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1. How to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health

   July 6, 2011 by B. Taylor

   How do you know if you are growing in the “grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ“? (2 Peter 3:18)

   This is an important question to consider…

   Do you determine how many mission trips you’ve been on? Count up the number of times you have engaged in social justice issues? Calculate the hours spent reading the Bible? Realize that you are not participating in the Nasty 3 (don’t drink, don’t chew and don’t date the guys/girls that do)?

   How do you diagnose your spiritual health?

   I fear many college students answer this question by all they are doing for God. They list out all the activities to prove their Christian growth.

   Yes, Christians work. As our Pastor says, “The Gospel that saves us from work saves us to work” (a quote from Radical Together). I don’t want to muddy that water at all. If your walk with Christ is not producing God-honoring work that is fueled by faith in the Son of God, you’ve got serious spiritual problems.

   But I want to encourage all of us, especially college students who are engrained with the idea that the more I do the more important I am, to diagnose spiritual health by looking at the heart more than the hands.

   Need an example? Ghandi did a lot with his hands, but all evidence points to all of that being for naught due to his cold, dead, sinful heart that was in rebellious unbelief against God.

   I think you can fool yourself by looking at your hands. I think I have fooled my own self by looking soley at my hands. But our hearts are always honest indicators of where we are spiritually.

   A few weeks back, while at Starbucks a college student that I bumped into gave me an excellent book by Donald Whitney, Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health. The book offers excellent, heart probing, spiritual x-ray questions that can help us think through our current condition spiritually.

   They are…

   1. Do you thirst for God?

   2. Are you governed increasingly by God’s Word?

   3. Are you more loving?

   4. Are you more sensitive to God’s presence?

   5. Do you have a growing concern for the spiritual and temporal needs of others?

   6. Do you delight in the Bride of Christ?

   7. Are the spiritual disciplines increasingly important to you?

   8. Do you still grieve over sin?

   9. Are you a quicker forgiver?

   10. Do you yearn for heaven and to be with Jesus?

   Notice how much these questions deal with works…not that much! Now, notice how often these questions deal with our motivations that are behind our works…bingo! Actions that honor God are essential, but I have learned in my own life that I can do a ton of things, and my heart be far from God. However, I’m never able to fake my motives behind my actions nor manipulate my affections/desires that flow out of my heart.

   So, as you take a look at your own heart, are you growing in the “grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ“? (2 Peter 3:18)

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2. “By the mercies of God…”

   May 13, 2011 by admin

   This blog post is written by Austin Baker, College Ministry Intern and student at Beeson Divinity School. He is married to Christine, and they enjoy sitting on their porch swing, eating breakfast for dinner and utilizing their Netflix account.

   It is easy to forget what compels us as believers to live the Christian life. It is easy to forget in our culture of “Do’s” and “Don’ts” the reasons why we “do” and “don’t.” Paul has taken the first eleven chapters of Romans to discuss the sinfulness of man, the extraordinary, undeserved grace of God through Christ and the status of believers who make up the church. However, it is not until Romans 12 that he lays out the first command of the epistle.

   “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God…”

   Romans 1-11 have demonstrated just how great are the mercies of God, and now Paul appeals to these mercies as the driving force of our daily living. We live holy lives compelled by the Spirit due to God’s gracious and merciful disposition towards us as found through Christ. This mercy fuels the worship in our everyday lives. We do not do certain things (pray, read scripture, fast, love our neighbor, etc.) and refrain from other things (sexual immorality, lying, cheating, etc.) because we hope to gain more favor from God.  Paul established God’s favor towards us in Christ before we had done anything right or wrong earlier in the letter. We live holy lives out of thanksgiving for the “mercies of God.” May remembering his mercy drive our living today.

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3. “Tornadoes and the Trustworthiness of God”

   May 1, 2011 by Ashley Chesnut

   In the wake of the 200+ tornadoes that ripped through Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia this week, Dr. Platt preached today from Job 1 and Luke 13:1-5 on “Tornadoes and the Trustworthiness of God.”

   If you have questions about how to respond to such disaster or questions about God’s sovereignty in relation to such devastation, I urge you to listen to this sermon, to consider eternity, and to live in light of the life to come.

