At a Glance
Discover a vision for a culture that recognizes the innate beauty of every human life as we journey with Sami Parker of Live Action through the frontlines of pro-life advocacy. Witness firsthand how Live Action is challenging the prevailing worldviews promoting abortion, utilizing social media to spark transformative discussions that transcend the screen into the very fabric of society. The predominant narrative or story of our time does not recognize God, sees humans as mere animals, and labels unrestrained sex as a “human right.” Look around; these ideas have manifested into the wasteland surrounding families, relationships, sexuality, and procreation, and the list drags on. As Christians, this pains us because we know there’s a better story, a better design. One that does not make any room for harming any innocent human’s life.
The biblical worldview recognizes the beauty in every aspect of God’s created order. But do we? Do we not only recognize God’s better story but strive to consistently live in it and model it to a hurting world? This episode is a call to Christians to don the full armor of their faith, merging the Gospel’s transformative power with active cultural engagement to foster a society that not only protects, but cherishes life. Let’s join forces to defend the defenseless against the greatest injustices of our age and celebrate the innate beauty and truth of life through the power of storytelling and education.
Special Guest
Sami is a pro-life activist known for online advocacy on Live Action’s social media accounts. Driven by faith and a deep belief in the sanctity of human life, Sami speaks on pro-life ethics and apologetics and is passionate about motherhood, fertility, and pointing young women toward true female empowerment.
Resources
- Check out Window to the Womb for a never-before-seen look at life in the womb.
- Find a local pregnancy resource center to get support with pregnancy decisions.
- Want to talk with someone now about your unplanned pregnancy? Option Line provides a 24/7 confident line to call or text: 1-800-712-4357.
What You'll Hear
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"I think a lot more pro-lifers are becoming aware that we aren't the extreme party."
Sami Parker
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Go Deeper
Want an easy way to share the beauty and miracle of life from its earliest days? This video, “Baby Olivia” was released to accurately and beautifully depict human development in the womb. Watch it and share it today!
When we look at the beauty, compassion, and protection of a mother, we are looking right at God’s attributes. Learn more and enroll now in our free online study, The Grand Design.
The Grand Design: Rediscovering Male and Female as the Image of God
By Darrow Miller
“Darrow offers a healing biblical vision where men and women reflect the relationship within the Trinity: unity without uniformity and diversity without superiority.” – Nancy Pearcey, Professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University, author of Love Thy Body and The Toxic War on Masculinity
“Rich, timely, wide ranging, provocative, and wise, Miller’s The Grand Design is a book to be read slowly, pondered, and discussed.” – Os Guinness, Author of The Magna Carta of Humanity
Throughout the ages, cultures have pivoted between two understandings of the sexes.
Men and women are equal,
and therefore they are the same – interchangeable.
or
Men and women are different,
and the differences are exploited to falsely claim that some people are superior to others.
But what if there is a third option? What if a true biblical understanding, rooted in the Trinity, provides a foundation and vision for the sexes, where unity and equality is possible without uniformity, and difference and diversity between men and women is celebrated without superiority? In an age where views about men and women have divided the church and the culture, The Grand Design offers an opportunity for everyone to discover with fresh insight all that it means to be made in the image of God, male and female.
