Posts from June 2011

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The Reformers considered abortion a sin

by Joel Radford

Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. My articles initially focused on the Biblical evidence against abortion. But over the last few weeks we’ve seen that God’s people have usually understood abortion to be a sin. Firstly we saw this in Jewish writings from the first century, then […]

The early Christians considered abortion a sin

by Joel Radford

Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. My articles initially focused on the Biblical evidence against abortion. But last week we also saw that God’s people have usually understood abortion to be a sin, beginning with first century Jews. This week I want to show that the early […]

The Jews in the first century considered abortion a sin

by Joel Radford

Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. My articles so far have focused on the Biblical evidence against abortion. I now want to show that abortion has a long history of being forbidden by God’s people. Although the Jews had their Bible, there were other writings to help […]

Abortion is a sin because John the Baptist leapt for joy in the womb

by Joel Radford

Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. So far, most of my articles have focused on verses in the Old Testament that condemn the practice. This week I want to show that abortion is wrong because the New Testament also understands that those in the womb are people […]