Articles: Abortion
Abortion and the Christian Church
The question that faces the church is forced onto us by the 6th Commandment and the Christian understanding of the sanctity of human life. God calls the church to the aid of the weak and helpless, to be their help and defender. Since Scripture regards unborn life as human life, we cannot but take up their cause... more...
A Consistent Ethic of Life
There is a growing and increasingly damaging disconnect between the 6th and 7th Commandments. The sixth, forbidding murder, is based on the larger principle of the sanctity of life; the seventh, forbidding adultery, is based on the larger principle of the sanctity of marriage. These two Commandments are mutually dependent--they do not and cannot stand alone. more...
What is Man?
"What is man," the Psalmist asked long, long ago. His answer was exuberant: "Thou has made him a little lower than God, and dost crown him with glory and majesty!" The answer that is being given today is not so clear. Then as now, there is no more important question for our civilization to answer than this one. more...