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Why the Church Needs Bioethics: A Guide to Wise Engagement with Life’s Challenges is unavailable, but you can change that!

In a world where incredible medical technologies are possible does “can do” mean “should do”? Why the Church Needs Bioethics helps you understand and constructively engage bioethical challenges with the resources of Christian wisdom and ministry. Three rich and true-to-life case studies illustrate the urgency of such bioethical issues as reproductive and genetic technologies, abortion, forgoing...

D. A. Carson The case before us presents two primary bioethical questions: (1) Is it right to forgo reasonable medical treatment and thus die more quickly than would otherwise be the case (Dave)? (2) Is it ever right to take active steps to hasten death (Mary)? The limitations of this essay must be recognized at the outset. This is not an attempt to provide well-balanced biblical and theological reflections on the many complex issues bound up with suicide,
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