Outline

I.    Origins of the Pro-Life Ethic

• In God's image and likeness, part 1 Genesis 1
• In God's image and likeness, part 2 Genesis 5
• In God's image and likeness, part 3 Genesis 9:2-6
• Mankind is given life Genesis 2:7
• What Cain should have known Genesis 4, part 1
• What Cain did not know Genesis 4, part 2
• The legacy of the first murder Genesis 4, part 3
• Earth was filled with violence Genesis 6
• Isaac vs. Ishmael, what Hagar needed to know Genesis 16
• Esau and Jacob, twin-life in the womb Genesis 25
• God opens and closes Genesis 29
• Sister-keeping is for brothers too Genesis 34
• The best and worst of brother-keeping Genesis 37, 41-45
• Exodus: the ongoing story of man's inhumanity Exodus 1-2
• Is God pro-life? Exodus 2-13
• God is accused of being anti-life Exodus 14 and 16

II.    Law of Moses: The Pro-Life Ethic Developed

• Building a culture of life through law Exodus 20:13
• Murder defined Exodus 21:12-14
• Exodus 21:22-25 and the preborn baby
• When we say "pro-life" and "sanctity of life" we mean HUMAN life Exodus 21:28-36
• The biblical pro-life ethic and slavery Exodus 21:2-11, 20-21, and 26-27
• What is bloodguilt? Exodus 22:2-3
• God hears their cries Exodus 22:21-27
• Justice and the biblical pro-life ethic Exodus 23:1-3,6-8
• God is pro-life Exodus 23:25-26
• Life is in the blood Leviticus 17:11-14
• The pro-life ethic & child sacrifice Leviticus 18:21
• Who is my brother? Leviticus 25:36
• Murder mystery! Deuteronomy 21:1-9

III.    Israel's History: The Pro-Life Ethic Exemplified

• "Our lives for your lives!" Joshua 2:12-21
• What about Jephthah's daughter? Judges 11:29-40
• Broken brother-keeping as a cause of poverty Ruth, 1 Samuel 8:10-20
• The pro-life ethic in the life of David, 1 & 2 Samuel

IV.    Biblical Poetry: The Pro-life Ethic Reflected

• What is man? Psalms 8 and 144
• With man to dwell Psalm 97
• How and why should I be pro-life? Psalm 112
• The pro-life ethic in Proverbs 1
• Biblical heroes prevent unjust deaths Proverbs 24:10-12
• Pro-life man and woman, king and commoner Proverbs 31

V.    Prophecy: Israel Indicted for Violating the Pro-Life Ethic

• Can blood be tainted? Isaiah 1:15-18
• Jonah: Pro-life anti-type

VI.    The Gospels & Acts of the Early Church: The Pro-Life Ethic Reinforced

• Parable for pro-lifers Luke 8
• The poor are always with you Luke 16:19-31

VII.    Epistles: The Pro-Life Ethic Expounded

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Related: Compilation of passages supporting the pro-life ethic throughout scripture

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