Point number eight of Churches for Life Statement of Beliefs includes this declaration:

The Bible is the very Word of God: inspired, infallible, and inerrant. All 66 books of the Old and New Testaments are God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, and correcting in righteousness so that the people of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

That being the case, we gladly provide a brief survey of what the Bible says about topics related to the life arena. This list and the Scriptures cited are by no means exhaustive.

1. How the gospel exemplifies and rightly drives life-affirming ministry > Gen 3:21, Ex 3:7-10, Deut 4:5-10, 24:17-22, Ps 146:9, Jer 22:1-3, Hos 3:1, Mark 2:16-17, Luke 19:10, John 13:34, John 15:1-13, Rom 5:8, 12:1, Col 2:13-15, 1 Tim 2:15.

2. The centrality of the Church in all things redemptive in general and the life-affirming arena in particular > Deut 4:5-8, Isa 42:5-7, 49:6, Eph 1:22-23, Acts 13:46-49, 26:22-23, 1 Pet 2:9-10.

3. God’s view of human personhood > Gen 1:26-27, 9:6, Ps 139:13-14, Jer 1:5, Isa 49:1, Gal 1:15-17, John 1:1-5, 8:58, 17:24, 1 Pet 1:20-21, Luke 1:15, Eph 1:3-5, esp. v. 4, Matthew 25:34.

4. God’s view of our duty to persons, particularly those in a perilous situation like immanent abortion > Prov 23:10-11, 24:11-12, Ps 82:3-4, 68:5-6, 146:9, Deut 10:17-19 (tying duty back to grace), 24:18-22 (tying duty back to grace, v. 22!), 26:12-13, 27:11, 19, Isa 1:16-17, Isa 58:6-7, Jer 7:5-7, 22:3-5, Zech 7:10-12, Jas 1:27, and The Law of Biblical Self-Love, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” = Lev 19:18, Matt 19:19, 22:39, Rom 13:8-10, Gal 5:14, Jas 2:8.

5. God’s view of the role of preacher/shepherds in the life-affirming arena > Isa 62:6, Ezek. 3:17-21, 33:7-8, 34:1-10, Mic 3:1-3, 2 Tim 4:1-5.

6. God’s view of “child sacrifice” > Lev 18:21, 20:2-5, 2 Ki 17:16-18, 17:30-36, 23:8-10, Jer 32:33-34, Deut 12:29-32, Ps 106:34-40, Jer 7:30-33, 32:34-36, Ez. 16:20-21, 27.

7. God’s view of the “shedding of innocent blood” > Deut 19:10-13, 2 Ki 21:16, 24:3-4, Ps 106:37-40, Prov 6:16-19, Jer 19:4-6, 22:3-5.

8. God’s view of restoration, forgiveness, and healing for sin > Gen 3:21, Jer 7:5-7, 22:3-4, Zech 3:1-5, John 3:16, Rom 10:8-13, Eph 2:8-9, 1 Cor 6:9b-11.

9. God’s view of human sexuality and purity > Gen 2:22-25, Lev 18:22, 20:11-20, Deut 22:23-25, Prov 6:32, Matt 5:27-28, Rom 12:1-2, 13:13-14, 1 Cor 6:9-11, Gal 5:19-21, Eph 5:28-33, 1 Thes 4:3-7, 1 Tim 5:1-2, Heb 13:4.