What the Bible Says about Abortion, Euthanasia, and End-of-Life Medical Decisions

by Wayne Grudem

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2020

Overview

Abortion and euthanasia are hot-button issues in our world today, accompanied by many differing views, deeply held convictions, and personal experiences related to privacy, sexual behavior, personal desires and responsibility, pregnancy, and children—but deeper than all these is the nature of human life itself. In this timely book, adapted from his larger work Christian Ethics, Wayne Grudem argues that human life is rooted in God’s image, and it is therefore morally wrong to put an innocent human to death, whether at the beginning or end of life. He offers a biblical guide to these topics, defining his terms clearly, exploring science and politics, and weighing opposing arguments—answering questions about the protection of an unborn child, abortion in the case of rape or danger to the mother’s life, and when to stop medical treatment at the end of someone’s life. This short book will help all who seek to understand what the Bible teaches about these important issues that deal with human life.

Key Features

• Argues that human life is rooted in God’s image
• Examines what the Bible teaches about these important issues that deal with human life
• Considers opposing arguments and questions

Contents

• Abortion
• Biblical Evidence for the Personhood of an Unborn Child
• Scientific Evidence for the Personhood of the Unborn Child
• Other Arguments against Abortion
• Countering Arguments for Abortion
• What Laws Should Governments Enact Regarding Abortion?
• Objections to Laws Restricting Abortion
• The Importance of This Issue
• Questions for Personal Application
• Euthanasia
• Biblical Teaching
• The Crucial Difference between Killing and Letting Die
• Arguments against Euthanasia from Reason and Evidence apart from the Bible
• Objections
• Recent Legal Trends
• The Importance of This Issue
• Appendix: Artificially-Administered Nutrition and Hydration

Top Highlights

“The patient (Saul) appeared to be terminally injured, with no reasonable human hope of recovery. (He had” (Page 47)

Product Details

• Title: What the Bible Says about Abortion, Euthanasia, and End-of-Life Medical Decisions
• Author: Wayne Grudem
• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication Date: 2020
• Pages: 96
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Ethics

About Wayne Grudem

Wayne Grudem is a New Testament scholar turned theologian, author, and research professor of Bible and theology at Phoenix Seminary, Arizona. He earned a BA from Harvard University, an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. In 2001 Grudem moved to Phoenix Seminary after having taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for more than twenty years where he was also the chairman of the Department of Biblical and Systematic Theology.