How would you respond in these situations?
1. A preacher and his wife are very, very poor. They already have 14 kids. Now she finds out she’s pregnant with the 15th. They’re living in tremendous poverty. Considering their poverty and the excessive world population, would you consider recommending she get an abortion?
2. The father is sick with sniffles, the mother has TB. Of their four children, the first is blind, the second has died, the third is deaf, the fourth has TB. She finds she’s pregnant again. Given this extreme situation, would you consider recommending abortion?
3. A white man raped a 13-year-old black girl and she’s now pregnant. If you were her parents, would you consider recommending abortion?
4. A teenage girl is pregnant. She’s not married. Her fiancé is not the father of the baby, and he’s upset. Would you recommend abortion?
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In the first case, you would have killed John Wesley, one of the great evangelists in the 19th century. In the second case, you would have killed Beethoven. In the third case, you would have killed Ethel Waters, the great black gospel singer. If you said yes to the fourth case, you would have declared the murder of Jesus Christ!
God is the author of life, and He has givenevery single individual supreme value. Each life—whether inside or outside the womb—should therefore be valued by us. God knows the plans He has for each individual and has written in His book all the days ordained for us before one of them came to be. When we presume to know better than God who should be given life, we are putting ourselves in the place of God and are guilty of idolatry.
(this test is borrowed from www.wayofthemaster.org)
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The PERFECT Christmas Gift!
It's Christmas time! Yeah! As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, will you spend a couple minutes and contemplate the following question:
Is this life the closest you will ever get to heaven, or is it the closest you will ever get to hell?
Jesus gave us the only PERFECT gift when He gave us Himself. We have all broken God's Law, but Jesus has stepped in to pay the fine that we owe. It's His free gift to us. By recieving that gift, we are promised an eternity with the Giver. But the gift is not automatic. We must ACCEPT it. If we choose NOT to accept it, He loves us enough to give us what we ask for, even if what we ask for is separation from Him.
Have you accepted Jesus's gift? Have you accepted His offer of eternity with Him in heaven?
*If your answer is "Yes!", can I ask you to do 2 things? #1) Be a blessing to me and others by telling of the perfect Gift of eternity with God through the work of Jesus Christ. And #2) Test yourself to be sure that you are in the faith. Do you see the promised fruit of the Holy Spirit working in and through you?
*If your answer is "No.", will you give me the gift of committing to spend one month reading a Bible (start with John, for instance) and praying to God that if He's real, that He will reveal Himself to you as you read His Word? Even if you think Christianity is a joke, will you make a commitment to spend just 1 month out of your life earnestly seeking the Truth, wherever that may lead you!
*If your answer is "I'm not sure", or "I hope so!", study God's Word and pray. Eternal life with God is promised and guaranteed to all who repent of their sin, confess Jesus Christ as Lord, and believe in their heart that God raised Him from the dead.
Thanks for your time in reading this. I'd love to hear back from you if you either have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, or if you're willing to spend one month searching for the Truth, wherever that might lead. That would be a great Christmas gift to me!
God Bless you all! Merry Christmas!
Wayne Wyatt
Is this life the closest you will ever get to heaven, or is it the closest you will ever get to hell?
Jesus gave us the only PERFECT gift when He gave us Himself. We have all broken God's Law, but Jesus has stepped in to pay the fine that we owe. It's His free gift to us. By recieving that gift, we are promised an eternity with the Giver. But the gift is not automatic. We must ACCEPT it. If we choose NOT to accept it, He loves us enough to give us what we ask for, even if what we ask for is separation from Him.
Have you accepted Jesus's gift? Have you accepted His offer of eternity with Him in heaven?
*If your answer is "Yes!", can I ask you to do 2 things? #1) Be a blessing to me and others by telling of the perfect Gift of eternity with God through the work of Jesus Christ. And #2) Test yourself to be sure that you are in the faith. Do you see the promised fruit of the Holy Spirit working in and through you?
*If your answer is "No.", will you give me the gift of committing to spend one month reading a Bible (start with John, for instance) and praying to God that if He's real, that He will reveal Himself to you as you read His Word? Even if you think Christianity is a joke, will you make a commitment to spend just 1 month out of your life earnestly seeking the Truth, wherever that may lead you!
