ROE V. WADE IS GONE
YET AMERICA SEEMS TO BE TILTING PRO-ABORTION.
WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?
AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT?
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WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES, WHERE WE ARE
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
IT’S A VERY IMPORTANT DAY IN AMERICA
IT’S SANCTITY OF LIFE SUNDAY.
THE DATE IS CHOSEN TO FALL CLOSE TO
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROE VS. WADE RULING IN 1973,
WHICH MADE ABORTION A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
AND UNLEASHED A HOLOCAUST
THAT’S CLAIMED THE LIVES OF OVER 60 MILLION BABIES.
IN 2022, AFTER NEARLY 50 YEARS,
THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THAT DISASTROUS RULING.
BUT THE BATTLE FOR HUMAN LIFE CONTINUES
IN EACH OF THE 50 STATES.
ON TODAY’S PROGRAM, WE’LL SHARE WITH YOU
THE BEAUTY OF GOD’S DESIGN FOR HUMAN LIFE.
AND WE BEGIN WITH A LOOK AT THE CURRENT STATE
OF THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT,
WHERE YOU’LL MEET A FORMER ABORTION DOCTOR
WHO BECAME AN ADVOCATE FOR LIFE
AFTER AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
HERE’S OUR OWN CHRISTINA VIDAL.
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU THE PICTURE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE
WITHIN THE HOSPITAL WHEN I WAS A RESIDENT.
I WENT TO RESIDENCY TRAINING DOWN THE HALL HERE
YOU HAD A ROOM;
A PROCEDURE ROOM WHERE YOU WOULD KILL CHILDREN.
YOU COULD WALK 50 YARDS DOWN THE HALL
AND WALK INTO LABOR AND DELIVERY AND DELIVER A BABY.
THIS IS DR HAYWARD ROBINSON I’M A FORMER ABORTION PROVIDER
SET FREE BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST JESUS
AND THAT’S WHY I’M BASICALLY PRO CHOICE.
I WANT PEOPLE WITH THE AID OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO MAKE THE CHOICE AND NOT RESIST
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT NUDGES THEM AND IS DRAWING THEM IN.
DON’T RESIST THAT IT’S THE LORD WHO ALWAYS GOES FOR THE ONE
AND HE LOOKED AT ME IN A WAY THAT I WAS ONE, I WAS UNIQUE.
IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOK, THE SCALPEL AND THE SOUL,
DOCTOR ROBINSON DESCRIBES HIS JOURNEY
FROM ABORTIONIST TO PRO-LIFE LEADER WITH 40 DAYS FOR LIFE.
AS I BECAME MORE INVOLVED WITH ABORTION,
IT'S A VERY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.
ABORTION IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN BUSINESS.
ONCE YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN THAT CARTEL
AND YOU HAVE THAT BLOOD MONEY ON YOUR HAND,
MONEY IS A TREMENDOUS ANESTHETIC
TO YOUR SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S MOST RECENT ANNUAL REPORT
THEIR TOP MONEY-MAKER IS WHAT THEY CALL
“PREGNANCY RESOLUTION SERVICES” IN OTHER WORDS, ABORTION.
FORMER ABORTIONIST DR. PATTI GIEBINK
WORKED WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD FOR 3 YEARS
AND ABORTION REALLY WAS THE ONLY CHOICE OFFERED.
IN THIS INTERVIEW HOSTED BY LIVE ACTION
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT LILA ROSE,
DR. GIEBINK TELLS US ABOUT HER PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM
ABORTION DOCTOR TO PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE,
AND HOW GOD TOOK THE SCALES OFF HER EYES.
“GOD JUST REVEALED HIS HEART TO ME.
I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT GOD’S HEART IS LIFE.”
ONCE SHE CAME TO CHRIST
AND LEARNED THAT GOD IS A GOD OF LIFE,
DR. GIEBLINK BECAME IMMERSED IN THE BIBLE
AFTER SURRENDERING HER HEART TO CHRIST.
