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When Children Become Necklaces
The culture is ratcheting up its attacks on human value and dignity. Whether abandoning reasoned debate in favor of hostile personal attacks or turning unwanted embryos into jewelry, abortion culture treats human beings as commodities to be manipulated rather than gifts to be received. Discover how you can effectively keep the main thing the main thing and defend the intrinsic value of every image-bearer on this episode of The Case for Life.
Disagreement Without Division: Drawing Lines Without Breaking Fellowship
Scott Klusendorf is joined by his producer Adrian Rink to discuss how to navigate conflicts between brothers and avoid the trap of tribalism within the pro-life movement. Not everything is worth fighting over, and learning to distinguish between simple disagreement and necessary division is a vital skill for modern ministry. Learn how you can maintain a God-glorifying focus on rescuing the unborn while treating your fellow laborers with grace and humility on this episode of The Case for Life.
Prudence is Not Cowardice: The Conversation We Should Have
Scott Klusendorf is joined by Jonathan Van Maren to defend the argument that leading with legislation to prosecute women for murder is a strategic mistake in today’s post-Christian culture,. They push back against critics, warning that an all-or-nothing approach is likely to trigger a massive backlash that results in nothing for the unborn. By drawing on Abraham Lincoln’s incremental strategy, the duo emphasizes winning the trench war of social reform through feasible methods that actually reduce the body count. Learn why the pro-life movement must prioritize effective strategy over symbolic defeats to successfully protect the unborn in a hostile culture on this episode of The Case for Life.
The Anchor and the Rope: Communicating Pro-life Truths Worldwide
Leslie Segraves joins Scott Klusendorf to reveal how the pro-life message transcends international borders, reaching from American high schools to South Asian communities where the vast majority of global abortions occur. She explains that while cultural expressions differ, the central conflict remains a choice between intrinsic human value based on what we are versus a performance-based view based on what we can do. Learn how to combat these assumptions with a practical method for using science, logic, and philosophy to defend the unborn against today’s most common cultural objections on this episode of The Case for Life.
Hey, Mr. Politician! Truth is objective, not personal
When it comes to the issue of abortion, politicians tend to lose their collective minds by attempting to personalize objective moral facts as if they were choosing a favorite flavor of ice cream. Scott Klusendorf analyzes the strategic blunder of using “personally pro-life” language, a tactic that gives away the farm by shifting the debate from an objective truth claim to a mere subjective preference. Learn why moral claims must remain grounded in objective reality rather than personal sentiments on this episode of The Case for Life.
Think in categories or lose
Stop being blindsided by complex rhetoric and learn to simplify every objection by slotting it into one of five logical categories. Scott Klusendorf reveals a simple file folder strategy to help you identify fallacies on autopilot and move from a defensive posture into a position of persuasive clarity. Master the art of keeping the main thing the main thing while staying in the driver’s seat of every conversation on this episode of The Case for Life.
Forget who killed Roe, who does abortion kill?
Scott Klusendorf analyzes an article that attempts to discredit the pro-life movement by focusing on the motivations of the Roe v. Wade reversal rather than engaging with the moral merits of the issue. Whenever the press attacks the motivations of pro-life advocates they fail to refute the central pro-life claim. Learn how to stay in control of these conversations and expose how the pro-abortion rhetoric rests on the undefended assumption that the unborn are not human.
Politics: truth vs error
In the midst of a heated political season, Christians must be prepared to correct widespread misinformation about pro-life law effects. By mastering the foundations of the pro-life view, advocates can clearly articulate the differences between the intentional killing of an innocent child and necessary medical interventions. To remain effective truth tellers, believers must ground themselves in biblical doctrine, creating a baloney detector that sniffs out progressive counterfeits and political distortions of the gospel.
Equal protection: Biblically mandated or imprudently considered?
Greg Cunningham joins Scott Klusendorf to argue that equal protection bills are fundamentally flawed in two ways. First, knowledge of first trimester realities are not widely discussed in our culture today. Second, that the culture is ready for abortion seekers to be pursued with murder charges. The pro-life movement cannot legislate its way out of this crisis but must instead prioritize educating the public through clear imagery that reveals the undeniable humanity of the baby early in pregnancy. Join them to learn how to educate our way out of this crisis!