Anchored in Christ

In case you didn’t see the Super Bowl, the Broncos won—sorry Carolina fans.

But what may be the most interesting thing about the Super Bowl from a Christian worldview perspective is the Doritos ad that featured a expecting mother receiving an ultrasound (watch it below if you haven’t seen it).

What seems like an innocent joke (at least to me and my friends watching the game) was condemned as “anti-choice” rhetoric by abortion activists. Apparently for the pro-choice, treating a ‘fetus’ like a true person is just too much. Here’s a tweet that NARAL (a pro-choice organization) shared to show their disdain:

Bethany Jenkins saw through their flawed logic:

This is just one more example of how the pro-choice movement (or as Albert Mohler so helpfully calls “the Culture of Death”) has to control the conversation by sanitizing common-sense words like “baby”, “mom”, and “dad”. Many times (like the NARAL tweet), the gaffes of pro-choicers help us see clearly behind their facade.

Here are a few more telling tweets on the controversy:

Main takeaways?

• Keep praying to fight for life. [See: 21 Days of Prayer for Life from The Colson Center]
• Speak out when appropriate using clear pro-life arguments. [See: Free Training Session in Pro-Life Apologetics]
• Vote for pro-life candidates. [See: When Christians Should Be One-Issue Voters by Joe Carter]