News January 15, 2026
News from Good News Ministries:
- Having a Heart for Life
- From Our Video Archives: Meditations Without Words
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Having a Heart for Life
January is Respect Life Month. It’s hard to believe that sanctuary of the womb has become a warzone. The ongoing conflict between the pro-life and abortion rights movement has been fought on many different battlefields; legislative, economic, social, cultural and religious. These are important battlefronts for us to remain engaged, but most importantly we must capture the heart to transform our society from a culture of death into a culture of life.
Sometimes pro-life supporters and advocates (including myself) forget that those in the abortion rights movement have a heart and that we can appeal to it. Often we talk to and about our opponents as heartless monsters. I’m not saying that the act of abortion is any less grotesque – many abortion procedures include the dismemberment of the pre-born child while their heart is beating and capable of feeling pain. Those who procure and promote this great evil in our society are not robots or aliens but rather humans, created with dignity in the image and likeness of God to know, love and serve Him. It is our task to help uncover that truth for those who cannot see or recognize it.
While supporters of abortion are gravely mistaken about or outright reject the sanctity of life, that doesn’t make their lives any less sacred and we must do our best to “hate the sin and love the sinner.” We need to ask ourselves do we want to win a crusade and lose souls or do we want to conquer the present culture of death by converting hearts, thus aiding in the salvation of our enemies. God seeks the true repentance of sinners no matter how small or great the transgressions.
“The Lord does not delay His promise, as some regard ‘delay’ but He is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”~ 2 Peter 3:9
Amid the present darkness, how can we be the light and help soften stony hearts? First and foremost we must be prepared and ready to talk about the dignity of the human person from conception until natural death at any time. I’ve been finding myself often telling others “walk through the open door.” It is a mystery to us as to the circumstances and timing of God as He cultivates rocky soil into good ground. Only He truly knows what is happening in another’s heart. However, when the Holy Spirit sets an appointment for us to impact a soul we’ve got to take advantage of the opportunity.
By taking an approach that recognizes the dignity of all life from conception until natural death, even those lives that oppose the truth and frustrate us at times, we will be the most successful in our defense of the unborn. This is how we cultivate a heart for life in ourselves and others, build a civilization of love and stamp out the culture of death. Let us march forward equipped with the shield of faith to defend life with confidence, compassion and charity.
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Bill Snyder, Executive Director
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