
The Scriptures define “life” much differently than a family physician or a set of indicators. They reveal that the one true God, the Holy Trinity, is the Creator and Source of life. A small detail in the creation narrative of Genesis is very significant for the biblical understanding of human life: “Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature” (Gen. 2:7).