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NEW CHICAGO ROCK FOR LIFE CHAPTER
Posted: Friday October 16, 2009 at 6:06 pm EST by Kortney Blythe
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Please welcome our newest Rock for Life chapter - Chicago, IL Rock for Life!
 Cutter Lang is an award winning author and musician. His first novel, One Last Drive, won a Foreword award and featured a foreword by Bears Super Bowl coach, Mike Ditka.
His first nonfiction book was Redemption, which told of his experiences in counseling after being sexually assaulted. It was this experience that led to his third project, Empowerment.
While in counseling, Cutter discovered that the morning after pill is abortive. This was painful, because his girlfriend had taken the pill. Cutter had even been told by the Women's Resource Center at his college that the pill was not abortive.
This experience led Cutter on a transformative journey where he talked to members of both the pro-life movement and those who considered themselves to be pro-choice. He then compared what both sides had to say against fact. This journey led him to be more passionately pro-life than ever before. Additionally, it inspired his latest album, a two-disc set that is a tribute to his unborn child, and to unborn children everywhere.
Chapter email: chicagorockforlife@gmail.com
Chapter MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/chicagorockforlife
Chapter Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/chicagorockforlife |
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LIE TO ME DOES JUST THAT ABOUT SEX
Posted: Friday October 16, 2009 at 9:52 am EST by Kortney Blythe
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I’ve got to admit that I love Fox’s new TV show Lie to Me. On the show, Dr. Cal Lightman, the brilliant main character and walking lie-detector, and his team can watch a person, observe his body language and micro-expressions, and determine whether he’s telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. They’re “experts in deception and witness veracity.” It’s fascinating — especially when they show pictures of well-known figures from current events exhibiting the same facial expressions when faced with similar predicaments (see picture below).
Another reason I enjoy the show is that, for the most part, it doesn’t push the envelope in terms of sexually explicit content. I was disappointed, however, in a recent episode.
The plot: A group of high school girls make a pact to lose their virginity to college boys because they think high school boys are “tools.” To attain their goal, they crash fraternity parties and pretend to be college-aged in order to assure that they won’t be rejected as jailbait.
 During one such escapade, a girl sleeps with a college football star. After finishing “the deed,” she goes home upset and intoxicated and tells her father where she was (leaving out her part in the act). Fuming, the father has the coed charged with statutory rape. Cal and his team of psychologists use their expertise to discover that the girl purposely hid her age, and the rape charges are dropped.
The teenage girl’s father, a protective single parent, is furious that his precious daughter, who can do no wrong in his eyes, had her innocence stolen. In denial that it was of her own will, he wants someone to pay. He blames the justice system and murders the district attorney who dropped the rape charges. One big tragic mess, right?
 Side plot: Dr. Lightman’s teenage daughter, Emily, happens to go to the same school as these sex-pact girls. When he finds birth control pills and a fake ID in her room and learns that she’s been going to college bars, he is furious. Holding the birth control, he wisely exclaims, “I hope for your sake these are just tic tacs! …Do you realize there are consequences for your actions?” and puts them in his pocket.
His ex-wife, however, nonchalantly responds, “There are consequences to not having those, too…She’s not on the pill yet…but I think it’s best that she have them for when she is ready.”
Now, this is typical “safe” sex propaganda (The faulty idea that we should give out birth control “just in case,” but hope that teens don’t use it until “they’re ready” — whatever that means), and I’ve dealt with it in other blogs. But, I still held out hope that Lightman would be the voice of reason and practice morally upright parenting.
At the end of the episode, in what is supposed to be a tender father/daughter moment, Emily laments the death of the DA and the fact that her young classmate’s only living parent will now spend the rest of his life in jail — all because of one act. “A man’s dead, Susan doesn’t have any family. How’d all this get so messed up?”
Her dad rightly uses it as a teachable moment, “See this is what I mean about consequences, you can’t predict them.” If only it had stopped there. Roll the credits. Lessons learned. Dad took his daughter’s birth control away; daughter realizes the complications and downright mayhem that can come from sexual sin. No such luck.
In the closing scene, Lightman reaches in his pocket and hands the birth control back to his 16-year-old daughter. They embrace and exchange “I love you’s.” The end.
So let me get the message straight: One girl’s need to feel accepted and have sex with an older boy leads to a distraught father who murders an innocent man, leaving a girl orphaned and traumatizing a careless college student, but “since they’re going to have sex anyways, let’s give them birth control pills”?
