Celebrating Life in the Midst of OppositionFeb 02, 2012
How did you celebrate the birth of your child or grandchild? Fathers sometimes hand out cigars when a baby is born. New parents send out birth announcements to family and friends. And they open their home to welcome family members and close friends ...
Sunday and Roe v. WadeJan 20, 2012
God and abortion come face to face this year with the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, January 22, 1973, falling on a Sunday. People will gather to worship the Lord and Author of Life on the day when, thirty-nine years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ...
What the Early Church Church Said About AbortionDec 20, 2011
Quotes from the church fathers.
Ancient Pro-Life Document Discovered!Jul 06, 2010
Actually, the document has been around for a long time. What needs to be discovered, however, is just how pro-life the Apostles’ Creed really is. What we profess so often connects so well to the life issues of our day.
Why God?Jul 06, 2010
The question came up in a Bible study I led on the value of human life. "Why does God allow abortion to continue?" I had heard it before. I had asked it before. There is no answer. We do not know. We are not in a position to counsel God. ...
The Annunciation and AbortionJul 06, 2010
Some have argued that there are no Biblical references to prove that life begins at conception. But a quick Scriptural journey to Nazareth and the hill country of Judea shows otherwise–for here we encounter the Annunciation and Visitation ...
Scripture QuotationsJul 06, 2010
Quotes (from the English Standard Version) show: God is the Creator of all Life. Conception is God's Gift. God is the Creator of the Unborn. Pre-Natal Life has special value and stands in relation to God. Jesus loves the little children. God does ...
Throughout history the Church has called abortion sin. Only recently have some started calling abortion salvation—a way out of a difficult situation (but it is not a way out). It only creates guilt and despair to which the Church must apply its ...
Included are resolutions from The American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC), The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC), The Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA), The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS).
The acceptance of abortion in America and even in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is evidence that the high view of life, held and practiced by Christians and defended by the church fathers and teachers down through the centuries, ...
