The Expansion of Assisted Suicide (12.15.22)

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This week we’re going to talk about assisted suicide (also called “medical assistance in dying”). This is a practice that is rapidly expanding in Canada after the country legalized it a few years ago. With the way our culture continues to devalue human life, this trend is not surprising and it may not be long before it spreads to this country. As Christians, it’s important that we have an understanding of what the Bible teaches that pertains to this issue. So that’s what we’re going to discuss in this episode.Continue Reading

Monthly News Roundup (07.29.21)

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This is the last episode for the month of July – time for our monthly news roundup. In this episode, we’ll be talking about assisted suicide, children reading the Bible, and Chinese authorities shutting down a virtual church service.Continue Reading

What the Bible Teaches about Suicide

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Suicide is the act by which one intentionally takes his own life. In other words, this is not an accident, not one sacrificing his life for some other person or for some cause, and not making the decision to end treatment for a terminal illness. This is the purposeful act of one ending his own life.

To get an idea of the extent of the problem of suicide in our society, notice a few statistics (all of these numbers are for suicides in the United States):Continue Reading

What Does the Bible Teach about Suicide? (Episode 3)

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The question we’ll be considering in this episode was submitted in person from a member of the church were I preach:

What does the Bible teach about suicide?

Suicide is a growing problem in the United States. There is not a Bible passage that explicitly states that suicide is wrong or that states it is justified. Therefore, we need to consider certain principles to help us determine how we should view this. It is a sensitive topic, but we need to understand what the Bible says that relates to it.

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