   Also, if you would like to volunteer in the disaster relief efforts, please check this website for opportunities to serve in the Birmingham area.

   Category: GospelTags: Eternity, Job, Luke 13, Natural Disasters, Sovereignty of God, Storm, Tornadoes | Comments (0)

4. It is Finished – [Official Video] by Matt Papa

   April 28, 2011 by B. Taylor

   I am always encouraged and spurred on by the Gospel saturated lyrics of Matt Papa. This song, It is Finished, is no different.

    

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5. The Good in Good Friday

   April 22, 2011 by Ashley Chesnut

   I had a moment this past week where God totally blew my mind once again with how infinitely wise and wonderful He is.

   The night before Jesus died, He celebrated the Passover meal with the Twelve. For Israelites, this is a time when they remember how, when they were slaves in Egypt, the angel of the Lord passed over anyone who had the lamb’s blood on their doorpost. The blood of this lamb ensured that the firstborn in that home would be delivered from death. And it was this event that led to the Israelites’ release from bondage in Egypt.

   There was a discrepancy between Judean Jews and Galilean Jews as to whether a day was from sunrise to sunrise or sunset to sunset, which affected when they celebrated Passover. As a result, Jesus and His disciples ate this meal on Thursday, which means that they would have killed the Passover Lamb on Thursday beginning around 3pm. However, the Judean Jews celebrated the Passover meal on Friday. And when did Jesus die on the cross? Friday.

   Luke 23:44-46 states, “It was now about the sixth hour, and there darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!’ And having said this, he breathed his last.”

   The ninth hour, when Jesus died, was 3pm. Jesus, the Ultimate Passover Lamb, died at the same time that the Judean Jews would have been slaughtering the Passover lambs for their Passover meal! God, in His infinite wisdom, orchestrated even the time that Jesus would die so that it would align with the death of the Passover lambs!

   As a result of Christ’s death, we too can be passed over. His blood pays the debt of our sin (Rm. 3:21-26; 6:23), and if we confess Him as Lord, believe in Him, and repent, we too can be released from our slavery to sin and spend eternity with Him.

   Hallelujah! What a Savior!

   Category: GospelTags: Easter, Good Friday | Comments (1)

6. We Need His Word – Psalm 119

   March 23, 2011 by B. Taylor

   This post was written by Ryan, a Church Planting Resident at The Church at Brook Hills. As a College student at Brook Hills he invested his life into disciple-making relationships. He and his wife are now preparing to go to Central Asia to plant churches among unreached peoples.

   I’ve been burdened lately with my great need for God’s Word. It seems that if I go even one day without His life-giving Word I start to wither and grow cold. In light of that, I’ve spent the last few days studying through Psalm 119, reminding myself of my desperate need for Him through His Word. These are my conclusions.

   Reasons we must read, study, memorize, meditate, and abide in His Word daily…

   For life, strength, hope and peace:

   God uses His Word to give you life (25, 28, 37, 40, 50, 93, 107, 156)

   God uses His Word to give you strength (28)

   God uses His Word to give you hope (43, 49, 74, 81, 114, 147)

   God uses His Word to give you more desire for Him (131)

   God uses His Word to give you great peace (165)

   We need God’s Word because we need God. We are sojourners on this earth (v. 19) and God has given us His Word not only as our truth and guide but as our very source of daily life. It gives us life because it is His Words: words of life from the Giver of life. When the psalmist is faltering for lack of life, strength, hope, or peace, he turns to God, trusting that by His Spirit, He will use His words to heal. To enter the tasks of the day without being filled with our source of life, strength, hope, or peace would be foolish indeed.

   For holiness:

   God uses His Word to keep your way pure (9)

   God uses His Word to keep you from sinning (11, 165)

   God uses His Word to turn you from false ways, selfish gain, and looking at worthless things (29, 36, 37)

   God uses His Word to keep you from going astray (67, 102)

   God uses His Word to show you the way that pleases Him (59, 105, 130)

   God uses His Word to cause you to hate false ways (104)

   God uses His Word to cause you to fear Him (120)

   God’s Word is our defense against sin and temptation, something made clear to us throughout the Scriptures (Matt. 4:1-11, Eph. 6:17, Heb. 4:12). How then can we enter each day, with sin crouching at the door for us, without being filled with His Word? If we go into the day without it, we go arrogantly and foolishly.

