God's Love for the Unborn
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God's Love for the Unborn
God loves unborn children and calls on us to do the same.
Introduction
Several years before I became the pastor here [at Tenth Church in Vancouver, BC], my predecessor was talking to a group of people at the church, encouraging them to host a potluck dinner as a way to connect with our neighbors. As he was doing this, a prominent member of the church vehemently objected, saying, "The day we start hosting potluck dinners here at Tenth will be the day my family and I leave."
Up until that point, Tenth Church was having their meals catered by fancy restaurants, four- and five-star hotels—and apparently this woman thought it was beneath the dignity of a "polite" Christian to participate in a potluck dinner. We have a great history as a church overall, but there was a time when Tenth had a decidedly upper-middle-class bias.
When I became the pastor in 1996, I began to pray that God would direct us. And as I was praying one day, I had this distinct sense that the Holy Spirit was saying, "If you will bless those who cannot repay you, I will bless you." I didn't know what that meant, but I sensed God was calling us to care for the poor and for those on the margins of our society. And then, as many of you know, a homeless person died outside of our building one cold February morning. Exposed to the cold, he just died. At that moment, I said we needed to begin a ministry that will help to shelter the homeless. We did, and we continue that ministry to this day.
Scripture tells us that God has a very special heart for the vulnerable, for those on the margins of our society. For example, Psalm 68:5 says God is "[a] father to the fatherless, a defender of widows." And we who bear God's image—and that would be all of us—are called to do the same. In Micah 6:8, in words I pray are ...
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Ken Shigematsu is pastor of Tenth Church in Vancouver, BC and the author of the award-winning, bestseller God in My Everything
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Dave Marty
This is one of the most caring and complete (i.e., considering multiple perspectives) sermons on the subject that I've ever seen. I pray God will bless this message and its mouthpiece to make them fruitful. Thank you, Ken!
Dave Marty
This is one of the most caring and complete (i.e., considering multiple perspectives) sermons on the subject that I've ever seen. I pray God will bless this message and its mouthpiece to make them fruitful. Thank you, Ken!
Dave Marty
This is one of the most caring and complete (i.e., considering multiple perspectives) sermons on the subject that I've ever seen. I pray God will bless this message and its mouthpiece to make them fruitful. Thank you, Ken!