"If, by the grace of God, congregations succeed in establishing a culture and a congregational life that values and incorporates the participation of those who are sick, disabled, aging, and dying, then such people will be given a why by which they will know how to endure the very real challenges that they experience on a daily basis. They will be freed from having to think about the option of assisted suicide; they will be free to continue to desire to live ..."

According to what Jesus said were the two greatest commandments, God wants love for Him and for each other to be the dominant motivation in

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"Even as an unbeliever, my abortion was traumatic. But it was only after the Lord saved me that I realized the full weight of what I’d done. The guilt and shame were so overwhelming that it was nearly ten years before I told anyone other than my husband what I had done. Although I knew the Lord had forgiven me, I wasn’t sure my believing brothers and sisters would."