The Old Testament does, in fact, seem to make a distinction between the life of a child and the life of a fetus.

The cost of discipleship is to live the life God has given us, serving in mundane ways the people he's put in our path.

As is typical of this God [of Israel], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place.

The Good News does not hinge on words like do or change but on the powerless, irrelevant, and frightening words like belief and faith.

The Old Testament does, in fact, seem to make a distinction between the life of a child and the life of a fetus.

God's love for us is uncoerced and so freely given that it does not demand a response. But so freely is it given that it creates freedom in the recipient, so that our response is not one of obligation or duty, nor the returning of a favor, but uncoerced love.

The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.