Truth & Circumstances

Episode highlights:
– The issue should addressed with grace and kindness. Eph 4:1-2
– Abortion is murder. Gen 9:5-6
– Christians should not settle for less than the eradication of all abortion.

Episode Highlights:
– Jesus gave Himself up for us. John 10:17-18
– Jesus offered Himself as an offering to God. Eph 5:1-2
– Christ gives us the power to do what He commands. Eph 1:18ff; 3:20
– Jesus is intended to be our ultimate fulfillment. Eph 3:16-19

Episode Highlights:
– We are called to love one another as Christ has loved us. Eph 5:1-2
– Jesus loves us unconditionally, calls us to do the same. Eph 1:4, 2:1-5; John 15:12

Episode highlights:
– Apply the biblical principle of “putting off” and “putting on” in the realms of your worship and behavior.
– Discern what you’re worshiping in those moments – what do you want so badly that you’re willing to sin to get it and sin if you don’t get it?
– Grow in your worship of the Lord Jesus by meditating on the gospel daily.
– Identify the typical “pressure cooker” times of the day when you are most likely to be tempted.
– Prepare for temptation by praying, reviewing Scripture, and deciding how you will respond to the pressure.

Highlights:
– The implication is that God is a hypocrite for taking life while expecting man to preserve life. The real question is, who has the right to give and take life – man or God?
– As the Creator of all things, God owns all life.
– God has the absolute right to give and take life.
– Man does not have the right to take life, except as directed by God.

Episode Highlights:
– In this case, I wouldn’t recommend adoption.
– Her commitment to singleness is simultaneously a commitment to fatherlessness for the child.
– There seems to be a misunderstanding of the purpose of the gift of singleness, which is unencumbered service to the Lord, undistracted by familial obligations.
– If a single was open to marriage, I would counsel one to adopt in situations where sufficient support was available.