Free Stuff Friday will return next week – I am at The Call in Sacramento right now – Weekend Discussion

3 09 2010

Miguel and I just got off an overnight bus ride to Sacramento to take part in The Call.  We will be joining pro-life leaders, Christian leader and hundreds of thousands of young people praying for our nation and for an end to child killing. I will be giving testimony of what God has done through the Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity and Stand True.  If you can’t be here please pray for the event for God to move.

Here is a promo video of the event.

Weekend Discussion Question

I have highlighted several different “Christian” shirts over the past couple of weeks that some people find offensive or inappropriate.  This week I will do the same but it will be one of my own shirts.

This summer some people found our “Silenced” shirt to be offensive, one person called it condemning towards women who have had an abortion.  I was told it calls women murderers and one Christian music festival even banned the shirt.

Here is the shirt in question:

Now while this shirt caused the most stink, some people have questioned wearing any kind of pro-life message on a shirt because it will offend people.

I want to know what you think?  You can see all of our shirts at http://store.prolifeworld.com





13 babies killed for Every 10 allowed to be born in Russia / New abortion restrictions just put into place.

2 09 2010

I found this article very interesting, while I don’t agree with some of it I think you should read it.  Reading this reinforces the overseas work I am doing with Stand True.  I leave in a week for Belgium and Germany to speak at several youth events and the March for Life Berlin. I am excited to see how God uses the the work of Stand True in Europe.

Russia could be on the point of a significant change in direction on morality and sexual issues, as a major debate looms over the rights of women and unborn children.

A government resolution on abortion, approved last month, is the first restriction of any kind on the practice since a ban imposed by Stalin was lifted in 1955.

Russia is currently estimated to have nearly 13 terminations for every 10 live births, and the highest abortion rate in Europe after Romania.

The resolution, which went virtually unnoticed in the country’s media, envisages restrictions on women’s access to abortion after 12 weeks.

It is being hailed by anti-abortionists as a first step towards recognition of the rights of the unborn child.

Alexander Chuyev, a pro-life campaigner and independent deputy in the State Duma, described it as a “small victory”.

But some pro-choice campaigners see it as the thin end of the wedge.

“The resolution is the first step towards an attack on the rights of women,” Russian Family Planning Association director Inga Grebesheva told BBC News Online.

I agree that it is a small victory, but really it shows how much work needs to be done around the world to fight child killing.  What is hard for me to understand is if there should be any restrictions put on abortion, why?  Why is it that we government wants to restrict something that is supposedly just a small medical procedure like removing tonsils, or  a hangnail?  The only reason to restrict it is because it is taking a life and in that case it should be outlawed outright.

Previously, women in Russia could receive an abortion between 12 and 22 weeks of pregnancy by citing 13 special circumstances, including divorce, poverty and poor housing.

These have now been reduced to four:

  • Rape
  • Imprisonment
  • Death or severe disability of husband
  • Court ruling stripping of woman of parental rights

The measure is now irreversible, although it has still to go through the bureaucratic machinery of the Ministry of Health before it can be put into practice.

It may be that this will not make much of a dent in the overall statistics – officially only 7% of women who seek abortions do so between 12 and 22 weeks of pregnancy.

But Mr Chuyev told BBC News Online he was now pushing for a law to protect the rights of children, including the unborn.

He hopes that any new measure will provide for the right to medical help for both the mother and the child, potentially making it harder for women to abort for medical reasons – something which has not been affected by the current resolution.

One factor which may have given the pro-lifers’ message more resonance with the government is the rapid decline in Russia’s population, which could shrink by as much as 30 million in the next few decades.

But experts say the resolution will not fundamentally affect the country’s birth rate.

“Women are very decisive,” Victoria Sakevich, abortion specialist at the Academy of Sciences’ Laboratory for the Analysis and Forecasting of Human Reproduction, told BBC News Online. “If they don’t want to give birth, they’ll find ways to have abortions.”

