Ten Reasons Why it is Wrong to Take the Life of Unborn Children: 1. God commanded, 'Thou shalt not murder' (Exodus 20:13). 2. The destruction of conceived human life – whether embryonic, fetal, or viable – is an assault on the unique person-forming work of God. 3. Aborting unborn humans falls under the repeated biblical ban against 'shedding innocent blood.' 4. The Bible frequently expresses the high priority God puts on the protection and provision and vindication of the weakest and most helpless and most victimized members of the community. 5. By judging difficult and even tragic human life as a worse evil than taking life, abortionists contradict the widespread biblical teaching that God loves to show His gracious power through suffering and not just by helping people avoid suffering. 6. It is a sin of presumption to justify abortion by taking comfort in the fact that all these little children will go to heaven or even be given full adult life in the resurrection. 7. The Bible commands us to rescue our neighbor who is being unjustly led away to death. 8. Aborting unborn children falls under Jesus' rebuke of those who spurned children as inconvenient and unworthy of the Savior's attention. 9. It is the right of God the Maker to give and to take human life. It is not our individual right to make this choice. 10. Finally, saving faith in Jesus Christ brings forgiveness of sins and cleansing of conscience and help through life and hope for eternity. Surrounded by such omnipotent love, every follower of Jesus is free from the greed and fear that might lure a person to forsake these truths in order to gain money or avoid reproach.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	Swiss	Desserts	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Swiss chocolate cake mix
1/2	c	Butter or margarine; melted
1/2	c	Chopped pecans
1	pk	(8 ounces) cream cheese; softened
1	c	Sugar
1		Container (12 ounces) frozen whipped topping; thawed and divided
2	pk	(4-serving size each) french vanilla instant pudding and pie filling mix
3	c	Cold milk
1/4	ts	Rum extract
1/4	ts	Ground nutmeg

INSTRUCTIONS

CRUST
FILLING
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. For crust, combine cake mix, butter and pecans. Reserve 1/2 cup mixture.
Press remaining mixture into bottom of 13x9x2-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees
F for 15 to 20 minutes or until surface is firm. Cool. Toast reserved 1/2
cup mixture on cookie sheet at 350 degrees F for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring
once. Cool completely. Break lumps with fork to make small crumbs.
3. For filling, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth in large bowl.
Stir in 1 cup whipped topping. Spread over cooled crust. Refrigerate.
Combine pudding mix and milk; beat 1 minute. Add rum extract and nutmeg.
Spread over cheese layer. Spread remaining whipped topping over pudding
layer. Sprinkle with reserved toasted mixture. Refrigerate at least 2
hours.
Recipe by: Treasury of Christmas Recipes (1991)
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #938 by "Eugene Johnston"
<ejohnston@mailexcite.com> on Nov 30, 1997

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