Today we conclude our series of bulletin articles on abortion. My articles initially focused on the Biblical evidence against abortion. Then we saw that God’s people have usually understood abortion to be a sin, including first century Jews, the early church fathers and the Reformers. Last week we saw that two of the common reasons […]
Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. My articles initially focused on the Biblical evidence against abortion. Then we saw that God’s people have usually understood abortion to be a sin, including first century Jews, early church fathers and Reformers. This week I want to begin to draw […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. This week I want to show that abortion is wrong because the Bible understands an embryo is a person. In a number of places in the Old Testament, the Biblical authors describe the formation of the body in the womb. And […]
Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. Last week we saw that the prophet Moses condemned abortion, this week we see that other prophets also condemned abortion. In 2 Kings we read about the prophet Elisha meeting the future king of Syria (Aram), Hazael. During the conversation Elisha […]
Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. This week I want to show that Moses condemns abortions. Moses wrote the book of Exodus and in it we read one of God’s laws that specifically condemns abortion: ‘If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives […]
Today we continue our series of bulletin articles looking at why abortion is wrong. This week I want to show it is sinful because killing of infants was condemned by God in the Old Testament. There are a number of reasons why parents today want to kill their unborn child. And the desire to kill […]