It seems that the Russian government has finally seen the truth about the overpopulation lie; they realize they will be in big trouble in the future when the population starts to dive.

The exceptions they have kept in place that still allow women to kill their children must also be closed off; there is no excuse for killing an innocent child in the womb.

The so called “abortion specialist”, Victoria gives one of the weakest arguments for why abortion should remain legal, “If they don’t want to give birth, they’ll find ways to have abortions.”  This is so ludicrous; just because people are going to commit a crime does not mean we should decriminalize that crime.  People commit the crime of rape everyday, should we go ahead and make it legal because they are going to do it anyway?  Of course not.  The same should be said about killing one’s child in the womb; we keep it legal just because people will continue to do it.  The fact is that the killing of an innocent baby is wrong and we must protect the rights of all babies to live.

Education problem

Most pro-choice campaigners agree that something must be done to reduce the abortion rate, but they say that the most important priority is education, the lack of which is in itself contributing to population decline.

Many couples in Russia are infertile because of poor access to information about sexually transmitted diseases, Dr Grebesheva says, and some women are infertile because of abortions which would have been unnecessary had they had access to contraceptives.

Almost everyone agrees on the need for some form of education for adolescents, but that is about as far as the consensus goes.

There is no real programme for sex education in schools despite a 10-year discussion in government, a fact which incenses many campaigners.

“A 14-year-old receives no sex education but he can already be convicted for the crime of rape,” says Dr Grebesheva.

Here again they are claiming that the abortion rate must be lowered, why?  Why must you lower it if there is nothing wrong with it.  Maybe, just maybe, if it is wrong enough to lower the rate you should think about eliminating the rate.

I can go into a whole book about school based sex education, but I will save this for another post.  I will ask a question though.  Why is it that pro-abortion activists wants to keep the government out of our bedrooms but wants to teach our kids how and what to do when it comes to sex?

‘Widespread ignorance’

As it happens, the number of abortions has been falling in recent years, from a peak of 4.6 million in 1988 to under 1.8 million last year.

This suggests that knowledge about and availability of contraception is having some impact on sexual activity.

But Juliette Engels, the founding director of Moscow’s Miramed institute – which runs a programme for single parents and women on low incomes – casts doubt on these figures, saying that half of all abortions are not recorded.

She is particularly concerned about the problem of pregnancies in orphanages, where children often live through puberty together without any proper adult supervision. These pregnancies are often not known about until after 12 weeks.

So the resolution may have more of an impact than some might think.

But the underlying problem, she suggests, is that the government simply lacks the will to tackle the broader issues. ”Russia has every resource it needs to address social problems, if it wants to survive,” she said.

The broader issue the government needs to attack is establishing the personhood rights of every single human person from the moment of fertilization to natural death.

Bryan Kemper

The This article from the BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3093152.stm





Professor David Marsland Calls For Forced Sterilization, The Spirit of Hitler is Alive and Well.

2 09 2010

(LifeSiteNews.com) Reports – The mentally and morally “unfit” should be sterilized, Professor David Marsland, a sociologist and health expert, said this weekend. The professor made the remarks on the BBC radio program Iconoclasts, which advertises itself as the place to “think the unthinkable.”

Pro-life advocates and disability rights campaigners have responded by saying that Marsland’s proposed system is a straightforward throwback to the coercive eugenics practices of the past.

Marsland, Emeritus Scholar of Sociology and Health Sciences at Brunel University, London and Professorial Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Buckingham, told the BBC that “permanent sterilization” is the solution to child neglect and abuse.

“Children are abused or grossly neglected by a very small minority of inadequate parents.” Such parents, he said, are not distinguished by “disadvantage, poverty or exploitation,” he said, but by “a number or moral and mental inadequacies” caused by “serious mental defect,” “chronic mental illness” and drug addiction and alcoholism.

“Short of lifetime incarceration,” he said, the solution is “permanent sterilization.”