*If your answer is "I'm not sure", or "I hope so!", study God's Word and pray. Eternal life with God is promised and guaranteed to all who repent of their sin, confess Jesus Christ as Lord, and believe in their heart that God raised Him from the dead.
Thanks for your time in reading this. I'd love to hear back from you if you either have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, or if you're willing to spend one month searching for the Truth, wherever that might lead. That would be a great Christmas gift to me!
God Bless you all! Merry Christmas!
Wayne Wyatt
Global Warming??
I find it interesting that Al Gore and the global warming crowd are out in force duiring August, but during the cold winter months, they go into hibernation! Let's look at global warming objectively for a moment.
When it comes to global warming, there are at least four separate questions that must be asked:
(1) Is the planet warming?
(2) If the planet is warming, is human activity (like CO2 emissions) causing it?
(3) If the planet is warming, is it bad overall?
(4) If the planet is warming, we’re causing it, and it’s bad, would the policies commonly advocated (e.g., the Kyoto Protocol, legislative restrictions on CO2 emissions) make any difference and, if so, would their cost exceed their benefit?
My answers to the above:
(1) Yes, the planet is warming. The average daily temperature is 1.2 degrees warmer in 2008 than it was in 1908.
(2) Human activity could be responsible for some of the increase. It is pure speculation as to how much of the 1.2 degree increase is due to human activity. To be safe, lets blame us for 1/2 of the increase, or .6 degrees. Scientific evidence shows that the earth undergoes a natural heating / cooling cycle that spans hundreds of years between cycles (like a longer version of our yearly seasons), so it's safe to say that this natural cycle is also responsible for at least 1/2 (if not much more!) of what we measure as a temperature increase compared to 100 years ago.
(3) However anyone answers this question is purely speculation. This is where the hype comes in. Scientific evidence would say that within minor variations, a slightly warmer climate is more beneficial for life than a slightly cooler environment. What is the ideal average daily temperature for our environment? Is it the temp of 1908? Is it the temp of 2008, which is 1.2 degrees warmer? Is it an even higher temp? Or is it an even lower temp? This is all hypothetical.
(4) Let the politics begin!! Does it make sense to build a hybrid car that gets slightly better fuel milage, all in the name of global warming, when building that car uses significantly higher amounts of energy and resources than a standard car? Does is make sense to punish the owner of a suburban with gas guzzler taxes, when that suburban might carry 9 family members around town, while a small car might be a daily commuter for a single person? This is the crazy, politically correct world we live in, where people have no interest in looking at the real evidence! ARRGGHH!
When it comes to global warming, there are at least four separate questions that must be asked:
(1) Is the planet warming?
(2) If the planet is warming, is human activity (like CO2 emissions) causing it?
(3) If the planet is warming, is it bad overall?
(4) If the planet is warming, we’re causing it, and it’s bad, would the policies commonly advocated (e.g., the Kyoto Protocol, legislative restrictions on CO2 emissions) make any difference and, if so, would their cost exceed their benefit?
My answers to the above:
(1) Yes, the planet is warming. The average daily temperature is 1.2 degrees warmer in 2008 than it was in 1908.
(2) Human activity could be responsible for some of the increase. It is pure speculation as to how much of the 1.2 degree increase is due to human activity. To be safe, lets blame us for 1/2 of the increase, or .6 degrees. Scientific evidence shows that the earth undergoes a natural heating / cooling cycle that spans hundreds of years between cycles (like a longer version of our yearly seasons), so it's safe to say that this natural cycle is also responsible for at least 1/2 (if not much more!) of what we measure as a temperature increase compared to 100 years ago.
(3) However anyone answers this question is purely speculation. This is where the hype comes in. Scientific evidence would say that within minor variations, a slightly warmer climate is more beneficial for life than a slightly cooler environment. What is the ideal average daily temperature for our environment? Is it the temp of 1908? Is it the temp of 2008, which is 1.2 degrees warmer? Is it an even higher temp? Or is it an even lower temp? This is all hypothetical.
(4) Let the politics begin!! Does it make sense to build a hybrid car that gets slightly better fuel milage, all in the name of global warming, when building that car uses significantly higher amounts of energy and resources than a standard car? Does is make sense to punish the owner of a suburban with gas guzzler taxes, when that suburban might carry 9 family members around town, while a small car might be a daily commuter for a single person? This is the crazy, politically correct world we live in, where people have no interest in looking at the real evidence! ARRGGHH!
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