{"id":2229661,"date":"2024-04-24T22:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T02:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-abortion-advocate-desperately-tries-to-interrupt-pastors-prayer-at-capitol-fails-miserably\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T02:09:03","slug":"watch-abortion-advocate-desperately-tries-to-interrupt-pastors-prayer-at-capitol-fails-miserably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-abortion-advocate-desperately-tries-to-interrupt-pastors-prayer-at-capitol-fails-miserably\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Abortion Advocate Fails Miserably to Interrupt Pastor&#8217;s Prayer at Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-abortion-advocate-desperately-tries-to-interrupt-pastors-prayer-at-capitol-fails-miserably%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229661&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The commentary by Michael Schwarz on \u2063April 24, 2024, discusses the fear pregnant young\u2062 women experience and the \u200binfluence of Satan \u2062and abortion advocates. It highlights Pastor Jeff Durbin&#8217;s prayer for\u2064 unborn children \u2064at the Arizona state capitol, amidst legislative challenges to the abortion ban. \u2063The article also draws parallels to\u200c historical slavery debates and advocates for faith in God amidst societal turmoil.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 24, 2024 at 4:30pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Whether they have sinned, or whether a man has sinned against them, many pregnant young women understandably feel terrified.<\/p>\n<p>Only the influence of Satan, however, acting upon them directly or through the misguided fervor of outspoken abortion advocates, could delude those women into believing that salvation from terror lies in ending an unborn child\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>At the state capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday, Pastor Jeff Durbin showed the power of humility and mercy when he led a prayer on behalf of unborn children and continued praying despite the futile efforts of one woman to disrupt the solemn gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the capitol, Arizona Democrats planned another legislative challenge to the state\u2019s near<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-lives-matter-arkansas-gov-signs-near-total-abortion-ban-that-supporters-hope-will-force-scotus-to-revisit-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"\u2018All Lives Matter\u2019: Arkansas Gov. Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban That Supporters Hope Will Force SCOTUS To Revisit Roe v. Wade\">-total abortion ban<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/arizona-abortion-ban-lawmakers-repeal-rcna149181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>. Earlier this month, the state Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/az-supreme-court-rules-pre-roe-abortion-ban-back-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upheld<\/a> the ban, which technically dates to 1901 \u2014 11 years before Arizona\u2019s statehood.<\/p>\n<p>An 1864 ban on abortion except where necessary to save the mother\u2019s life formed the basis of that 1901 law, which the Arizona legislature then recodified in 1913, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/azmirror.com\/2024\/04\/12\/the-history-of-abortion-regulations-in-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state legislators have tried and failed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arizona-republicans-stand-firm-keep-1864-abortion-ban-place-handing-pro-choice-democrats-big-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeal<\/a> the 1864 ban, including most recently on April 17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/endabortionnow.com\/jeff-durbin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Durbin<\/a>, a teaching elder at Apologia Church in Mesa, Arizona, and the head of the End Abortion Now organization, prayed Wednesday in a gathering outside the capitol for the children and for those charged with protecting them.<\/p>\n<p>First, he read a timely passage from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+24%3A10-12&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proverbs 24:10-12<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/god-help-us-growing-majority-catholics-believe-abortion-legal-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a> to intercede on behalf of the innocents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you support Arizona\u2019s abortion ban?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cFather in Heaven, we pray, God, for your mercy. We pray for your mercy and for your truth to fall on this capitol here in the state of Arizona,\u201d Durbin\u2019s prayer began.<\/p>\n<p>The pastor continued for nearly two and a half minutes, albeit with periodic attempted interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>On multiple occasions, for instance, a lone female abortion advocate yelled what sounded like \u201csecond-class American girls\u201d and something about \u201cslavery\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/missouri-teen-kaylee-gain-makes-shocking-recovery-brutal-fight-left-coma-power-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prayer<\/a>, she paraded behind Durbin, holding up a sign and repeating her slogans.<\/p>\n<p>But the pastor did not flinch. He prayed for \u201cequal protection to every image bearer of God from the moment of fertilization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive the legislators the courage to do what is right in your eyes and to obey you,\u201d the pastor prayed.<\/p>\n<p>End Abortion Now posted a clip of the prayer to the social media platform X. Readers may view it below.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pastor Jeff\u2019s Prayer at the Capital <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JTkOwmpply\">pic.twitter.com\/JTkOwmpply<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Abortion Now (@EndAllAbortion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndAllAbortion\/status\/1783159030493667466?\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is, of course, tremendous irony in the loud abortion advocate\u2019s repeated references to \u201cslavery.\u201d After all, the 19th-century contest over slavery has strong parallels with the modern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vile-biden-comes-fire-invoking-jesus-promoting-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> debate.<\/p>\n<p>In both cases, for instance, advocates have conflated human beings with objects covered under property rights or bodily autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, while 19th-century abolitionists found a home in the Republican Party, the ardent Christians at the center of the abolitionist movement often expressed frustration with Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-stance-abortion-follows-example-lincoln-set-abolition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Abraham Lincoln<\/a>, who, for strategic reasons, did not always act against slavery in the way that abolitionists demanded. Former President Donald Trump has caused similar frustration for perceived strategic concessions on abortion during an election year.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt such parallels would be lost on the woman who shouted slogans to interrupt a prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin, however, did not rebuke her. And he had at least two good reasons for not doing so.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-military-chaplain-talks-becoming-battle-ready-serve-gods-end-times-army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a> still offers her a chance to repent. In fact, at one point, Durbin himself needed repentance perhaps as much or more than she does now.<\/p>\n<p>According to a profile of Durbin that appeared on the End Abortion Now website, the pastor once struggled with alcohol and drug abuse. Eventually, a \u201cpersonal financial collapse brought on by his sinful lifestyle led him to the point of utter brokenness. With no way out, Christ was faithful to offer Jeff a place to turn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, he knows \u2014 as all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seen-miracles-war-torn-ukrainian-christians-resilient-amid-russian-persecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians<\/a> do \u2014 that God offers an answer to the terror of unexpected or unwanted pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Satan, of course, has told the mother to put herself first, to spare herself the inconvenience and to make decisions about life and death \u2014 in other words, to set herself up as God. The great deceiver has filled her head with fine-sounding slogans and convinced her that slavery to self constitutes true freedom.<\/p>\n<p>But it is all an illusion.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, as the Israelites learned in the wilderness, only by looking at a bronze serpent on a pole \u2014 by confronting their fears through an act of faith in God \u2014 could they overcome those fears and survive the serpent\u2019s bite. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Numbers+21%3A4-9&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Numbers 21:4-9<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Christians have this hope to share with those terrified young mothers. And not even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-women-shriek-celebration-right-murder-children-voted-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loudest shrieks<\/a> of an abortion advocate can drown out the truth of it.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. The 2024 election is the single most important election of our lifetime. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We here at The Western Journal are committed to covering it in a way the establishment media simply will not: We will tell the truth, and they will lie.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech and the elites don\u2019t want the truth out. 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He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Michael Schwarz on April 24, 2024, at 4:30pm: Pregnant young women often feel terrified, whether due to their own sins or sins against them. 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