Does this kind of rhetoric sound familiar too you? I have posted in a recent post some of Margaret Sanger’s quotes – Planned Parenthood Has A Birthday Party Today to Celebrate 75 Years of Baby Killing.  This is Eugenics, the same philosophy held by Adolph Hitler and Margaret Sanger.

Every year Planned Parenthood gives out the “Margaret Sanger” award and I would not be surprised to see professor David Marsland on the recipient list sometime soon.  Pro-lifers have been trying to warn people that this is the true agenda of the pro-abortion movement for years, and people seem to think Planned Parenthood is just a friendly neighborhood health clinic.

Lila Rose has been exposing Planned Parenthood for years with her cutting edge investigation showing PP accepting donations to specifically abort black babies.  They also have shown PP lying to girls about fetal development as well as encouraging 13 year old girls not to tell them that the father of their baby was in his 30′s so they don’t have to report it.

The professor is different because he has the courage to openly show his eugenic cards; he does not seem to care if he looks like a monster.  What worries me is that his beliefs and what he is pushing will not seem so monstrous to people as our society continues down this eugenic path.  Some may say that we are not on that path yet:

It is legal to kill your own child in the womb through all 9 months.

In Oregon assisted suicide is legal.

Precious human persons like Terri Schiavo can be dehydrated to death while her killers are guarded by police who arrest a 10 year old boy for trying to bring her a bottle of water.

Pro-lifers are arrested for standing a praying on public sidewalks in defense of innocent human life.

The Margaret Sanger award is celebrated as an honor.

Babies born alive in abortion attempts are still killed, and our current President supports that killing.

The head of Ethics at Princeton University is a Eugenicist.

I know I can go on forever with this list.  Of course I will probably get a comment about how I should not put out articles like this because I might offend an eugenicist or former eugenicist.  By saying such stuff about eugenics I might hurt their feelings and that would be worse then speaking up against the evil of eugenics.

Maybe we should not talk about rape either because we might offend a former rapist who feels so bad about the “mistake” they made.  We know God forgives them so we need to not throw it in their face by saying rape is wrong.

Please understand these last two paragraphs were a little sarcastic, but that is the argument I get from people about why I should not speak out against abortion.  The fact is we must stand up now before things go any further.

If we continue to remain silent, millions more will be silenced forever.

For Christ I stand,

Bryan Kemper





In Honor of Today Being 9-02-10 “90210″

2 09 2010

Since todays date is 90210 I am posting an old poem I wrote called ” I’ve got a Luke Perry Haircut”.

When I walk by
All the young girls scream
Some of them faint
While others can’t breath

I go to the mall
Crowds start to form
I can’t even shop
I run for the door

I’m just too darn cool
You know what I mean
Everyone and their mother
Wants to hang out with me

You may be wondering
Why I’m so bad
That’s quite simple
Take a look at my head

I’ve got a Luke Perry haircut

Every girl wants to date me
I can’t get a break
Some send me flowers
Or bake me a cake

Guys get so jealous
They don’t understand
Why their girlfriends
Are putty in my hand

I don’t wait in lines
Or make reservations
In my neighborhood
I’m the hottest sensation

The word in the street
Going around today
Within a few months
I’ll have my own holiday

Why. I’ve got a Luke Perry haircut

The president called
To see how I’ve been
Said he was privileged
To call me a friend

He asked me a favor
His eyes began to water
I’ll do anything
If you’ll marry my daughter

President Clinton I said
As we went for a jog
I can’t help you there
Your daughter’s a dog

He wept and he cried
Such a pitiful sight
I’m sorry I said
It wouldn’t look right

Why, I’ve got a Luke Perry haircut

Then one fateful day
In the month of June
I was eating my lunch
At just about noon

They came from behind
Steve Joe and Ted
They held me down
And then shaved my head

All of my fans
They came in a hurry
But they just laughed
And all called me curly

It’s a sad day for me
I’m telling you now
I walk down the streets
Wearing a frown

Why, I’ve lost my Luke Perry Haircut

By: Bryan Kemper





Stand True Mission Team Member and Friend Robbed of Her Upcoming Mission Trip Money. Please Pray About Helping Her.

