Why shouldn't we use our embryos and genes to make our lives better? The world awaits a Christian answer.

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Overview

Now that scientists have sequenced a working draft of the human genome, we face new questions raised by cloning, gene therapy, stem cell research and other uses of biotechnology. What insights and values do Christians bring to these questions? This study explores recent scientific advances and helps Christians think biblically about the proper and improper ways they might be applied.

Table of Contents

LEADER'S GUIDE

    • Identify the Current Issue

    • Discover the Eternal Principles

—Teaching point one: Following the example and command of Jesus, Christians are to bring healing.

—Teaching point two: Not every human endeavor is approved by God.

—Teaching point three: Though for the Christian it may be generally true that "everything is permissible," not everything is beneficial or constructive.

—Teaching point four: Though God blesses efforts to mitigate the effects of sin, humans will never remove all suffering and death.

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