Smut literature has become increasingly popular, especially among women, and is often dismissed as harmless because it comes in the form of words rather than images. Yet the medium does not change the message.

The practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF) raises intense moral, spiritual, and ethical concerns for many people, especially those who believe that life begins at conception and that the creation of human life is sacred.

Human life is sacred, the Bible teaches, because each and every human being is made in God's image. If that's true, then the taking of an innocent human life-aside from being wrong-is fundamentally contrary to the way God has created us to be.

The question of whether or not abortion should be legal has become increasingly controversial over the years. Many individuals say that an abortion merely eliminates a "clump of cells," using this claim to justify what others see to be the taking of an innocent life. From a biblical perspective, abortion is viewed as unethical.