SHE RECOUNTS THE DAY SHE WAS AT A CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
AND SPOKE OUT PUBLICLY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
ABOUT HER PAST LIFE AS AN ABORTIONIST.
AND I SAID I AM PROOF THAT GOD CAN REDEEM ANYONE.
I USED TO DO ABORTIONS FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD
AND THEN I SOBBED.
60% OF ABORTION-MINDED WOMEN CHOOSE LIFE
IF THEY SEE THEIR BABY IN AN ULTRASOUND,
BUT CRISIS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS
ARE UNDER ATTACK MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.
SINCE MAY OF 2022,
OVER 100 CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS
HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED OR FIREBOMBED AND
IN 2023 ALONE,
CHURCHES AND CRISIS CENTERS HAVE RECEIVED
OVER 400 THREATS OF VIOLENCE FOR THEIR PRO-LIFE STANCE.
ERIN HAWLEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
HAS TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS AS A PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE
AND SHE'S ARGUED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT
AGAINST THE DANGERS OF THE POPULAR ABORTION PILL
KNOWN AS MIFEPRISTONE.
THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT IS THAT IT STARVES THE UNBORN CHILD.
IT BLOCKS THE PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS TO A WOMAN'S UTERUS,
AND THEN THE WOMAN TAKES THE SECOND DRUG,
WHICH BASICALLY CAUSES A MISCARRIAGE.
MIFEPRISTONE IS A HIGH RISK DRUG.
IT HAS A BLACK BOX LABEL ON IT, AND IT ACTUALLY SENDS IT,
AND THE OTHER DRUGS IN COMBINATION
SEND ABOUT 1 IN 25 WOMEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
AND THAT NUMBER IS GROWING DAILY
SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE IN 2022.
ABORTION IS MOVING FROM THE CLINIC TO THE HOME
WITH DANGEROUS RESULTS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, SINCE THIS TYPE ABORTION IS NOT SURGICAL,
WOMEN CAN REVERSE THEIR CHEMICAL ABORTION.
MIFEPRISTONE IS THE FIRST DRUG
IN THE CHEMICAL ABORTION DRUG REGIMEN.
AND SOMETHING THAT YOUR VIEWERS MAY NOT KNOW IS
THAT PREGNANCY CARE CENTERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDING
WOMEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
WITH SOMETHING KNOWN AS ABORTION PILL REVERSAL.
AND ALL IT IS IS PROGESTERONE.
AND IF SHE GETS ENOUGH PROGESTERONE IN ENOUGH TIME,
HER CHILD MAY LIVE.
AFTER THE FATEFUL ROE V WADE DECISION IN 1973,
A NUMBER THAT AMOUNTS TO THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA.
AND OFTEN WE HEAR THE PRO-ABORTION ARGUMENT
THAT STATES SHOULD MAKE EXCEPTIONS
FOR PREGNANCIES CAUSED BY RAPE OR INCEST.
MY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER EXPERIENCED
THE HORROR AND THE VIOLENCE OF RAPE AND, YET,
STILL WAS COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE ME LIFE,
TO GIVE ME THE GIFT OF ADOPTION.
RYAN BOMBERGER, PUBLISHED A LETTER THANKING HIS MOTHER FOR
NOT ABORTING HIM JUST BECAUSE HE WAS A PRODUCT OF RAPE.
I'VE TRIED OVER THE YEARS, HOW DO I, HOW DO I THANK HER?
I'VE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO I EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE
TO A WOMAN WHO,
CHOSE COURAGEOUSLY TO BE STRONGER THAN ABORTION.
ALTHOUGH THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
OVERTURNED ROE V WADE IN 2022,
THE BATTLE TO PROTECT UNBORN LIFE CONTINUES.
IN NOVEMBER, SEVERAL STATES CODIFIED ABORTION ACCESS AS
A “FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT” INTO THEIR STATE CONSTITUTIONS.