1 09 2010

Dear friends,

My missionary friend Candice had saved up half the money she needed for an upcoming mission trip she is doing but was ripped off of all her money.  She has been involved with Stand True for over two years and done our mission trip twice.  She is an amazing girl and I would love if anyone could help her with her upcoming mission trip.  Here is her recent letter.

The chronicles of Candice: an ongoing tale of faith, and determinationPlease take a few minutes and read this.

I know it’s been awhile since anyone has heard from me, but I guess that’s what comes with summers and debating on how reflective I want to be. What’s that supposed to mean? I’m not totally sure. But I think something along the lines of, how honest do I want to be with you, and how crazy will you think I am, after I tell you what I’m still planning on doing.

This summer, was no ordinary hop on tour summer. Though I did attend a few festivals, I also Greyhounded across the country. And with that, I was taken heavily advantage of. Without getting into too many details, a lot of money has been used (without our consent) from both my parents and my financial accounts. Through many loopholes we are able to get none of it back.

What does this have to do with anything? Bear with me.

Most of you know in March and June I spent time in Haiti. I volunteered with an organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM). They have bases all over the world that not only host volunteers, but their main mission is to disciple others. With that, they have a discipleship training school (DTS) that equips students, young and old to go out and be who Jesus calls us to be. After coming back from Haiti the second time, and after considering what I should do for the Fall, I decided to apply to the main YWAM base in Kona, Hawaii for a special focused Justice DTS.

In the beginning of August, when we found out there is no way we are going to be able to get what was taken back, I got the acceptance e-mail into the school. At this point I had a few options. I could forget about the acceptance, and plan on working here in the area for a long time. I could move, and hope for a job that I at least like, for a long time. Or I could somehow, someway believe that I am supposed to go to this school.

A little lesson in faith.

Now if you don’t believe scripture, you can tune out for a minute. And if you believe scripture, yet are still thinking “how in the world does she plan on getting to this school?” re-read Hebrews 11. As followers of Christ it should be our faith (and works) that sets us a part from others. If we aren’t in a position desperate enough to rely (and have faith in) Jesus alone, how can we really say He is all we need.

So now what.

I can go on and on about how I feel I should attend this school for such a time as this. The first 3 months of the school will teach me how to know God more and make Him known.  The second 3 months will be spent in a foreign country, (Cambodia, Thailand, West Africa or Haiti). There we will do hands on ministry, from working in orphanages, digging wells, working with sex trafficked and abused women, and serving elsewhere as opportunities arise. For those that know my heart for social justice, this is an opportunity for me to step further into action with a biblical background into what I am so passionate about. Regardless of what your beliefs in God are, this is an opportunity to go and meet the needs of so many others that without our presence would not get it. All of your support will be vital to stepping into this door that has been opened.

The school starts September 30th and ends March 11th. Immediately I need to send in a $1,000 deposit and purchase a plane ticket. By the end of October, I need to have the remainder of the total lecture phase paid off, $3,210 and a $2,500 deposit to cover outreach flight fees. By the beginning of November, the remainder of the outreach phase (between $1,500 and $3,500) needs to be paid. For my peace of mind I’m setting a date of September 15th to at least have enough to cover my deposit, plane ticket and some towards my lecture phase.

Before the summer, I had just over half of it saved up and was planning on fundraising and believing for the rest. Currently, I have nothing (in man’s eye), and am believing for everything. Would you be willing to join with me to believe and sow into what God is doing, and will be doing in my life?

If you are thinking, “Candice, that’s just too much money, you are not going to get it,” when was the last time you challenged your faith to become real? If you don’t think you have anything to give, the story of the poor widow who, though only gave two coins, gave extravagantly, comes to mind (Mark 12:41-44).  With the given deadlines, it is not an absolute to need to have all of the money at once (though if I don’t have enough to cover what I do need by mid-September, it won’t matter). If it would be easier for you to pledge your gift for a later date, let me know and I will gladly accept your donation whenever it is a good time for you.

