David Thurman

“The embryo’s DNA differs markedly from the mother’s, and yet in the great majority of cases the mother’s body recognizes that this microscopic new person is not a foreign attacker, so her body doesn’t deploy its defense mechanisms to kill the baby. No one really knows how this works or what mechanisms are involved, but the mother’s tolerance for her baby’s body is recognized in the medical community as one of the great wonders of pregnancy.”
― Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body

“One of the most vital steps in our pursuit of holiness is simply to see God as the infinitely holy, ever-present God he is. At this critical juncture we don’t need a list of do’s and don’ts. We don’t need someone else to define for us what is acceptable behavior and what is not. That will come in time. At the start we need simply to see God in all of his infinite, glorious, splendid holiness and to realize that everything we do, we do in his presence, with his awareness.”
― Shawn McMullen, Coming Home to Holiness: Embracing the Life You Were Meant to Live

“At about three weeks, the embryo’s new heart begins pumping blood through a developing circulatory system.”
― Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body

“Much, not all, of the anti-government sentiment in the United States today is thinly veiled hatred of law and exaltation of brutal self-will. Thus it easily slips over into “righteous wrongdoing.”
― Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