Posts tagged “Grace”
The cross and your abortion
“It’s kind of an emergency,” a woman from church insisted as she handed me her phone. That’s when I heard the confession of her…
Does life begin at recognition
Last night my daughters and I got into an unexpected discussion about when life begins. Without tipping my hand, I asked the girls when…
Does life begin when babies can survive?
Dr. Willie Parker doesn’t believe that performing abortions conflicts with his faith in God. Why? In describing abortion, he writes, “Before twenty-two weeks, a…
Does life begin at desire
In exploring people’s answers to, When does life begin? I discovered that some say, “When the mother wants a baby.” Since every child should…
Does life begin at birth?
One of the top five answers to, When does life begin? is “At birth.” Once out of the womb, we’re no longer looking at…
The issue regarding abortion
Given how frequent, emotional, and personal abortions are, we need a God-given foundation for what we believe and why we believe it. Since many…
If you can save just one
As I was preparing to teach a series of messages on abuse, members of our church gave me some honest feedback on a survey…
Help abusers with grace
Recently 159 members of our church completed a survey to help me prepare for a series of messages on abuse, and one of the…
Help the abused with grace
I once knew a woman who had been badly abused by her significant other and yet, despite calling the cops, went back to him….
Why does racism exist?
A few years ago, I tried to explain racism to my kids. I defined racism as the belief that races are not distinct equals…
God & transgender—Part 5
God gave us a gender (male or female); sin broke our bodies (including our sense of gender); Jesus’ body was broken to give us…
God & transgender—Part 4
I came across a sobering statistic from the American Academy of Pediatrics. It reported that 42 percent of transgender teens have attempted suicide. 42…