Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 796 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
The Sanctity of Life - Loving Yourself (1) - Wisdom Wednesday


Thank you for joining us for our five days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. Today is Day 796 of our Trek, and it is Wisdom Wednesday.  We continue this Wednesday to explore our trek of interpreting life through a Biblical Worldview.  As a Christ follower, it is important to view all situations and events in life through the lens of the Bible. That is a view of the world that is aligned with what the Bible teaches us. We are exploring current issues that impact our world and society and comparing them through the lens of the Bible, instead of the lens of our society, culture, modern media, or social media. I do not desire to tell you what to think, but teach you how to think, so that you may be able to filter current issues and events through your Biblical Worldview.  I may explore opposing views and challenge you to think.  You may not always agree with my view, and that is ok, and I am open to any comments that you may have on the subjects that we explore.

We are broadcasting from our studio at ‘The Big House’ in Marietta, OH.  The past few weeks we discussed that a Biblical Worldview should incorporate within it the sanctity of all human life.  My personal Biblical Worldview includes the strong conviction and belief that all life is precious regardless of whether it is an unborn child, or someone who, through advanced age, illness, or accident may be nearing the end of life, or they are severely restricted in life.

One reason that modern society devalues life for certain segments of society is that we have a warped view of God’s love for us, our love for God, our love for others, and love for ourselves.  A proper love for ourselves will include the realization that we were created to be bearers of God’s image. As a Christ follower, we must understand that our bodies are the dwelling place of His Holy Spirit.  A proper love for self will include love and respect for others.

The entire #metoo movement stems from the fact that certain men and women don’t respect or love other persons, their bodies, or the sanctity of life.  Because of this, they abuse others physically, emotionally, and mentally.

I recently came across a web interview in The Christian Post with Nancy Pearcey, a former agnostic who teaches at Houston Baptist University.  Nancy recently published a book titled: ‘Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality’   For this week and next, I will share some of the insights from this interview as it closely aligns with my Biblical Worldview on the core concept about the sanctity of life.  If you would like an in-depth analysis of this topic, I recommend that you purchase Nancy Pearcey’s book mention earlier.

So our topic today is:
The Sanctity of Life – Loving Yourself (1)
Arguably no subject divides Americans and most of the western world more passionately than what it means to be a human being, especially when it comes to sexuality, identity, and the body. What lies beneath the bitter cultural squabbles over physician-assisted suicide, abortion, same-sex marriage, and transgenderism is a secularist ideology that wages war against the human body.

Pearcey, who The Economist describes as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual," stresses in the book's Introduction. "We live in a moral wasteland where human beings are desperately seeking answers to hard questions about life and sexuality”

But there is hope. In the wasteland, we can cultivate a garden. We can discover a Biblical Worldview of a reality-based morality that expresses a positive, life-affirming view of the human person — one that is mo...