Apparently, no one really learned anything in the whole salacious ordeal.
The writers ignored the consequences of returning the pills. The truly loving thing would’ve been for him to throw the poisonous permission-slips-for-promiscuity pills away and protect his daughter from the physical, spiritual and mental repercussions of premarital sex by instilling in her the importance of chastity. Maybe that’s a bit much to ask from a secular TV show. But even a nice politically correct “you’re not old enough” speech, followed by pitching the pills in the trash, would’ve made more sense considering the devastation they’d just witnessed that was caused by one sexual act. |
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I personally, really enjoy that show. I didn't see that episode, and your description makes me think twice about the show. That's HORRIBLE that the media feeds anybody (espicailly teens) that junk. God Bless, Elizabeth Wherry
Elizabeth Wherry | October 17, 2009 5:51 pm
I totally agree! Why would he give the pills back after they just saw what happened from things getting out of control? Ahhh!
Emily | October 19, 2009 9:37 am
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RFL SUMMER FESTIVALS TOUR MERCHANDISE NOW ON ALL WEBSTORE
Posted: Thursday October 15, 2009 at 11:54 am EST by Erik Whittington
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This summer we took out a number of new Rock for Life merchandise items and they are now available on the American Life League webstore. By ordering you help us spread the word and raise much needed funds to help us continue our life saving work. Thank you!
Rock for Life V-neck T-shirt on Tultex (fashion fitted & sweatshop free!). Available in small - large. Only $15 (plus S&H). Click here to order.
Rock for Life Zippered Hoodie. Available in extra small through extra large. Only $30 (plus S&H). Click here to order.
Former Embryo Zippered Hoodie. Available in youth large through large. Only $30 (plus S&H). Click here to order.
Rock for Life Military Caps. Available in Black, Green and Pink. Only $12 (plus S&H). Click here to order Black, Green or Pink.
Rock for Life Tote Bag. Only $12 (plus S&H). Click here to order.
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ROCK FOR LIFE ARTIST OF THE WEEK
Posted: Wednesday October 14, 2009 at 10:11 am EST by Jeff McLain
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Christian Fluaitt is an upcoming artist that we are happy to share with you on this weeks episode of the Rock for Life Netcast. Christian met up with us this summer on our Festival tour and gave us a copy of his latest CD entitled, My Life.
We are featuring three songs of Christian’s on this week’s episode; Catalyst, My Life and Letting Go.
Christian is a talented musician and songwriter from Spokane Washington and you can definably hear some of the Seattle Sound in his music as an influence. A few of you may remember a few bands Christian played in, mainly in the Spokane area which received some nobriety, such as “Alkalyne”, “Fluid” and “Perfectragedy”.
You can check out Christian Fluaitt online at myspace.com/christianfluaitt or online at the iTunes store. For those that are fans of artists like Jeremy Camp, Pillar, Kutless, Sevendust, Buckcherry and others – there will be something for you here on Christian’s first solo album, My Life.
It's exciting to have Christian on our list of artists and to see where he takes his music and message.
So, you can find out more about online at http://www.myspace.com/christianfluaitt . To find out about more pro-life artists go to RockForLife.org and click on the "Music" tab. You can also listen to pro-life artists by just visiting our website with our new and improved radio or by visiting www.rockforlife.org/music
If you like freebies on the internet, visit www.noisetrade.com/rockforlife and get your 2009 Rock for Life Compilation FREE by just entering 5 email addresses.
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I was interested to hear you talking about birth control pills and how they affect women's choice in men. If you've heard of Professor Janet Smith, she talks about many of these issues in her presentation "Contraception: Why Not?". Maybe you'd be interested in checking it out. Look up One More Soul's website to get the CD.
Stephanie Whittle | October 19, 2009 11:28 pm
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ROCK FOR LIFE JOINS AMERICA'S GIVING CHALLENGE!
Posted: Wednesday October 14, 2009 at 10:10 am EST by Jeff McLain
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Hi everyone,
Our Rock for Life cause on Facebook just entered in America's Giving Challenge, which gives us a chance to win $50,000! To win, between now and November 7th we have to get the most donations to our cause (every person can donate once per day and have it count as a unique donation). We can also win daily awards of $1,000 and $500 if we can get the most people to donate in any 24-hour period. The great thing about this Challenge is that it doesn't matter how much you give, but instead how much you do to encourage friends and family to get involved in our cause. We all need to come together and start promoting the cause if we want to win.
