Our congregations begin to truly mirror the image of God when we move toward broken people instead of away from them. Only that kind of church will meaningfully confront abortion.

The Post-Roe Paradox: Why Abortion Rates Are Still Rising

On January 27, 1973, a single decision legalized abortion in every state. Almost fifty years later, Roe v. Wade was overturned. Many held hope that this decision would stem the tide of abortions in the United States. Instead, on the fourth anniversary of its reversal, abortion rates are higher than ever before, bolstered largely by telehealth abortions.

This moment demands a spiritual—not political—reflection. The church must confront a hard truth. Many well-meaning Christians are unprepared to defend the dignity of life. And this is much to do with the church’s weak and often-neglected theology of life.

If the church is to effectively oppose the culture of death, one thing is critical: we must recover a theology of life that is central to our mission, not peripheral.

The Ancient Lie Behind a Modern Evil

From the opening pages of scripture, Satan’s strategy has been clear: distort God’s Word, undermine God’s goodness, and destroy God’s image—the Imago Dei. The fall was not merely about disobedience and the vertical relationship between God and man; it was also an assault on identity.

When humanity questioned whether God was truly good, it cast doubt upon the very image of God, and death entered the world (Romans 5:12). Ever since, the enemy has sought to diminish human worth by redefining value in terms of strength, usefulness, autonomy and convenience.

Abortion is not a new evil; it is a modern manifestation of an ancient lie that some lives are expendable and others are not. This is nothing less than spiritual warfare aimed at the image of God Himself.

When the Church Treats Life as a Political Issue

While the pro-life movement can rightly mourn the rise of abortion rates, we must also acknowledge that our collective hesitancy to be overtly and unapologetically pro-life creates the very space for these efforts to flourish.

The reality is that many Bible-believing, gospel-preaching churches remain quiet on pro-life teaching because it feels “political.” This is a lie that the enemy continues to use to debilitate the church.

To the contrary, abortion is not a political issue; it is an issue of ethics, theology and human dignity. It speaks to the very character of God and the value he places on every human life. When we allow the enemy to convince us it’s unfit to discuss from the pulpit, we concede ground in the spiritual and physical battle for life.

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