In Light of Abortion..

These 2 Articles are from John Piper's blog. www.desiringgod.org/blog
There is a disclaimer at the end of his articles saying feel free to reproduce and distribute the info and if you use it online post a link so I will do that for him. But I found both of these today and I thought they were good. He's got several recent articles on the blog that discuss abortion. Check it out if you have time.

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The Baby in My Womb Leaped for Joy
January 26, 2009 | By: David Mathis
Category: DG Resources

This week's sermon: "The Baby in My Womb Leaped for Joy"

Human life is a magnificent gift. No other beings in the universe continue to originate in God's image and live forever.

Despite the deceit and blindness in the world, the Christian church, throughout her history, has recognized the sanctity of human life. But the authority is not merely tradition but texts, like Job 1 and Psalm 139, which teach that it is God's prerogative to give and take life and it is God who knits persons together in the womb.

Luke 1 gives us a glimpse into the womb—and a glimpse into the inspired author's assumptions. Luke uses the word "baby" to denote not only the post-born Jesus in the manger (2:16) but also the preborn John in the womb (Luke 1:41, 44). Luke also notes that the preborn John was "filled with the Holy Spirit," a reality which the Bible only ascribes to persons.

The assumption is that the baby in the womb is a person. And the implication is that human life in the womb should be protected. The church's Savior didn't have to wait for birth to become a person; he was "Son of God" and "Lord" from conception.

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Fifteen Pro-Life Truths to Speak
By John Piper January 24, 2003



"You will know the truth and the truth will set you free." - Jesus Christ

1. Existing fetal homicide laws make a man guilty of manslaughter if he kills the baby in a mother's womb (except in the case of abortion).

2. Fetal surgery is performed on babies in the womb to save them while another child the same age is being legally destroyed.

3. Babies can sometimes survive on their own at 23 or 24 weeks, but abortion is legal beyond this limit.

4. Living on its own is not the criterion of human personhood, as we know from the use of respirators and dialysis.

5. Size is irrelevant to human personhood, as we know from the difference between a one-week-old and a six-year-old.

6. Developed reasoning powers are not the criterion of personhood, as we know from the capacities of three-month-old babies.

7. Infants in the womb are human beings scientifically by virtue of their genetic make up.

8. Ultrasound has given a stunning window on the womb that shows the unborn at eight weeks sucking his thumb, recoiling from pricking, responding to sound. All the organs are present, the brain is functioning, the heart is pumping, the liver is making blood cells, the kidneys are cleaning fluids, and there is a fingerprint. Virtually all abortions happen later than this date.

9. Justice dictates that when two legitimate rights conflict, the limitation of rights that does the least harm is the most just. Bearing a child for adoption does less harm than killing him.

10. Justice dictates that when either of two people must be inconvenienced or hurt to alleviate their united predicament, the one who bore the greater responsibility for the predicament should bear more of the inconvenience or hurt to alleviate it.

11. Justice dictates that a person may not coerce harm on another person by threatening voluntary harm on themselves.

12. The outcast and the disadvantaged and exploited are to be cared for in a special way, especially those with no voice of their own.

13. What is happening in the womb is the unique person-nurturing work of God, who alone has the right to give and take life.

14. There are countless clinics that offer life and hope to both mother and child (and father and parents), with care of every kind lovingly provided by people who will meet every need they can.

15.Jesus Christ can forgive all sins, and will give all who trusts him the help they need to do everything that life requires.