Each of us has tons of friends on Facebook who we can ask to donate to our cause. But let's think big too—can you put our cause in your email signature, can you throw a party and get people to donate through the cause when they enter, can you organize other people to go out and fundraise from all of their friends? As you reach out to your friends be sure to tell them why this cause matters to you. The possibilities are endless so let's talk about what we can do to win on the Wall of the cause or by replying to this bulletin.
I think we can do it! But it's going to take all of us. Check out the Giving Challenge (www.causes.com?m=e1e9d030), then visit our cause to see how we're doing so far and get involved.
Let's win $50,000 for our cause! |
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ROCK FOR LIFE PARTNERS WITH SONICFLOOD / STARLIT PLATOON TOUR
Posted: Tuesday October 13, 2009 at 3:26 pm EST by Erik Whittington
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One of the most effective things you can do to end abortion is by praying. From there you will hear from God and be moved to take the pro-life message to the public arena and defend the lives threatened by abortion.
Our friends in SONICFLOOd and Starlit Platoon are on tour as part of an event called Call2Fall - a national prayer movement pleading with God for America. America is in a crisis. We abort over 3,500 babies a day surgicially and medically. We fund abortion providers and teen sexual immorality pushers with our own tax dollars. We may soon be funding even more abortions through government run health care. Our country needs prayer.
I highly suggest bringing the Call2Fall Tour 2009 to your community. You are going to hear a great message, hear some great music and worship God with SONICFLOOd. Check it out here. |
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WHISPERS FROM THE WOMB: VOICES UNHEARD
Posted: Wednesday October 7, 2009 at 6:02 pm EST by Kortney Blythe
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 Have you ever seen the Cymbalta anti-depressant commercial? In it they ask the questions: Where does depression hurt? (Answer: Everywhere) and Who does depression hurt? (Answer: Everyone).
Exchange the word “depression” with “abortion” and you have a synopsis of a poignant book of pro-life poetry by post-abortion author Tina C. Brock called “Whispers from the Womb: Voices Unheard.”
In this 21-page collection of poems, which was passed on to me by ALL president, Judie Brown, Brock writes from the perspective of the child in the womb. While this approach has been taken before, I’ve never seen it done in such a way. There are eighteen poems written from a pre-born child, addressed to the many, far-reaching people whose influence can and does impact abortion decisions.
The poems begin by focusing on those closest to the situation – the mommy, daddy and God. They go on to challenge those who can either reinforce or fight to overturn pro-abortion policies – the President, congressmen, lawyers and judges. To them, the figurative aborted child says, “I need your help to plead my case.”
The people surrounding the abortion-minded mother - the best friend who drives her to the clinic and the abortionist who is “cutting my body to pieces…leav[ing] my mommy’s womb/Empty, void and null” – get their own message too.
There are letters from the child to all the people who are missing out because of his absence – his teacher (who doesn’t get to see that little boy sitting at a desk), siblings (with whom he’ll never get to play ball, go fishing or tease) and Grandparents (no cookies and milk).
Ms. Brock, whose abortion experience led her to work for a pregnancy center, lobby for personhood amendments and give her testimony, includes poems which thank pro-life doctors and pregnancy center workers for going against the grain, “doing what is right” and “saving a daughter, then a son.”
Not only does this poetry compilation demonstrate the widespread effect of abortion on the entirety of society, but it also challenges those in positions of authority and influence to take a stand. In “Please Dear Pastor,” the aborted child pleads with church leaders: “I need your help to spread the news…be bold & true” because “many won’t speak up for me.”
So like the Cymbalta commercial, I ask: Who does abortion hurt? (Answer: Everyone). Where does abortion hurt? (Answer: Everywhere). And while the commercial touts a pill as the solution to depression, the truth about abortion is that no pill can end the genocide or heal hurting men and women. Only you, spreading the message of love and life and sharing Christ with the world, can make a difference. Let God work through you to change the course of history for millions of pre-born persons.
For more information on “Whispers from the Womb” and Tina C. Brock click here.
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Thank you for this blog. I will be purchasing the book. God Bless.
Laura | October 14, 2009 2:17 pm
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