian editorial opposing the Human Life Ordinance.

The original unedited version of the commentary appears on the LifeSavers Ministries blog.

God meant it for good: what an amazing year!

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On Monday, July 8, 2013, a little over a year from the time that we first learned that Planned Parenthood was building a mega-abortion center in Bakersfield, I spoke to a group of pro-life supporters who gathered outside the new Planned Parenthood building. (It coincidentally seemed to be the first day that Planned Parenthood had switched their operations from their old building at 2535 16th St. to the new building at 2633 16th St.) The following is a summary of comments I made that day:

Terri stands under an olive tree outside new Planned Parenthood being constructed.

Terri stands under an olive tree outside new Planned Parenthood being constructed.


“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good….” (Genesis 50:20)

In early June of 2012, when we first learned that Planned Parenthood was building a new mega abortion center in Bakersfield, we were daunted by the prospect of confronting this abortion “giant,” even though we had just heard an inspiring sermon on facing the giants. Driving by the construction site that first day, we immediately noticed the three olive trees near the sidewalk. Seeing the branches of the trees filled with olives, we identified this as being somehow an additional answer to prayer (similar to the olive tree outside the Bakersfield FPA abortion center), but we still didn’t understand how this could be true.
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Mourning the loss of the anti-Samaritans

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People praying outside Bakersfield FPA abortion center

Terri Palmquist ministers outside the Bakersfield FPA abortion center while friends from a different religious tradition pray nearby.

Every 40 Days for Life campaign seems to have its own unique positives and negatives. Although we experienced incredible blessings during this (our eleventh) campaign, for most of the campaign I was physically ill.   But what bothered me even more than my physical problems was my sadness over the fact that some people who were very important parts of past campaigns have decided to no longer participate in 40 Days for Life.

What is even more tragic to me is the reason that they left.

A few days before the beginning of this campaign, we met with a pastor who explained why he will no longer participate in 40 Days for Life.  The essence of his concern related to doctrinal purity: the importance of focusing on saving souls and not just saving babies.   Continue reading →

In memory of Baby Miracle

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Poem written by Terri PalmquistLast night at the Save the 1 Banquet, Terri presented this poem she wrote for Teresita Herrera, Baby Miracle‘s mother:

I only met you through your mother, about nine months ago

She is a voice who cries out for those we may never know

Your mom excitedly shared the news of the gift that grew

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A transformational offense

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I have often had the opportunity to hear life-changing phone calls over our decades of ministry, as God uses Terri in amazing ways to help women decide against aborting their babies. But I wish that every Christian leader could have heard what Terri said on a phone call last Thursday, because it contained such important seeds of transformation.

This story begins on June 7, when we learned that a Planned Parenthood mega abortion center — over 10,000 square feet — was being built in Bakersfield. The name of the contractor working on the project was familiar: he was a family member of a longtime supporter of ours (who has now gone home to be with the Lord).

Then I remembered that years ago, our supporter had given me the contractor’s personal cell phone number. I dialed the number and asked if he could meet Terri and myself for dinner.

“What is this about?” he asked.

“Someone told us something about you that I hope is not true,” I explained. “I would rather not discuss it over the phone.”

At dinner that night, the contractor quickly acknowledged that he had won the bid for the Planned Parenthood project and that he knew that it was an abortion chamber. “I really believe that God wants me to have this job, or I wouldn’t have won the bid,” he explained. “My reputation is at stake, so I can’t back out now.”
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