The debate continues as to when life

begins, and when it ends. President Bill

Clinton's spiritual adviser, a Southern

Baptist minister, taught that because

Adam wasn't alive until God breathed

life into him, then a child isn't alive

until the baby takes his first breath.

This is not the view shared in Scripture.

About 30 times in the Bible is there a

reference to a child in the womb. And in

every one of those instances, the Bible

speaks the same of a child inside the

womb, as it refers to a child outside of

the womb. Consider in Luke chapter 1, when

the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and

said she was going to be with child,

conceived of the Holy Spirit. And she

would call his name Jesus. Mary went to

visit Elizabeth, who was pregnant with

John the Baptist. And when Elizabeth

heard Mary's greeting the child in her

womb leaped with joy. Science has only

recently caught up to the fact that

children express emotion in the womb, as

early as eight weeks. If they'd only read

Luke 1:41, they'd have learned we already

know that. Jesus verifies and sanctifies

every aspect of human life, from

conception to natural death because he

experienced it all. Yes, even death is

sanctified by Christ. He even sanctifies

suffering because he suffered. We argue

about whether or not a person should

suffer when the Bible tells us to

rejoice in suffering, to share in

suffering, be patient in suffering. And

that our present suffering does not

compare to the glory that awaits us if

we endure.

Therefore, we must protect and cherish

every aspect of life from beginning to

end. A gift from God, made in the image of

God. When we understand the text...