Though finances are the major need, without your prayers I might as well write this off. If God can do this miracle for my finances (and believing for my parents’ as well) what do you think He can do for yours? There are no disclaimers to this letter. As the cheesy saying goes, “if it’s God’s will, it’s God’s bill.” If He closes the door to going to Kona, I don’t doubt He will open an even better one for in the future.

I tried to keep this as short as possible, but written with as much determination and hope as possible as well. This is where I’m coming from. If you have any questions, which you might, don’t hesitate to contact me. I do have a paypal account, with e-mail thatthereishope@yahoo.com. For my address, please message or e-mail me.

Thank you for your time, your prayers and your support.

Candice Gordon 570.574.1640 thatthereishope@yahoo.comwww.facebook.com/candicengordon

www.thatthereishope.tumblr.com

Bottom note. Please pass this along. It only takes someone to send it to someone to send it to someone else for them maybe to be moved to pay for this whole thing. Stay tuned for an event being created to riterate the September 15th urgency. Thanks again.





Girl Throws Live Puppies Into A River / Why Is This Bad But Killing Babies Is Ok?

1 09 2010

So the internet is all in a frezny about this girl throwing live puppies into a river.  There are facebook groups dedicated to finding this girl so she can be brought to justice.  People are outraged as they watch these precious little puppies being pulled out of a bucket and thrown into the river to drown.

I am not as outraged. Don’t get me wrong, I think this girl is sick and twisted; she needs so psychological help.  I am however not as outraged about this as I am about the almost 4,000 babies who are thrown into trash cans and “medical waste” buckets every day in America. I am more horrified that so many people call killing babies a choice and yet want to lynch a girl for killing puppies.

Torturing these puppies is horrific, but ripping babies limb from limb in their mothers womb should be seen as just as horrific. In fact it should be seen as much more horrific and vile then what this girl did.  The hypocrisy of those who are crying out for these puppies but will also cry out for the right to kill innocent babies is disturbing.

You can watch the video here: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bb4_1283184704





Amazing Irish Pro-life Commercial

31 08 2010

This is one of the best pro-life commercials ever made, so powerful.  This was actually banned by the Irish Government for being to political which is ludicrous. This video was made by Youth Defence, one of the greatest pro-life organizations on the planet.  I will be speaking at their International Youth Conference in November, in Dubin, Ireland. More information on the conference at http://www.youthdefence.ie/projects/conferences/conference-2010/





13 Year Old Lays The Smack Down

31 08 2010

This 13 year old girl pretty much schools everyone in her new video “Are the unborn humans”.  I love debating and would pay money to see this girl debate some of the pro-aborts I have gone against.  You need to watch this video.





Bedroom Intrusion Turned Into Internet Auto Tune Song and Merchandise.

30 08 2010

So I think I am really disturbed by this internet sensation.  I want you to watch these two videos in order and let me know what you think?  Should people be entertained by this subject matter, should people be making light of this tragic event? Watch them in order.

First watch this one.

Now watch this one.

I will admit that I laughed at first after the second video, but I am actually disturbed with myself for laughing.  I just don’t see how I can find this funny.  They are making t-shirts of this guys face, ringtones of the song; this is now a money making venture.





My Friend is Pregnant and Considering Abortion, What do I Say to Her? Should I Say Anything to Her?

30 08 2010

I have received a lot of e-mails and facebook messages recently asking me how to talk to a friend who is considering abortion, or if they should say anyting at all.  This is an article I wrote a couple of years ago about this topic, I hope it can help.

This is probably one of the hardest questions I have to answer, and unfortunately it is asked too often. I have talked to countless women who were considering abortion. I wish I could tell you that I was able to talk all of them out of an abortion, but I can’t. There are no magic words that you can say that will automatically change someone’s mind. There is no set answer that will work in every situation.

