Lies that Keep on Killing

For those of you who were introduced to Dr. Del Tackett during a Truth Project and are not on a subscription list for TTP newsletter, you may wonder what he has been up to. I found out a couple months ago that he hosts a television broadcast for Coral Ridge Ministries. (Remember James Kennedy?) Its called Cross Examine. Its Web site is CrossExamine.com.

Tackett is still very active in world view studies and teaching. He remains the face of The Truth Project, but he has found this additional channel to champion Truth through a Biblical world view. I happened to catch one program several weeks ago, and was reminded of his pursuits through today's newsletter.

In the newsletter, he writes about completing production of this week's program. The topic of the show is "For the Health of the Mother." The title of the newsletter article and blog post is "Abortion: The Lie That Keeps on Hurting."

This is not a new topic for Dr. Tackett. In one TTP tour, Tackett brings home the travesties of abortion as a result of believing the lies of the world. Remember, he said something like "... do you think that God cannot hear the cries of all those children who are ripped from their mothers' wombs ...?" Whoa.Of course He does.

I just finished watching the 28 minute presentation. I encourage you to do the same. I've yet to see the horrors of abortion as vividly depicted as they are here, in such a short sequence. It is dramatic and heart-wrenching. It hit me especially hard this week after seeing the miracle of birth of my son's first child. It may smack you in a similar way.

I know women who have had abortions. All of us probably do. I wasn't aware of the extent of the gruesome, on-going pain caused by their decisions.We need to pray for them and encourage grace-saving recovery. We need also to pray for others who might be approaching the same pit. It's one they really do not want to fall into.

One million per year in the U.S.! That's a lot to pray for. May God have mercy on us.

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Insight into Luke's life

Luke is an important, but shadowy person in Scripture. As I studied Paul's journeys I found Luke always in the background of the story. You can get some insight into his intimate connection with the first century expansion of the Gospel by reading my article What Work Will God Finish?

You'll see that Luke probably help develop the church in Philippi, ( the one church Paul felt comfortable in being personally transparent with). He spent 2-3 years in Judea with Timothy while Paul was in prison there which would have given him ample opportunity to interview Jesus' mother, John, James, and a host of other eye witnesses of Jesus. From there he accompanied Paul to Rome where he spent additional years alongside Paul. He was uniquely qualified to write both a Gospel and summarize the expansion of the Gospel in the first century.