   For wisdom:

   God uses His Word to give you counsel (23-24)

   God uses His Word to give you wisdom and understanding (98-100, 130)

   This truth is made much clearer in Proverbs 2:1-5. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. But how do we come to fear the Lord? Through God’s Word being treasured up within us. How can we expect to face the challenges of living a godly life in Christ Jesus each day if we do not fear the Lord? We must treasure up His Word within us each day and call out for understanding.

   For endurance:

   God uses His Word to preserve you in times of trial (69-70)

   God uses His Word to comfort you with reminders of His promises to you (41, 43, 49, 50, 107)

   God uses His Word to keep you from perishing in affliction if you delight in it (92)

   God uses His Word to cause you to hide in Him (114)

   God uses His Word to give you confidence in His enduring truthfulness (151, 152, 160, 172)

   How often do we run to other things for comfort in time of trial? When was the last time a trial in your life caused you to flee to Him in His Word? God uses His Word to impart to us comfort and confidence in His enduring faithfulness. We would be wise to grow daily more dependent on His Words and promises to us.

   For worship:

   God uses His Word to cause you to praise Him (7, 162, 172)

   God uses His Word to bring you joy (14, 16, 20, 24, 35, 40, 47, 48, 70, 72, 77, 92, 97, 103, 111, 113, 119, 127, 129, 131, 140, 143, 161-63, 167, 174)

   God uses His Word to produce praise in the Church when you follow it (74)

   Pure Joy. John Piper said it best when he said that those who enjoy God more glorify God more. The most common benefit of the Word described in Psalm 119 is the great joy and delight it brings to we who love our God. If your desire is to glorify God, you would do well to enjoy Him as much as possible. And if your desire is to enjoy God, you would do so best if you consumed His Word daily.

   Let us stop this foolish arrogance of running into each day without being filled with the Words of our God. Our generation has suffered enough from the witness of little boys and little girls who refuse to be men and women of the living God through knowing, cherishing, and depending on His Word; and though I have been the foremost, I refuse to be so any longer. Do not enter another day without being filled with the life, strength, hope, peace, holiness, wisdom, endurance, and joy of your God through His Word.

   How can we go a day without His Word?

   Category: Gospel, UncategorizedTags: Endurance, God, Holiness, Psalm 119, Scripture, Wisdom, Worship | Comments (0)

7. Thoughts on “Love Wins” by Rob Bell…pt 2

   March 9, 2011 by B. Taylor

   

   Previously, we addressed the controversial video promo of Rob Bell’s up and coming book entitled, Love Wins.  I noticed the other day that it is pretty much near the top on Amazon sales, even topping a certain little orange book, which means that the “hoopla” has actually boosted his sales about 1,000%.  Some have 0bjected to the criticism coming out about his new book, stating that these responses are premature (due to the fact that no one has even read the book).

   However, we can begin to consider the questions, which IMHO were actually meant to make statements, that Bell poses in his monologue. I considered going through his statements, urrrrrr- questions, one by one and giving Scripture to reference in light of each one.  However, a friend sent me a post by a man who has already done a stellar job of this.  Denny Burk responded to many of Bell’s inquiries in his blog post from February 26. I believe it helps us see what God has revealed/communicated in His Word which addresses what Rob Bell seems to be pushing.  The illustration of a little boy pulling limbs off of creatures is spot on! Below is an excerpt from that blog post…

   Bell: Gandhi’s in hell? He is? And someone knows this for sure?

   Answer: The Bible teaches that there is no other name given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). The Bible also teaches any person who does not believe in Jesus falls under the judgment of God (John 3:18). Anyone (including Gandhi) who refuses to trust Christ alone for salvation will die in their sin and will not be able to follow Jesus into eternal life (John 8:21).
   

   Bell: Will only a few select people make it to heaven?
   

   Answer: Yes, that is true. Jesus taught that a select number of people would make it to eternal life. Most people will choose the broad way that leads to destruction, but a few will choose the narrow way to life (Matthew 7:13-14; Luke 13:23-28). Nevertheless, the Bible also teaches that there will be a great multitude which no one will be able to count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb (Revelation 7:9).
   

