“I am forgiven in Christ Jesus, God’s Son. My tormentors are forgiven in Him, and I pray that they know this by faith. You too are forgiven in Jesus—no matter your particular sins or regrets—you are forgiven. Look to the cross of Christ. Therein is God’s peace toward you. There is mine.”
While mankind has benefited from the blessings of biotechnology, especially in medicine and home life, the corrupted human nature strives to redefine the meaning of humanity through the premise that “the end justifies the means.” As long as the end is for the greatest number and their pleasure and happiness, then the Biblical teaching that God is the Author and Creator of every good and perfect gift is set aside and trampled on by those who would abuse scientific progress for personal gain and self-fulfillment. In C.S. Lewis’s book The Abolition of Man he addressed this tyranny of corrupted man saying, “man controlling man using nature.” The beginning of mankind’s tyranny and exploitation by mankind is set in the Garden of Eden and Satan’s temptation of Eve and Adam.
We live in an age of attempts to shut God out of life and to make individual choice supreme. “If it feels good, do it.” “If you think it’s right, then it’s right for you.” God’s Word, however, makes it clear that it is not for any of us to discern right or wrong on the basis of what we think or feel. In no issue is that truth more vital than abortion …
Dr. Randall Shields authored this excellent Bible for fathers several years ago.
Dedicated to the mothers and fathers who mourn the loss of a child’s life through miscarriage or stillbirth.
We live in a world of growing numbers of unplanned pregnancies, birth control abortion (1.3 million each year), child abuse on the rise, children living in poverty, and young men and women for whom the assumption of parental responsibilities for the babies they bring into the world presents a crisis. A Bible study about adoption serves a much needed purpose by focusing on adoption as an honorable, positive, and productive choice-a choice that can be a blessed and satisfying solution for both birth parents and adoptive parents, the adoptee, and society.
Adoption has a prominent place in Scripture, with examples of God’s Word revealing adoption as a life-affirming and enhancing decision for many individuals.
Sin brings death and destruction. The sin of abortion brings death to a unique, unborn child. It also brings destruction to other lives-destruction of relationships, of families, of faith. Abortion is a life-shattering tragedy. It devastates women, men, grandparents, brothers, and sisters who carry sorrow for a child they will never know, or guilt for a child they rejected.
How do those whose hearts have been broken by abortion sound? Are they those fanatic pro-lifers who scream and yell and want to bomb abortion clinics? Not at all. People whose hearts have been broken by abortion are compassionate people who understand that abortion is much more than a controversial, political issue and much more than a right to choose. This brochure explains why abortion is a matter of the heart.
From the beginning Christians held firmly to the sanctity of human life. They opposed all activities contrary to it. They not only sought to honor the Commandment of “Never murder” (Exodus 20:13), but they also had Jeremiah 7:31-32 in mind in which the prophet condemned the burning to death of children as offerings to a pagan god …
Dr. David L. Adams says it is time for the Church to put its pro-life convictions into action! Dr. Adams say that unless our congregations take action that makes those convictions a part of the way we do our ministry work, “we shall cease to be a pro-life church body within a generation.” This article/booklet outlines the three basic needs: (1) a plan to teach the faith; (2) a plan to care for people in need; and (3) a plan to witness publicly to the teachings of God’s Word.