There are several things that we have to consider in order to answer this question. The first thing I would like to address is our own heart and how we react to someone who comes to us in this situation.

If you have been involved in the pro-life movement, or know someone who is heavily involved, you probably have seen the passion we have for life. This passion can often be overwhelming for some and even scare many people away from the pro-life movement if it is not tempered with love.

I can tell you from my own experience that I have turned many people from pro-life work with my own actions. I have used my knowledge and passion to attack those who did not agree with me. I have spoken without thinking about the words I was saying, and hurt people I was trying to reach. While I was trying to love the baby, I forgot to love the mother I was trying to reach out to.

Before I was a Christian I remember Christians preaching at me and telling me I was going to burn in hell. I just laughed at them and disregarded anything they had to say. It was a doctor in a hospital who, instead of telling me how evil I was, told me how valuable I was to God that finally got through to me. That doctor loved me and showed me the love of Christ, and God used that to break my heart and bring me to Him.

In the same way God used that doctor to love me, we must let God use us to love someone considering abortion. The words we use must be words of hope and love, not words of judgment and condemnation. I must make it clear that the doctor who talked with me did not save me, Christ did. While God used that doctor, it was God alone who opened my heart and showed me that I needed Christ.

Something I think a lot of people forget when they’re talking to women about abortion is the woman herself. We get so wrapped up in talking about her baby that we forget about her and what she’s going through. A woman considering abortion is often scared, confused, hurt, and feeling alone. She often thinks there is no other option for her and there is no one there for her. If we only talk about her baby, and ignore her, then we just reinforce what she is already feeling.

In order to talk to a friend about this, we must first be ready to listen. We must be able to understand what our friend is going through and be able to talk about her problems and needs. Just convincing her that her baby is really a baby does not take away whatever brought her to this decision.

Then it comes time to talk to our friend about the life of the child in her womb. We must never approach this in a situational way. So many people think that the situation someone is in defines the level of personhood of the child. There are no levels of personhood, there is only personhood. We must establish the personhood of the child in the womb.

We must also be knowledgeable about life and what life is. If we cannot answer basic questions about the life of the child, then how can we expect someone to trust us or listen to us. In situations like this I would highly encourage you to take your friend to a pregnancy resource center to talk to a trained counselor. Many of these centers have doctors and nurses on staff and even free ultrasound machines. You can always call 1-800-395-help and they will connect you to the center closest to you.

While getting your friend to a pregnancy resource center would be the best option, many times they won’t want to talk to anyone else. In a situation like this you can always call us at Stand True and we can get you the resources you need to help your friend. We would be happy to mail you literature, fetal models or any other resource you need to talk to your friend. Our contact information can be found on our web site, http:// www.standtrue.com , and there are a lot of resources for you under the “Educate Yourself” section.

This would bring us to the second half of the question, “Should I say anything?” One of the most common things I hear from people is that they don’t want to push their beliefs on someone else. Though they believe abortion is wrong, they worry that it’s not their place to tell anyone else that it is. There is really no logic at all in this line of thinking.

There are people who believe it is ok to beat their children or beat their wives. There is an actual organization that believes it is OK for grown men to have sexual relations with young boys; truly believes that it is OK. I would ask someone who did not like to push their beliefs on someone else if they would ignore someone beating their wife? Would they look the other way if a man was going to harm a young boy?

If the child in the womb is a human person then we have an obligation to stand up for their life. It is not a question of pushing your beliefs on someone, but a matter of loving our neighbor as our self.

With all of this said, I would also encourage you to pray for your friend and offer them prayer. Even if they are not a Christian, many times they would welcome prayer in rough situation. Prayer is the most powerful tool that we have and it works. After all, it’s not really you who will change your friend’s heart, it is God.

Please feel free to ask us for prayer in these situations also. You can always e-mail me directly and ask for prayer.

For Christ I stand,

Bryan Kemper