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<p>Many people find themselves in churches in which ministers rarely, if ever, preach against abortion from the pulpit. The abortion issue is also a subject we rarely address in social circles or with family, even though we know it touches the lives of so many. Perhaps because abortion is so prevalent we end up avoiding the topic in order not to offend. Abortion, however, is a subject that must be addressed openly, particularly among Christians, and it can be done both in truth and grace. <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=1897" title="Permanent Link: Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them" rel="bookmark">Read more...</a> <i>(687 words, estimated 2:45  mins reading time)</i></span></p>

<div class="post-teaser-block">This is a preview of <q>Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them</q>. <a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=1897" title="Permanent Link: Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them" rel="bookmark">Read the full post (687 words, estimated 2:45  mins reading time)</a></div>{"id":1897,"date":"2013-06-11T11:49:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2013-08-15T18:17:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:17:14","slug":"pastors-must-preach-against-abortion-more-often-we-must-encourage-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1897","title":{"rendered":"Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many people find themselves in churches in which ministers rarely, if ever, preach against abortion from the pulpit. The abortion issue is also a subject we rarely address in social circles or with family, even though we know it touches the lives of so many. Perhaps because abortion is so prevalent we end up avoiding the topic in order not to offend. Abortion, however, is a subject that must be addressed openly, particularly among Christians, and it can be done both in truth and\u00a0grace. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1897\" title=\"Permanent Link: Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read more...<\/a> <i>(687 words, estimated 2:45  mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"post-teaser-block\">This is a preview of <q>Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them<\/q>. <a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1897\" title=\"Permanent Link: Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the full post (687 words, estimated 2:45  mins reading time)<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them - Hearts United For Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=1897\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pastors Must Preach Against Abortion More Often, We Must Encourage Them - Hearts United For Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Many people find themselves in churches in which ministers rarely, if ever, preach against abortion from the pulpit. 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