YET IN FLORIDA, NEBRASKA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA, VOTERS PUSHED BACK
AGAINST PRO-ABORTION PROPOSALS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES.
I LITERALLY AM THE 1% THAT IS USED
100% OF THE TIME TO JUSTIFY ABORTION,
BUT YET THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR CONCEPTION
NEVER CHANGE THE CONDITION OF OUR WORTH.
WE HAVE MORE TO DO THAN SAVE BABIES, WE NEED TO SAVE WOMEN,
WE NEED TO HELP WOMEN PICK THEMSELVES UP.
JESUS SAYS WHATEVER WE'VE DONE TO THE LEAST OF THESE
YOU'VE DONE UNTO ME
AND WHAT MORE LEAST THAN THE INNOCENT PRE BORN CHILD.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE MIRACULOUS, BEAUTIFUL,
AND HEARTRENDING THAN THE BIRTH OF A HUMAN.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE BABIES
IS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS
AN INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL EDITION BY OUR CREATOR.
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BECAUSE SIN IS PART OF OUR CULTURE,
AND IN THE AIR WE BREATHE IN THIS FALLEN WORLD,
WE FALL PREY TO SATAN’S TEMPTATIONS
WHEN IT COMES TO FRUITLESSNESS.
SCRIPTURE TELLS US THAT THE ENEMY COMES TO STEAL
AND KILL AND DESTROY.
AND HE’S MANAGED TO CONVINCE AN ENTIRE GENERATION
THAT CHILDREN ARE A HINDRANCE RATHER THAN A BLESSING,
AND THAT SOME LIVES ARE INCONVENIENT.
THAT’S WHY I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT
TO EXPOSE THOSE LIES IN THE LIGHT OF BIBLICAL TRUTH
WITH THE CONGREGATION HERE AT CORAL RIDGE,
IN MY MESSAGE, “DEFENDING THE UNBORN.”
TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST 6 VERSES OF JEREMIAH 18
AND THE FIRST 6 VERSES OF JEREMIAH 19:
AND MAY WE AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD, MAY WE NEVER REMAIN SILENT
WITH THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENT BECAUSE
THE GRASS WITHERS AND THE FLOWER FADES FOR THE WORD OF OUR LORD,
IT STANDS FOREVER.
AMEN. YOU MAY BE SEATED
THE FIRST THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IN THIS PASSAGE THIS MORNING
IN VERSE 6, GOD EXPLAINS THE METAPHOR
JUST AS THIS POTTER SHAPES THE PIECE OF CLAY,
SO I HAVE SHAPED YOU INTO BEING.
THIS PASSAGE IS REMINDING US THAT
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A HUMAN ACCIDENT.
THAT EVERY LIFE THAT IS BORN,
THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING HERE TODAY HAS BEEN SHAPED
AND DESIGNED, INTRICATELY, BY THE CHIEF DESIGNER
AND THE CHIEF POTTER, WHO IS GOD HIMSELF.
NOW, YOU BEING HERE TODAY, WE ALL CAN RECOGNIZE
THAT YOU HAD NO CHOICE IN YOUR BIRTH;
YOU HAD NO CHOICE WHEN YOU WOULD BE BORN
AND WHERE YOU WOULD BE BORN AND TO WHOM YOU WOULD BE BORN TO.
AND IT IS BECAUSE THAT GOD AS THE CHIEF POTTER AND DESIGNER,
HE IS THE ONE THAT PUTS LIFE INTO MOTION,
ALL HUMAN LIFE,
MEANING THAT THERE IS NO LIFE THAT IS A MISTAKE
AND NO LIFE THAT IS UNWANTED BY GOD.
NOT ONLY IS LIFE DESIGNED BY THE POTTER,
BUT SECONDLY,
EVERY SINGLE LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE WOMB
AND INSIDE OF THE WOMB IS A PRIZE POSSESSION OF OUR GOD
WHO IS THE CHIEF POTTER.
