Eric Metaxas is an author and radio show host. He also established a series of events called "Socrates in the City" that he began 15 years ago. He has been the key note speaker at the Presidential Prayer breakfast in 2012. He is a gifted writer of biographies. The two perhaps most well known are Amazing Grace about William Wilberforce and Bonhoeffer about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Early in his career, he had a strong connection to Chuck Colson and his ministry called Break Point.
He is an insightful and intelligent voice about our faith. I think if I had to try to pinpoint the reason that I have chosen to provide Eric Metaxas to you as the next in line of "Unique Voices", it would be that, although he has great passion for Christ, his greater contribution to us lies in providing a platform for the many, many voices out there that he is increasingly becoming aware of long before they make it to the attention of the majority of the masses such as myself. He serves as a bridge bringing people to the forefront that can speak concisely and insightfully to specific angles and issues such as religious persecution, Christians in the scientific community, homosexuality, archaeology, public policy and its relation to Christians and their relation to it, and on and on. I have chosen him as my next unique voice because he is a window into learning about many of the people I will be referring to in the future as "unique". I highly recommend the two biographies I mentioned above. I also recommend you check out the other ways to gain access to this amazing gateway that I will give links to below.
http://www.socratesinthecity.com/
http://www.metaxastalk.com/podcasts/
Future voices will include such names as Rosaria Butterfield, Os Guiness, Ard Louis, Stephen Meyer, Jennifer Roback Morse, Mosab Hassan Yousef, and others.....interestingly you will most likely see their names also listed on one or both of the two web sites above. Feel free to familiarize yourself with them ahead of time.
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Unique Voices--Abby Johnson
Abby Johnson was a Planned Parenthood director who is now pro-life. For obvious reasons, she is a unique voice in this ongoing battle regarding abortion. She worked with Planned Parenthood for eight years and became a clinic director. She became increasingly disturbed by what she witnessed. Increasingly, she saw abortion was a product that Planned Parenthood was selling. As unrest grew within her, she continued in the employ of Planned Parenthood.
On September 26, 2009, Abby was asked to assist with an ultrasound- guided abortion. She watched in horror as a 13 week baby fought and lost its life at the hand of an abortionist. It was at that moment the full realization of WHAT abortion was and what she had dedicated her life to washed over Abby and a dramatic transformation began.
Abby contacted a local pro-life group. She swore that she would begin to advocate for life in the womb and expose abortion for what it truly is. However…Planned Parenthood didn’t take her exodus sitting down. They are fully aware that workers who leave are their greatest threat. They immediately took action to silence her with a gag order and took Abby to court. Thankfully, it was quickly thrown out of court, and the media was, and continues to be, intensely interested in Abby’s story as well as her continued efforts to advocate for the unborn and to help clinic workers escape the abortion industry. She has written a book titled Unplanned. She travels around the world sharing her story and educating the public on pro-life issues. She has also founded an organization that is aimed at reaching out to abortion clinic staff who still work in the industry called And Then There Were None. It seeks to help them leave the industry and find healing.
The above is a paraphrase of her bio on her facebook account. I have been following her for quite some time. Although there are a few things I disagree with her about (pretty much like every other human being on the planet), I have great appreciation for how I believe God is using her. I hope you will seek out her voice and give it a listen.
More voices to come…….
On September 26, 2009, Abby was asked to assist with an ultrasound- guided abortion. She watched in horror as a 13 week baby fought and lost its life at the hand of an abortionist. It was at that moment the full realization of WHAT abortion was and what she had dedicated her life to washed over Abby and a dramatic transformation began.
Abby contacted a local pro-life group. She swore that she would begin to advocate for life in the womb and expose abortion for what it truly is. However…Planned Parenthood didn’t take her exodus sitting down. They are fully aware that workers who leave are their greatest threat. They immediately took action to silence her with a gag order and took Abby to court. Thankfully, it was quickly thrown out of court, and the media was, and continues to be, intensely interested in Abby’s story as well as her continued efforts to advocate for the unborn and to help clinic workers escape the abortion industry. She has written a book titled Unplanned. She travels around the world sharing her story and educating the public on pro-life issues. She has also founded an organization that is aimed at reaching out to abortion clinic staff who still work in the industry called And Then There Were None. It seeks to help them leave the industry and find healing.
The above is a paraphrase of her bio on her facebook account. I have been following her for quite some time. Although there are a few things I disagree with her about (pretty much like every other human being on the planet), I have great appreciation for how I believe God is using her. I hope you will seek out her voice and give it a listen.
More voices to come…….
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