What Is A Human Being?

BFLW Devotional

What’s An iPad?  When iPad & Tablets were somewhat new I saw a video where the people were speaking in German, but you could understand what was said by what was happening.  A daughter was visiting her father.  They were fixing supper.  As they spoke he was cutting up something on a cutting board while she was cooking up…

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“…therefore choose life…”

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 The phrase “therefore choose life” is taken from Deuteronomy 30 where Moses is addressing the people of Israel one of his last times before his demise. It comes after a gauntlet of decisions is presented to them demanding for them to choose whether to serve the Lord or to follow the world. Verse 15 sets…

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When the Foundations are Destroyed-Part 2

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As noted in the title, this is the conclusion for the December 2019 devotion for Baptists for Life of Wisconsin.  You may want to read or review part 1 before you proceed. In secularism, the moral basis for government is man’s depraved nature and distorted sense of right and wrong, apart from God’s Law.  There are obviously…

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When the Foundations are Destroyed

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Just over two hundred and forty-three years ago, on the Fourth of July, 57 men signed the Declaration of Independence, the founding document that created the American republic. These delegates represented about 3 million people grouped in a series of 13 colonies along the eastern seaboard of the United States.  Interestingly, they were all wanted men, sought by the…

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What Does It Mean to be Human?

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According to Professor C. E. Joan, a human is nothing but: “Fat enough for seven bars of soap; Iron enough for one medium-sized nail; Sugar enough for seven cups of tea; Lime enough to whitewash one chicken coop; Phosphorus enough to tip two thousand two hundred matches; Magnesium enough for one dose of salts; Potash…

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Every Human Being, a Human Person

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In Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, he pronounced that the greatest scourge on America was slavery and the war that came about because of it. The greatest scourge on our nation today is abortion. 926,200 abortions were performed in the U.S. in 2014. Almost four in ten pregnancies end in abortion (Guttmacher). The fact is,…

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Being a Somebody

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The definition of “human”, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is a bipedal primate mammal. In contrast, the definition of “person”, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is a human being regarded as an individual. Being an individual does not have to do with being a human. Being an individual has to do with being a person,…

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How much longer will Almighty God withhold judgment from America?

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And God spoke all these words saying, … Thou shalt not kill.  Exodus 20:1&13. These words are taken directly from the Holy Bible, and are part of the Ten Commandments of God. Often misapplied, the original Hebrew text is very specific, and literally means “Thou shalt not do premeditated murder.” From the depths of antiquity to…

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The Honor of Motherhood

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Mother’s Day is just around the corner, what a special time when we honor our mothers for all that they do. For many years I honored my Mom with a bouquet of flowers. My mom was always there for me, whether it was a music concert or a ball game. Her children were her pride…

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Pro-choice = Pro-sin

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Romans 1:21-23 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to…

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