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The Right to Live

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  There is a boundary established before any nation wrote its first law, before any court issued its first ruling, before any human voice debated morality.  That boundary is set by God Himself, and it is this: life belongs to Him and Him alone. Man does not create life .  Man participates in what God alone authors.  From the beginning, Scripture establishes origin, identity, and authority.   Genesis 1:26–27 declares, “Let Us make man in Our image… So God created man in His own image.”   The word tselem means image, likeness, representation , and demuth means form, pattern, resemblance .  Humanity is not random matter.  Humanity is a reflection, bearing the imprint of God’s design. Because of that, human life carries inherent value, not man’s assigned value.  That value is not measured by size, strength, location, or independence. It is established at origin. God then gives a governing principle after the flood, one that forms t...

Not Just Through, But Thoroughly: How God Sees and Restores You

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 It all started with a potato… and how God works in ways we often miss. Something simple struck me one day while I was in the kitchen preparing dinner. It started with something as ordinary as a potato. Now you know how potatoes come out of the ground. They grow deep down in the dirt, so when you bring them in they are not exactly clean. Soil sticks to the skin, sometimes in the little eyes and creases. So before you ever take a knife to it, what do you do? You wash it. And not just a quick splash under the faucet. You wash it thoroughly . You turn it in your hands, rubbing the surface, rinse it again, making sure the dirt is gone from every part of it. That word thoroughly really means something when you think about it. The whole idea is that nothing is left clinging to the outside. Every part gets attention. You are not rushing past it. You are making sure it is actually clean enough for eating. Now once the potato is washed thoroughly, then you pick up the knife and cut the...