   Bell: And will billions and billions of people burn forever in hell?
   

   Answer: I don’t know if anyone knows what the exact number will be, but the Bible teaches that at the end of the age there will only be two groups of people: those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life and those whose are not. All those whose names are not written in the book will be thrown into the lake of fire. This will no doubt be a countless throng of people (Revelation 20:10-15).
   

   Bell: And if that’s the case, how do you become one of the few? Is it what you believe? Or what you say? Or what you do? Or who you know? Or something that happens in your heart? Or do you need to be initiated or baptized or take a class or be converted or be born again? How does one become one of these few?
   

   Answer: There is nothing that any person can do to be counted among the saved. Salvation from the penalty of sin is all of grace. God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him might not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). God offers us His Son, and the only way to receive Him is by faith. Jesus said it this way, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent” (John 6:29). If you want to become one of the few, then you have to trust in Jesus alone for your salvation.
   

   Bell: And then there is the question behind the questions. The real question: What is God like? Because millions and millions of people were taught that the primary message, the center of the gospel of Jesus, is that God is going to send you to hell unless you believe in Jesus. So what gets subtly sort of caught and taught is that Jesus rescues you from God. But what kind of God is that that we would need to be rescued from this God?
   

   Answer: What is God like? This is the ultimate question and how one answers this question will determine how all the others get answered. God is holy. He loves righteousness, and He hates sin. He is the most valuable, precious being in the universe. He is worthy of all our worship, devotion, and obedience. All people fall short of their obligation to love and worship God, and this falling short is called sin (Romans 3:23). Through our sin, we all have earned God’s just sentence of death (Romans 6:23). In fact, God says that He is angry with those who do not repent of their sin. The Bible says that God is storing up His anger for impenitent sinners (Romans 2:5) and that it will be a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of an angry God at the judgment (Hebrews 10:27, 31). The Bible teaches that God is both the treasure of heaven and the terror of hell. God will punish His enemies.
   

   Bell: How could that God ever be good? How could that God ever be trusted? And how could that ever be good news?
   

   Answer: You are asking how can God be good if He sentences sinners to eternal damnation, but I think you have the question backwards. The real question is how can God be good if He doesn’t send sinners to judgment. In other words, how can God be good while forgiving sinners? This is the question Paul wrestled with in Romans 3, and he concluded that God set forth His son Jesus as a propitiation for sin. That means that all of the wrath and anguish that would have taken us an eternity in hell to endure, God poured out on His Son in the moment of the cross. God is good because He settles our sin debt in the cross of Jesus Christ, our substitute. This is good news because God clears away guilt through the cross and offers eternal life through the resurrection of Jesus. Anyone who believes in Jesus in this way can have forgiveness and eternal life. This is more than good news; it’s the best of news.
   

   Bell: This is why lots of people want nothing to do with the Christian faith. They see it has an endless list of absurdities and inconsistencies, and they say, “Why would I ever want to be a part of that?”
   

   Answer: Sin will always appears as a trifle to those whose view of God is small. If you were to discover a little boy pulling the legs off of a grasshopper, you would think it strange and perhaps a little bizarre. If the same little boy were pulling the legs off of a frog, that would be a bit more disturbing. If it were a bird, you would probably scold him and inform his parents. If it were a puppy, that would be too shocking to tolerate. You would intervene. If it were a little baby, it would be so reprehensible and tragic that you would risk you own life to protect the baby. What’s the difference in each of these scenarios? The sin is the same (pulling the limbs off). The only difference is the one sinned against (from a grasshopper to a baby). The more noble and valuable the creature, the more heinous and reprehensible the sin. And so it is with God.
   

   If God were a grasshopper, then to sin against Him wouldn’t be such a big deal and eternal punishment wouldn’t be necessary. But God isn’t a grasshopper, He’s the most precious, valuable, beautiful being in the universe. His glory and worth are infinite and eternal. Thus to sin against an infinitely glorious being is an infinitely heinous offense that is worthy of an infinitely heinous punishment.
   

