Sadly, my home state of Oregon, which I love in so many ways, legalized abortion four years before Roe v. Wade, and we were the first state, in fact the first principality in the world to legalize physician assisted suicide. As if this weren’t enough for Oregon to be famous for, last month, Governor Kate Brown signed House Bill 3391, making Oregon the only state in the U.S. without any laws that restrict or limit abortion, and one of only a handful of states that chooses to use taxpayer money to pay for elective abortions. 

In my own home state of Oregon, a prolife organization has confirmed that it’s not just Planned Parenthood that’s selling baby body parts for medical research, but also a private abortion clinic in Portland.

Someone recently asked me, “How does this current wave feel to you compared to what you experienced in the late 1980s?” When I and others, including John, spoke against Planned Parenthood 25 years ago, few listened. I'm grateful the truth is coming out.

The beautiful 4-minute time lapse video in this blog uses footage shot in Oregon.

Randy Alcorn speaks with Julia (Stager) Mayo on the issue of whether or not abortion is too controversial to address from the pulpit. Randy filmed this video in support of the Oregon 2014 Citizen Initiative to stop taxpayer funding for abortion. For more information visit their site: www.oregon2014.org

Randy Alcorn speaks with Julia (Stager) Mayo on the issue of whether preaching on abortion conflicts with preaching the gospel. Randy filmed this video in support of the Oregon 2014 Citizen Initiative to stop taxpayer funding for abortion. For more information visit their site: www.oregon2014.org.

In this audio clip, Randy Alcorn talks about an experience he had while resarching the police and gang life in Albany, Georgia for the novel Courageous. 

Thirty years ago, Ron Rohman began preaching in front of the old Pioneer Courthouse at SW Fifth and Morrison streets in downtown Portland, Oregon. Now that their children are grown, his wife Karen (pictured here with Ron) has joined him in his ministry, which they call intercessory evangelism.

Usually here in my part of Oregon there are more mighty downpours than great snows. But my brother Lance and I, who've lived here all our lives, were just agreeing that this is the most snow we've seen since 1968, forty years ago.