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What is the reception to the biblical value of human life around the world? What does LIFE International experience when teams are sent out to other nations?
What is the reception to the biblical value of human life around the world? What does LIFE International experience when teams are sent out to other nations?
JOL session 2
"You can be pro-life and not pro-Jesus, but
you can't be pro-Jesus and not pro-life."
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Kurt Dillinger, President of Life International, and Pastor Mark Shaw discuss the Gospel and the Sanctity of Human Life in Part 2 of The Journey of a Life-Giver Podcast.
From their discussion, you will learn:
. The value of all human life.
. The gospel and the message of life are inseparable.
. The most profound pro-life initiative ever is God sending His only Son to die on the cross for you and me.
. John 3:16 is the most pro-life verse in the Bible.
. God is the giver and restorer of life.
. While we were yet sinning, Christ died for us.
. It's important to talk about sin because it ruins life.
. Be imitators of God.
. Value others the way God values you.
. Life givers love like Jesus - unconditionally.
. Followers of Jesus will be pro-life.
. You can be pro-life and not pro-Jesus, but you can't be pro-Jesus and not pro-life.
. Causes without Christ make us go sideways.
Kurt Dillinger, President of Life International, and Pastor Mark Shaw discuss the Gospel and the Sanctity of Human Life. From their discussion, you will learn: . What it means to be a Life-Giver. . The importance of the first four words of the Bible- “In the beginning, God.” . What it means to be made in God’s image. . The trustworthiness of God. . Even when you forget God, He doesn't forget you. . What we think about God determines the course of our life.
Good Friday
Claudius held down the man’s arm, although he did not struggle. I held the point to his wrist and raised the mallet, flung it down. The spike made a thud, driving through skin and muscle, a small clink as it reached the wooden beam. The Jew gasped, exhaled a long hiss but he did not scream.
Claudius raised his eyebrows hilariously, nodded, and grinned. I scowled and spat, dragged my hand across my eye to wipe away a spurt of blood. Another denarius wasted.
Clank. My mallet rang louder this time as the spike sank into the beam.
Clang…. It sang like a bell now, announcing a death.
As I stepped over his chest to pin his other arm, he raised it from the dirt, laid it on the beam, and opened his hand. I gave Claudius a look. I have pinned many men to crosses, but I had never seen that. I looked at the Jew’s face, saw his jaw working against the pain, but his eyes were open, looking at me.
I looked away, spat again, pulled the other spike from my pocket. Clink… Clank… Clang… It sounded strange this morning. Loud and lonely. You could never hear it over the prisoner’s howling, but this prisoner did not howl. His body quivered and his breathing was harsh, but he did not cry.
“Drunk,” I said, glancing at Claudius.
“Oh, no you don’t,” he protested. “He hasn’t been out of my sight all night, and he didn’t take the gall this morning.”
“Well, those thorns in his head then, and the lashing. He’s half dead already.”
“He looks awake to me. Pay up.”
I looked at the man quickly, then looked away. Those eyes, looking at you like he knows you. They should be closed. He should be screaming.
I felt a little sick as I nailed his feet, tried to make it fast and clean. His eyes were closed now, fighting the agony. His breathing deep and trembling.
Claudius held out his grimy paw. I pulled out the coin, tossed it on the ground. “How did you know?” I asked.
“I told you, I watched him lashed. Hardly a sound,” he said, shaking
A Shepherd's Story
#Christmas The Christmas story, told by a shepherd to whom the angels sang.
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At LIFE International, we honor Jesus, who came to earth in great humility. “Though He was rich, yet for our sake, He became poor, so that we through His poverty might become rich.” (2 Corinthians 2)
This story is a dramatization of events recorded in Luke 2.
Click here for more stories about Jesus’ life: https://www.lifeinternational.com/stories/category/our-vision
Indonesia is the 4th more populous nation in the world. It has over 17,000 islands and nearly 800 unique people groups. Most have never heard the Gospel. Would you pray for Indonesia today, that they would come to know the hope in Jesus and the Father's heart for life?