God'S Work In And Out Of The Womb

Parents often select the name of a revered family member or, of some notable person in history, for their newly born child. Would Christian parents, however, consider naming a newborn daughter Shiprah or Pua? Yet these are the names of the Hebrew midwives who defied the order of Pharaoh to kill the newborn male babies. Our Christian belief should flow naturally into our public, even political life. As James wrote, "Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world." James 1:27