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Dive into the importance of genuine pro-life advocacy and avoid the pitfalls of hypocrisy. Explore essential practices and reasoning to uphold pro-life values with love and integrity. Learn how to address tough issues like saving lives and respecting human dignity in a consistent and morally sound manner. Discover the call to love both God and your neighbor through authentic pro-life action.
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TM How to Be a Pro-Life Pharisee
TM How to Be a Pro-Life Pharisee (and how to avoid it)
Mission Essential
Mission Essential
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.” - Matthew 23: 1-3
“Apologetics should not be merely an academic subject a new kind of scholasticism. It should be thought out and practiced in the rough and tumble of living contact with the present generation. . . .
“Apologetics should not be merely an academic subject a new kind of scholasticism. It should be thought out and practiced in the rough and tumble of living contact with the present generation. . . . “I am not an apologete if that means building a safe house to live in, so that we Christians can sit inside with safety and quiescence. Christians should be out in the midst of the world as both witnesses and salt, not sitting in a fortress surrounded by a moat.” - Francis A. Schaeffer, The God Who is There
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel.” - Matthew 23:23
It is wrong to intentionally kill innocent human beings. Elective abortion intentionally kills innocent human beings. Thus, elective abortion is wrong.
Essential • Consistent opposition
Essential • Consistent opposition • Correct reasoning
Essential Secondary • Consistent opposition • Correct reasoning • How to save mother’s life
Essential Secondary • Consistent opposition • Correct reasoning • How to save mother’s life • Capital punishment
Essential Secondary • Consistent opposition • Correct reasoning • How to save mother’s life • Capital punishment • Abortion victim photos
Essential Secondary • Consistent opposition • Correct reasoning • How to save mother’s life • Capital punishment • Abortion victim photos • Vaccination
Essential Secondary • Consistent opposition • Correct reasoning • How to save mother’s life • Capital punishment • Abortion victim photos • Vaccination • Legislation
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – Matthew 22: 37-38