   We don’t take sin seriously because we don’t take God seriously. We have so imbibed of the banality of our God-belittling spirit of the age that our sins hardly trouble us at all. Our sin seems small because we regard God as small. And thus the penalty of hell—eternal conscious suffering under the wrath of God—always seems like an overreaction on God’s part. If we knew God better, we wouldn’t think like that.
   

   Bell: [You] see, what we believe about heaven and hell is incredibly important because it exposes what we believe about who God is and what God is like.
   

   Answer: You couldn’t be more right. But I question whether the god that you are describing is the same One I am describing.

   Category: Gospel, UncategorizedTags: Character of God, Heaven, Hell, Love Wins, Rob Bell | Comments (0)

8. Thoughts on “Love Wins” by Rob Bell…pt 1.

   March 1, 2011 by B. Taylor

   Rob Bell needs no introduction. He is a rock-star among college students. His uber trendy videos coupled with his unconventional books are a huge hit in the college world.

   However, there have been some major concerns with his ministry in the past. I love Bell’s style (his uncanny ability to communicate his point) but I have always seen some serious problems with his content.  Well, after his latest video pushing his soon to be released book, let’s jack up those concerns up 100 fold!

   Watch video here…

   LOVE WINS. from Rob Bell on Vimeo.

   A few MASSIVE concerns…but to save time I am going to address one that I think is crucial, in particularly among students. We need to distinguish between a certain, life-changing, eternity-altering, mind-boggling truth and an untruth that can and will lead you away from biblical Christianity.

   Truth: God is love (1John 4:8)

   Untruth: Love is God (not found in Scripture)

   That is a necessary distinction that keeps us from going wacko in our theology.  It seems that Rob Bell has missed this ever-so-important distinction. There is no better chapter, in my humble opinion, which addresses this common error, than the chapter entitled “The Love of God” in AW Tozer’s The Knowledge of the Holy.

   He says…

   The apostle John, by the Spirit, wrote, “God is love,” and some have taken his words to be a definitive statement concerning the essential nature of God.  This is a great error. John was by those words stating a fact, but he was not offering a definition.

   Huge point! Don’t miss that point.

   If literally God is love, then literally love is God, and we are in all duty bound to worship love as the only God there is. If love is equal to God then God is only equal to love, and God and love are identical. Thus we destroy the concept of personality in God and deny outright all His attributes save one, and that one we substitute for God. The God we have left is not the God of Israel; He is not the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; He is not the God of the prophets and the apostles; He is not the God of the saints and reformers and martyrs, nor yet the God of the theologians and hymnists of the church.

   The words “God is love” mean that love is an essential attribute of God. Love is something true of God but it is not God. It expresses the way God is in His unitary being, as do the words holiness, justice, faithfulness and truth. Because God is immutable He always acts like Himself, and because He is a unity He never suspends one of His attributes in order to exercise another.

   Rob Bell is right, “What we believe about heaven and hell is incredibly important because it exposes what we believe about who God is and what God is like.”  Tozer has said, “What comes to your mind when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”

   My hope and prayer is that students won’t fall into the trap of elevating one attribute above the rest. It seems from this video, and his other works, that Rob Bell has done just that.

   God is love. But, He is also just. God pours out His mercy, but He also pours out His wrath. We need to continually be reminded of the truth that none of His attributes conflict with another. He is a unitary Being that does not suspend one attribute to exercise another. He always acts in a way that is consistent with all of His attributes (love, mercy, justice, holiness, grace, sovereignty, wrath, etc.)

   To misunderstand this truth definitely leads to a low view of God and an unbiblical view of the afterlife!

   Category: Gospel, UncategorizedTags: Character of God, Heaven, Hell, Love Wins, Rob Bell | Comments (1)

9. Gospel Change to Your Campus

   February 27, 2011 by B. Taylor

   Tim Keller writes, “we encourage our people not to Despise the city (withdrawing, like a turtle), nor Reflect the city(blending, like a chameleon), nor Use the city (for their own purposes), but Love the city, live here, and serve it as good neighbors.”

   The “evangelical Yoda”, as Tim Keller is often referred to, has greatly influenced my thinking over the years through his books, sermons, and ministry in general.  Each time he speaks on “idolatry,” I am challenged to the very core of my understanding of the Gospel.  Many times God has taken a sledgehammer to my worthless idols as I have listened to him preach the Word.

