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This past week, I received the following inquiry, “When would you say a person’s soul is created? When does life begin?”

It is an immensely important question. At what point are we a living being? When does human life begin? We must have a clear and definitive answer to this question, especially as our society continues to freely and frequently terminate pregnancies. From 2010 and 2019 (the last year for which we have statistics), Canada reported just shy of 1 million abortions.¹ From 2009 to 2018 (the last year for which data is available), our neighbours to the South have reported just over 6.7 million abortions.²

The third book of the Torah or Pentateuch is Leviticus. The name of the book in English is from the Greek leuitikon, which associates the book with the priestly tribe of Levi. The Hebrew title for the book is arqyw, “And He called,” which is how the book begins (Leviticus 1:1).

Again we turn our attention to wise Solomon’s statements as found in Ecclesiastes 3. Ecclesiastes 3:7 reads, “A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak…”

Among the topics touched on by Solomon’s poetic verse is finance. Today we’ll consider some rudimentary instruction from Ecclesiastes 3. Ecclesiastes 3:6 reads, “A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away…”

The document below is believed to have been written near the end of the third century and therefore could not be written by Paul.