On Sunday, Pastor Tony Evans of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship continued his “Kingdom Voting” sermon series with a message entitled, God and Life.
Earlier this month, as Christian Headlines previously reported, Evans started the series to teach Christians to vote from a biblical worldview as November’s presidential election draws near.
According to The Christian Post, Evans’ latest sermon highlighted the importance of respecting the sanctity of life because humanity is made in the image of God.
“When you don’t start with the image of God, then you make life what you call it to be, not what God has created it and stamped it to be,” Pastor Evans said. “Till we see it through God’s eyes, then we will not start in the right place.”
Evans stressed that it is a “personal insult to God when life is not given the value He gives to it because what you said, is what God did is not worth protecting. So any discussion of life has to start there. Any discussion of life has to start with the divine mark.”
“And the job of government, the Bible says, is to protect that life,” he continued. “When God is left out of government, life and its value gets downgraded, reduced, dishonored and attacked. So when you think about Kingdom voting, you must think about the question of life.”
The 71-year-old pastor explained how the sanctity of human life includes “pre-born life and…
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