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1 Peter 3:15 (New International Version)

15But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer toeveryone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with

gentleness and respect,

2 Timothy 1:7-127For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

8So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join

with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, 9who has saved us and called us to

a holy lifenot because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and

grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10but it has

now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed

death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 11And of this gospel

I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 12That is why I am suffering as I am.

Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is

able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (New International Version)

3For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4The weapons we

fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to

demolish strongholds. 5We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up

against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient toChrist.

Not to be timid

Commanded to argue well

Commanded to do it effectively and divinely powerful

Post modernity says theres no truth

Fear of engagement : b/c shows Christian intolerance

Abortion

Are humans intrinsically valuable(born) or functionally valuable (function)?

Chair of Princeton Singer: kill any baby on delivery if handicapped

People agree with Christians in that abortion kills baby

Moral /ethical problem

moms will not kill already born babyTissue blob or fetus with inalienable rights?

4 differences fetus is not a human being but baby is

Scott Klusendorf Stand to Reason

1.  S size: are large people more human than small people? Why impose on fetus?

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2.  L level of development: if intelligence is measure of personhood, then smart 

people can exploit dumb people? Bell curve of personhood,3.  E environment: how does where you are have bearing on who you are? Does

change of environment, change who you are?

4.  D degree of dependency: baby separated, fetus still part of mom ppl on insulin,

pacemakers, etc then they deserve to die also18-24: highest risk of abortions

David and Bathesba

Blood/sin covers past sins David kill husband to cover up affair

Doing another sin doesnt bring you back to where u were before the first sin

How the enemy works

God has a plan for the baby and God also has a plan for you

Joel 2:25 (New International Version)

25 "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten the great locust and the younglocust, the other locusts and the locust swarm [a] my great army that I sent amongyou.

Transparency in small group authenticity

Change culture to express true feelings

we can go to seminary, small group, etc but doesnt change us until crisisneed to get rid of the locusts

Contraception used in scriptures

Genesis 38 - Judah and Tamar

1 At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam namedHirah. 2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her

and lay with her; 3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er. 4 She

conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan. 5 She gave birth to still

another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.

6 Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7 But Er, Judah's

firstborn, was wicked in the LORD's sight; so the LORD put him to death.

8 Then Judah said to Onan, "Lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a

brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother." 9 But Onan knew that the offspring

would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the

ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the

LORD's sight; so he put him to death also.