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2. From the Washington Post July 19, 2008 Last week, it was revealed that an Environmental Protection Agency office had lowered its official estimate of life's value, from about $8.04 million to about $7.22 million. That decision has put a spotlight on the concept of the "Value of a Statistical Life," in which the Washington bureaucracy takes on a question usually left to preachers and poets.

5. Genesis 1:1, 26-27 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

6. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10

7. Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

8. We should protect the weak & defenseless

9. Matthew 25:40, 45 The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

10. Psalm 82:3-4 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

11. 2 Samuel 9:13 And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was crippled in both feet.

12. Proverbs 31:8-9 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

13. John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

14. Acts 20:35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

15. Romans 13:9-10 The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

16. All humans have equal value Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

17. Peace and forgiveness can be found in Jesus Christ

18. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

19. 19 Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

20. Psalm 103:11-12 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

21. Love: A commitment of the will to someone’s true good It’s all about love

22. 22 Matthew 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

23. 23 1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing... Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.