YOU SEE, THE PROBLEM WITH THE ABORTION MOVEMENT,
PARTICULARLY IN AMERICA,
IS THAT IT'S ROOTED IN DARWINIAN EVOLUTION BECAUSE
EVER SINCE EVOLUTION BECAME A VIABLE THEORY TAUGHT
IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS,
WE HAVE REMOVED THE REALITY OF A CHIEF CREATOR.
AND IF YOU GET RID OF A CHIEF CREATOR AND CHIEF DESIGNER,
THEN LIFE, HUMAN LIFE BECOMES DISPENSABLE
AND IT HOLDS NO VALUE OR WORTH AT ALL
TURNING YOUR BIBLES BACK TO JEREMIAH 1 VERSES 4 AND 5.
JEREMIAH WRITES,
WHAT JEREMIAH IS SAYING IS
THAT OUR WORTH AND OUR VALUE IS DEFINED BY GOD
NOT AT BIRTH AND NOT EVEN AT CONCEPTION,
BUT BEFORE CONCEPTION,
GOD KNEW JEREMIAH AND THEREFORE WE BELIEVE THAT
GOD KNEW EACH ONE OF YOU THAT GOD HAD YOU IN HIS SIGHTS
AS HIS VALUABLE PRIZED POSSESSION
EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE CONCEIVED.
THAT'S HOW VALUABLE YOU ARE
IN THE SIGHT AND THE EYES OF THE CREATOR,
ALL LIFE DESIGNED BY THE POTTER,
ALL LIFE VALUABLE TO THE POTTER.
BUT IN CHAPTER 19 THAT WE READ, THE STORY TAKES
A VERY DARK TURN BECAUSE GOD'S PEOPLE REJECT IT,
THE CHIEF DESIGNER AND CHIEF POTTER.
AND THAT LEADS US TO OUR 3RD AND FINAL POINT.
IT SAYS IN CHAPTER 19
THAT THEY SET UP PLACES OF WORSHIP TO BAAL.
NOW, BAAL WAS USUALLY USED SOMETIMES AS
A GENERIC UNIVERSAL NAME FOR THE PAGAN GODS,
BUT THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC FALSE GOD
THAT'S BEING SPOKEN OF IN CHAPTER 19.
IT'S THE AMORITE GOD, THE GOD MOLECH,
AND THE GOD MOLECH WAS ONE OF THE GODS, FALSE GODS,
FROM THE SURROUNDING PAGAN NATIONS
THAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD EMBRACED
AND WORSHIPED FOR 300 YEARS.
MOLECH WAS DESCRIBED AS HAVING A BULL'S HEAD AND A HUMAN BODY.
HE WOULD BE OFTEN PORTRAYED SITTING DOWN
WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED AND PALMS UP.
AND WHEN THEY MADE THE IDOL TO MOLECH,
THEY WOULD CARVE OUT THE BELLY AND
START A RAGING FIRE INSIDE UNTIL
THE WHOLE METAL IDOL WAS HOT AND ENRAGING WITH FIRE.
AND UPON THE HANDS AND OUTSTRETCHED ARMS,
THE PEOPLE OF GOD WOULD LAY THEIR CHILDREN
AS A SACRIFICE TO MOLECH.
AND THEY DID THIS FOR 300 YEARS.
IN VERSE 6, IT SAYS THAT THIS PLACE
WILL ONE DAY HAVE ITS NAME CHANGED,
BUT THAT THE NAME OF THIS PLACE WAS CALLED TOPHETH.
THE WORD TOPHETH IN HEBREW MEANS DRUMS
BECAUSE THEY WOULD PLAY DRUMS SO LOUDLY SO THAT
YOU COULDN'T HEAR THE SCREAMS OF THE CHILDREN BEING SACRIFICED.