   This week I have been especially contemplating the above quote, seeking to better understand how it applies to campus ministry through college students.  In a city like Birmingham, where you have such a variety of college campuses, I think it would be wise for students to consider how Keller’s teaching applies to their particular campus.

   Birmingham is home to a large state university (UAB), a small liberal arts college (Birmingham-Southern), a Baptist University (Samford), a large junior college (Jefferson State Community College), a small Bible college (Southeastern) and a few others.

   As I spend time with college students in the Birmingham area, I find there are a variety of responses to campus life.  Some just withdraw from campus life completely due to things like opposition to the Gospel.  Others are at the other end of the spectrum, blindly joining in with and reflecting typical campus life.

   I believe Keller is right when he encourages us not to despise, reflect or use the city…instead, he admonishes us to love the city.  Students should live a Christ-centered lifestyle while at the same time serving their neighbors on campus.  Instead of only using the campus for personal pleasure and advancement, students should find ways to be of service.  Wouldn’t it be amazing to see the college campuses in Birmingham filled with students who are not withdrawn or blending in but who are instead engaged in campus life, loving and serving those around them, and impacting students and their families, as well as faculty and administration, with the Gospel.

   I hope this will encourage our college students to take an honest look at how they are interacting with their campuses.  The campuses are filled with students who have great needs and problems that need answers.  Each campus has its on unique opportunities to see Gospel advancement.  It is a great mission field- one of the greatest students will ever encounter.  We need students who are mission-minded, who see their campuses as great opportunities to bring about Gospel change in the lives of others.  God has placed our college students on campuses for a purpose, and I pray they will clearly see that purpose and serve Him well by loving those around them.

   Category: Gospel, Mission, UncategorizedTags: Campus Life, City, College, Love, Missions, Outreach, Serve, Tim Keller | Comments (0)

10. Abortion: The Most Pressing Moral Issue of our Day

    January 26, 2011 by B. Taylor

    I just read an EXCELLENT post over at Gospel Coalition Blog…a must read by all college students. It addresses the issue of Abortion “rights” head on with clear and convincing truths!

    Read the whole thing HERE…below is the outline filled in with a few quotes.

    I hope this helps us all “think more clearly on the most pressing moral issue of our day!”

    1.) Clarify the nature of moral reasoning
    Consider the popular bumper sticker: “Don’t like abortion? Don’t have one!”

    Pro-life advocates don’t oppose abortion because they find it distasteful; they oppose it because it violates rational moral principles. Imagine if I said, “Don’t like spousal abuse? Don’t beat your wife!”

    2.) Clarify the one question that really matters
    Every pro-life advocate that I know is vigorously “pro-choice” when it comes to women choosing a number of moral goods. They support a woman’s right to choose her own doctor, her own school, her own husband, and her own career—to name just a few.

    But some choices are wrong, like killing innocent human beings simply because they are in the way and cannot defend themselves. We shouldn’t be pro-choice about that.

    3.) Clarify the scientific and philosophic case for life
    Differences of size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependency are not good reasons for saying you had no right to life then but you do now.
    Stephen Schwarz suggests the acronym SLED as a helpful reminder of these non-essential differences:

    • Size: You were smaller as an embryo, but since when does your body size determine value? Large humans are not more valuable than small humans.

    • Level of Development: True, you were less developed as an embryo, but why is that decisive? Six-month olds are less developed than teenagers both physically and mentally, but we don’t think the former have less of a right to life.

    • Environment: Where you are has no bearing on what you are. How does a journey of eight inches down the birth canal suddenly change the essential nature of the unborn from a being we can kill to one we can’t?

    • Degree of Dependency: Sure, you depended on your mother for survival, but since when does dependence on another human mean we can kill you? (Consider conjoined twins, for example.)

    4.) Clarify the path to forgiveness.
    Post-abortion young people do not need an excuse. They need an exchange: Christ’s righteousness for their sinfulness. Indeed, the starting point for human healing is the gospel of Jesus Christ, and as D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones points out, you can never preach it enough.

    Category: Gospel, UncategorizedTags: Abortion, Choices, Ethics, Morals, Pro-Life | Comments (0)

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