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THE LIFEWATCH PROPOSAL TO CHANGE 161.G

Because the Sexual Revolution is now undermining Christian teaching on human sexuality and harming countless unsuspecting people, read more

ABORTION IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF

black lives, outnumbering the CDC’s reported top 15 leading causes of deaths among blacks in 2014—combined. The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute (created by Planned Parenthood) reported 926,200 abortions in 2014, 28% of which were among black women. That’s 259,336 deaths (711 per day) via induced abortions versus 246,122, respectively. Read more here

A NEW HUMAN BEING IS CONCEIVED

“A new human being is conceived when a sperm fertilizes an egg. The sperm has 23 chromosomes and so does the egg. But the fertilized egg has 46, half from each parent, and is genetically unique. These 46 chromosomes, which are fixed at conception, establish the child’s sex and are a blueprint for how itContinue reading “A NEW HUMAN BEING IS CONCEIVED”

PRO-CHOICE, NO CHOICE

“Abortion proponents on March 26 made clear their displeasure with the Trump administration’s proposed conscience protections for healthcare providers, saying in effect that doctors and nurses who have religious objections to abortion should be forced to participate in the practice nonetheless.” Read more

MIZZOU REMOVES MARGARET SANGER POSTER

“The University of Missouri removed a picture of abortion pioneer and Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, after a group of pro-life students insisted that it was inappropriate to celebrate a woman who advocated for eugenic beliefs.” Read more

DID YOU KNOW THAT…?

True freedom is not found through sexual “liberation,” but through healthy boundaries. True freedom is found through recognizing human dignity. True freedom is found in living according to our design. As countercultural as it is, true freedom can only be found through embracing the biblical view of relationships, sex, and marriage. SOURCE: https://stream.org/unraveling-sexual-revolution/

The Conundrum of the Council of Jerusalem

One of the greatest particular perplexities in New Testament scholarship is the discrepancybetween Paul’s account of the conference in Jerusalem in Galatians 2:1-10 and the council ofJerusalem in Acts 15:1-35.The main similarities are as follows:1) Paul and Acts both say that Paul and Barnabas went together to a meeting inJerusalem.2) Paul and Acts both sayContinue reading “The Conundrum of the Council of Jerusalem”

Jesus, Law and Love

Today it is not unusual for North American Christians to assume that Jesus was all about love rather than law and to assume that love is a matter of feelings. Since Christian doctrine is basedon the story of Jesus’ life as well as on the apostles’ proclamation of his death and resurrection,such notions about Jesus’Continue reading “Jesus, Law and Love”

Jesus and Purity Laws

In Volume 4 of A Marginal Jew, John P. Meier addresses Jesus’ attitude and actions pertainingto purity laws.Meier thinks that it is facile to stick labels such as “ritual” or “moral” on the laws in thePentateuch pertaining to purity. Nevertheless, he acknowledges that there are four categoriesof impurity which can be distinguished in ancient texts.Continue reading “Jesus and Purity Laws”

Jesus and the Sabbath

The following is a brief overview with a general critique of the chapter on “Jesus and theSabbath” in John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume Four:Law and Love (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), pp. 235-341.A few remarks concerning Meier’s program are in order to provide some background regardinghis judgments concerningContinue reading “Jesus and the Sabbath”