WHEREVER CHILD SACRIFICE EXISTS,
WHETHER IT WAS IN THE TIME OF ABRAHAM
OR IN THE TIME OF JEREMIAH
OR IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD IN THE FIRST CENTURY,
CHILD SACRIFICE WAS ALWAYS A MARK
OF A PAGAN NATION AND A PAGAN SOCIETY.
AND IN THE 21ST CENTURY HERE IN AMERICA,
IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT WE ARE WRESTLING YET AGAIN
WITH THE PRACTICE OF CHILD SACRIFICE.
AND IF WE CONTINUE TO BE A NATION THAT EMBRACES AND
SUPPORTS LEGALLY CHILD SACRIFICE,
WE ARE NO LONGER JUST A SECULAR NATION,
BUT WE ARE SIMPLY A PAGAN NATION BECAUSE WE HAVE GIVEN OUR HEARTS
AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE PAGAN GODS OF OUR CULTURE.
I WANT TO SAY A WORD TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE THIS MORNING
AND EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME.
IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY,
THANK GOD THAT YOUR MOTHER WAS PRO-LIFE
AND CHOSE TO BRING YOU INTO THIS WORLD
AND NOT ROB YOU OF THE PRE-ORDAINED PURPOSE AND FUTURE.
BECAUSE EVERY CHILD THAT IS MURDERED IN THE WOMB,
IN THE NAME OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IS ROBBED
FROM THE GOD-GIVEN PREORDAINED PURPOSE AND FUTURE
THAT GOD HAS ESTABLISHED FOR THEM.
WE HEAR A CORAL RIDGE.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT A WOMAN HAS A RIGHT TO DO
WHAT SHE CHOOSES TO DO WITH HER BODY.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT BABY IN THE WOMB IS NOT HER BODY.
THE BABY IN THAT WOMB IS ANOTHER BODY AND NO ONE, BUT NO ONE
HAS ANY RIGHT TO TAKE THAT LIFE AWAY FROM THAT CHILD.
(APPLAUSE)
THIS BATTLE FOR LIFE IS LOST OR WON RIGHT HERE IN
THIS ROOM WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD BECAUSE WHEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD
AIDED AND INFORMED BY THE WORD OF GOD AND EMPOWERED BY
THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD IS A MOVEMENT UNLIKE ANY OTHER,
IT IS A MOVEMENT THAT NO OTHER
POLITICAL MOVEMENT COULD EVER BRING.
THIS IS THE HOPE OF THE WORLD,
SO, THIS MORNING AND FORMED BY THE WORD,
EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT
AND MOTIVATED BY THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM,
MAY WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TODAY TO BE AMBASSADORS AND DEFENDERS,
EVANGELISTS AND SOLDIERS TO FIGHT FOR LIFE AND IN CARRYING
THE GOOD NEWS OF EVERLASTING LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD.
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
THE SANCTITY AND DEFENSE OF HUMAN LIFE
IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PRIORITIES FOR CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA.
AFTER MAKING GREAT GAINS UP THROUGH
THE DOBBS DECISION IN 2022,
THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT HAS FACED SOME SETBACKS,
AS A NUMBER OF STATES
HAVE MADE ABORTION VIRTUALLY UNRESTRICTED.
THIS PAST ELECTION, A FEW STATES FINALLY HELD THE LINE ON LIFE
AND TURNED BACK EFFORTS TO EXPAND ABORTION.
AND WHAT WE’VE BEEN WARNING FOR MORE THAN A GENERATION
HOLDS TRUE TODAY
GOD WILL JUDGE A NATION THAT SACRIFICES ITS CHILDREN
TO THE FALSE GODS OF CONVENIENCE AND CAREER.
AND THAT’S JUST ONE OF THE MANY ISSUES THAT WILL BE FACING
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WE TEND TO THINK OF THE TERM “PRO-LIFE”
AS SYNONYMOUS WITH OPPOSING ABORTION.
