Category Archives: Abortion

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows

God is concerned with people on the margins, the weak and vulnerable. Continue reading

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The dignity of human beings

About the urgent challenge to tell people who they are, to enlighten them about their identity, that is, to teach without compromise the full biblical doctrine of our human being – its depravity, yes, but also its dignity. Continue reading

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God of the vulnerable

To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it….He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. Continue reading

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Can we be pro-life and support capital punishment?

NT Wright (who is brilliant on many subjects) is clearly wrong to suggest that, “you can’t reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.” This is a surprisingly simplistic view of what the Bible teaches. Opposing abortion and supporting the death penalty are both pro-life positions. Continue reading

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Health care for women?

Should abortion be associated with health care for women? Continue reading

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Knit together in my mother’s womb

Let’s pause and reflect on truth from Scripture before entering the abortion debate. Continue reading

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Sanctity or quality of life?

Are certain people better off dead, and may therefore be killed for their own good? Continue reading

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Get off the guilt trip

It’s possible to hurt ourselves and others when we don’t deal constructively with guilt in a grace-based, future-oriented way. Continue reading

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God knit us together

The truths in this psalm do not exist in empty theory. They must be understood in the complexities of life in a fallen world Continue reading

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God of the vulnerable

“What a contrast. We see God, the most potent and self-sufficient Power imaginable, continually expressing profound concern for the least potent and self-sufficient — the orphan in distress.” Continue reading

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