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Norma's Church Encounter
00:03:50
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| Once again, Pastor Jim Garlow, Dr. Jim Garlow, one of the most brilliant men ever I've ever met. | |
| This man writes an article that I just read today, Zach. | |
| And this is powerful. | |
| And he talks about Norma McCorvey's first church experience as a believer. | |
| And there's so much to read, but maybe, Zach, we could just go through it quickly. | |
| Sure. | |
| Yeah, I'm going to read what I have highlighted here. | |
| Yes. | |
| It has been often noted that this case was built on a lie. | |
| That's right. | |
| Equally well known is that the fact that McCorvey felt very used by radical feminists at whose urging she was thrust into the national limelight. | |
| She would later explain that she never actually had an abortion and admitted the case was the biggest mistake of her life. | |
| But there is more, much more to the story. | |
| And that is McCorvey's first encounter with Christians after her conversion. | |
| She worked in the city. | |
| She worked in Dallas out of a pro-abortion office. | |
| Pastor Flip Benham, leader of Operation Rescue Dallas at the time, worked nearby in a pro-life office. | |
| Through that, McCorvey met Flip. | |
| Although they were polar opposites on the abortion issue, Flip demonstrated the love of Christ to her. | |
| Flip was then and still is one of the greatest preacher prophets in America. | |
| He's likely one of the boldest, most courageous persons I have ever met. | |
| He is fearless, but he is also tender and loving. | |
| Now, McCorvey was stunned at Flip's gentle, Christ-like love. | |
| She thought pro-lifers were, in accordance with pro-abortion reports, hateful and mean. | |
| What she encountered was the love of Jesus. | |
| Flip, who always carries a big Bible, began tenderly to share the word with her. | |
| As a result, she received Jesus as Savior for her sins and became a new creature. | |
| In the summer of 1995, was baptized on August 8th. | |
| Now, since Flip and I were extremely close friends, she invited McCorvey to church where I was pastoring. | |
| What happened that day was almost as profound as her conversion. | |
| She was afraid to come to the church and she did not know how Christians might respond to her. | |
| Given her identification with abortion, she arrived at the church building but was too fearful to come in. | |
| She drove around the parking lot several times trying to get the courage to get out of her car. | |
| She was afraid of what people might say to her or even do to her. | |
| Finally, she saw Flip standing on the church steps looking for her. | |
| She trusted him, so she parked her car and came to Flip. | |
| He escorted her into the church. | |
| She sat with Flip during the service, and I still recall exactly where they sat that Sunday, off to my left from my view from the platform about two-thirds of the way back of the church. | |
| With her and Flip's permission, I introduced her at the end of the service, telling the congregation that Jane Rowe of Roe v. Wade had come to Christ and had experienced forgiveness for her sins. | |
| I explained that she was present in the auditorium. | |
| I asked her to stand. | |
| She did. | |
| The crowd erupted in extended, standing ovation. | |
| McCorvey was shocked. | |
| She did not expect that. | |
| After the service ended, nearly the entire church congregation formed an extremely long line to give her a hug and welcome her into the family of God. | |
| It was a profoundly moving and tender moment. | |
| Norma McCorvey, the Jane Rowe of the infamous Roe v. Wade case, had not only experienced the love and forgiveness of Jesus, she had now experienced the love and forgiveness of the body of Christ, the church. | |
| It was an exhilarating day for us all. | |
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From Wrong Side to Eternity
00:00:28
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| And McCorvey would later say in a television ad, you read about me in the history books, but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all human life from natural conception to the natural death. | |
| And she ends with this. | |
| It ends with this. | |
| During the first half of her life, she was on the wrong side of history. | |
| But that changed when she repented of her sins. | |
| She joined the right side of history, but more importantly, she now enjoys the right side of eternity. | |