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Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Astonishing Testimony to the Sanctity of Life: Frozen Embryo Snowflake #94—Elise

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

The Christian Research Institute

Education, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9809 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, shares and celebrates the wonderful story of Elise, frozen embryo Snowflake #94, who is now 16 years of age. A couple named Eric and Kris heard Hank answering a question on the Bible Answer Man broadcast about the status of an embryo. Human life begins when one sperm cell from one human being fertilizes an egg in another human being. The forming embryo does not have a fully developed personality but does have full personhood from the moment of conception—and bears the imago Dei. Kris and Eric decided that they would adopt a frozen embryo! The frozen embryo arrived via Fed-Ex and was implanted in Kris’s uterus and was brought to full term. Hank had the privilege of meeting Elise when she was a baby—and now she is 16! A truly amazing story. Glory to God!



Listen to Hank talk more about Elise’s story on the Bible Answer Man broadcast, https://www.equip.org/video/embryo-adoption/. For further study, see Hank Hanegraaff, “Should Christians Support a Ban on Embryonic Stem Cell Research?” https://www.equip.org/bible_answers/should-christians-support-a-ban-on-embryonic-stem-cell-research/; and Clinton Wilcox, “The Human Embryo: Potential Person or Person with Great Potential?,” https://www.equip.org/article/the-human-embryo-potential-person-or-person-with-great-potential/.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Hank Hennigraph, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Incerman broadcast with another Hank unplug short.

0:20.0

It's the end now of 2021, the beginning of

0:27.8

2022. And just a few moments ago, it's not yet 2022. A dear colleague named Paul Young came into my office and handed me a Christmas card.

0:44.3

And in the Christmas card is the picture of a stunningly beautiful young lady.

0:51.3

She's 16 years old, as the back of the card indicates now, and her name is Elise.

0:58.0

And she is Snowflake Number 94.

1:01.4

I was doing the Bible Answer Man broadcast many years ago, and someone asked me a question about

1:09.4

whether life begins at conception or not.

1:16.3

And I pointed out that life begins when a sperm cell in one human being fertilizes an egg

1:24.5

and another human being.

1:32.3

And then I pointed out the majesty of that fertilized human egg, that zygote,

1:36.3

that doesn't have a fully developed personality, obviously,

1:40.3

but has full personhood from the moment of conception.

1:43.3

At any rate, listening into my conversation

1:48.2

on the Bible Instrument broadcast that day,

1:52.4

a couple decided that they would adopt a frozen embryo.

2:01.6

This short is too short to go into all the details,

2:05.6

but the bottom line was they did that.

2:07.6

It arrived, I think, via FedEx,

2:10.6

implanted into the womb,

2:15.6

the wonderful woman named Chris, who now brought to full term a baby.

2:22.3

And I had the privilege of meeting that baby when she was very, very little.

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