What would you give to defend them?

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Overview

We say we oppose abortion, embryonic research, and war, but how do we live out those convictions? Would we take a minimum wage job and give up our assets to support anti-abortion efforts? Here’s how far one pastor was willing to go.

Table of Contents

SCRIPTURE: Daniel 2:19b–21; 3:8–18; 3:19–23; 3:24–30.

LEADER'S GUIDE

    • Identify the Current Issue

    • Discover the Eternal Principles

—Teaching point one: Even though it may appear otherwise, God is sovereign over history; neither rulers nor we are ultimately in control of historical events or outcomes.

—Teaching point two: Conflicts inevitably arise for the people of God who must choose whom they will serve, the one true God or the gods and idols of this world.

—Teaching point three: Christian faithfulness sometimes entails suffering, persecution, and even martyrdom.

—Teaching point four: God sometimes delivers his people from suffering and persecution, but even when that doesn’t happen, God is still with them.

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