BUT THAT’S ONLY ONE ASPECT OF WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE TRULY PRO-LIFE.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
TOOK A STEP TOWARD LEGALIZING ASSISTED SUICIDE THROUGH
THE GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTHCARE PROGRAM THERE.
THEY’RE JUST ONE OF THE MOST RECENT COUNTRY TO DO SO.
CANADA DID IT IN 2016
AND THEY’VE SEEN A FIFTEEN-FOLD INCREASE
IN THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF ASSISTED SUICIDES SINCE THEN.
WHAT’S MORE, MANY AMERICANS AGREE WITH THE PREMISE.
THERE ARE ALREADY STATES WHERE THE GOVERNMENT
WILL HELP PAY FOR YOUR ASSISTED SUICIDE.
IN A WELL-KNOWN CASE IN OREGON, THE STATE-RUN HEALTH INSURANCE
DENIED A PATIENT CANCER TREATMENT FOR LATE-STAGE CANCER,
BUT DID OFFER TO PAY FOR HER ASSISTED SUICIDE.
OF COURSE, NONE OF US RELISHES THE IDEA OF PROLONGED SUFFERING.
WE CAN FEEL SYMPATHETIC FOR THOSE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING PAIN WITHOUT MUCH HOPE OF RECOVERY.
BUT WHEN WE SAY IT’S OKAY TO INTERVENE TO END SUCH LIVES,
WE’RE MAKING JUDGEMENTS THAT HAVE DEEP MORAL, PHILOSOPHICAL,
AND THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS.
WE’RE CUTTING DOWN TO THE MOST PROFOUND AND FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF LIFE.
WHILE IT MIGHT SEEM COMPASSIONATE TO ADVOCATE
ENDING A SUFFERING LIFE,
IT’S ACTUALLY THE ADOPTION OF A SECULAR,
UTILITARIAN ETHIC THAT SAYS THE VALUE OF LIFE
COMES FROM SOMEONE’S USEFULNESS OR HAPPINESS.
THAT MEANS LIFE HAS NO INHERENT, PERMANENT VALUE,
BUT IS ONLY VALUABLE
BECAUSE OF A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MENTAL PROCESS,
OR FUNCTIONALITY, OR ENJOYMENT.
AND ONCE YOU’VE DECIDED THE VALUE OF LIFE
IS SUBJECTIVE ACCORDING TO THESE THINGS,
MORE AND MORE LIVES ARE CONSIDERED NOT WORTH LIVING.
BUT THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW IS FAR DIFFERENT,
AND IT’S THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW THAT ENABLED
THE RISE OF THE WESTERN WORLD, WITH ITS FREEDOM,
HEALTH CARE, SCIENCE, MASS EDUCATION, AND ARTS.
THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW RECOGNIZES THAT
GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF LIFE, NOT US.
HUMAN LIFE-EVERY HUMAN LIFE-HAS INHERENT VALUE AND DIGNITY.
THAT VALUE DOES NOT COME FROM A PERSON’S
PRODUCTIVITY OR USEFULNESS OR HAPPINESS,
BUT BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS A HUMAN BEING
AND HUMAN BEINGS ARE CREATED IN THE VERY IMAGE OF GOD,
THE ONLY CREATURES FOR WHOM THAT IS TRUE.
FOR THAT REASON, YES,
CHRISTIANS STAND UP FOR THE LIVES OF THE UNBORN, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE INFINITE VALUE AS HUMAN BEINGS IN GOD’S IMAGE.
BUT WE ALSO MUST STAND FOR THE SANCTITY OF THE LIVES
OF THOSE WHO ARE ELDERLY, ILL, SUFFERING, OR DISABLED.
THE UTILITARIAN ETHIC SAYS
THERE’S NO POINT IN LIVING A LIFE OF SUFFERING.
THE CHRISTIAN ETHIC SAYS WITH PAUL,
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