The Case for Life

Equal protection: Biblically mandated or imprudently considered?

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Cunningham joins Scott Klusendorf to argue that equal protection bills are fundamentally flawed in two ways. First, knowledge of first trimester ...

Making abortion history

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

To successfully reverse pro-abortion amendments, advocates must move beyond reactive political campaigns and engage in the strategic cultural work of ...

Abortion is back in the news, separating the the wolves from the sheep

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Stop falling for the claim that somebody's a Christian just because they look nice, give a warm smile, and are pleasant. We have got to dig deeper...

Christian worldview training is not an option

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It is an absolute necessity for your student. We should never assume that our kids understand the truth content of the Christian worldview. They must ...

Christianity purely as subjective experience

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Almon joins Scott Klusendorf to dissect the progressive "christian" defense of abortion championed by "pastor" Rebecca Todd ...

When so-called Christians flip-flop on abortion

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When Christians flip-flop on abortion, it's not because they've encountered more persuasive arguments. It's because of their own self-inte...

Category Errors and Character Attacks

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A few thoughts about the Super Bowl and its relationship to pro-life apologetics from Scott to illustrate why Christians must avoid category errors wh...

When the attacks are furious

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

No matter how vicious the attack against the pro-lifer, the pro-lifer's argument stands.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTune...

Woke is not dead: Let's relive 2020

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The attempts by woke activists to force Christians to make hasty judgments is back in full force. Pro-life Christians need to be careful thinkers, not...

Prudence or compromise

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Prolifers need to be careful not to assume the worst motives in other Christians they disagree with.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast ...

Seven predictions for 2026

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the arguments we'll hear defending abortion in the new year will be rehashes of old arguments and some of them will have an entirely new t...

They are disabled persons, not persons with disabilities

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In defending the dignity of disabled persons, we need to be careful not to assume the dehumanizing rhetoric of secularists.Be sure to subscribe to The...

Concerns about pro-abundant life

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Should pro-lifers switch from prolife to pro-abundant life? Pro-life advocates should realize less is more. Saving the child is our primary goal and o...

Don't believe the spin!

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time of year where you're going to get a lot of fundraising letters, but I want to encourage you not to believe the spin. Pro-lifers...

Just how inclusive are you?

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When you hear abortion advocates appeal to us or them, they're often forgetting somebody. They're assuming the unborn aren't humans.Clip: ...

Let's talk turkey about abortion

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Don't shy away from the topic of abortion over the holidays. Engage with some thoughtful questions that will give family members something to thin...

Morning Joe needs a wake up call on abortion

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Don't shy away from the topic of abortion over the holidays. Engage with some thoughtful questions that will give family members something to thin...

Dumb things said by smart people

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do not let spiritual leaders complicate what is not a complicated issue.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube,...

Allie Beth Stuckey knocks it out of the park

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Aliie Beth Stuckey put on a master class on how to engage people who don't agree with us on abortion. And in so doing, she modeled both persuasive...

Keeping cool under fire

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the most effective response to a hot head is to slow down and maintain your composure rather than worrying about what you'll say next.Be...

Let's do science

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The science of embryology is not an article of faith. It's something we can investigate to discover the truth.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for...

Is unity possible?

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's hard to overestimate the value of Charlie Kirk's memorial service, but we shouldn't think our job is done. We have a lot of work to d...

Lessons from Charlie Kirk's life

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie's life and death demand that we engage culture with biblical truth.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Y...

Senator Kaine has no clue what he's talking about

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If your rights as a human being do not come from the creator, then they come from the government, which can take them away as easily as it grants them...

If they say it's not about the Bible but about Jesus, run!

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The the truth about abortion is not discovered by private revelation but by examining the objective truths of scripture and moral reasoning.Be sure to...

Divide or Discuss?

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Not everything pro-lifers disagree on amongst themselves needs to become a a staged fight. There are some things we should discuss, not divide over.Be...

Less is More

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Learn to defend your pro-life views in a minute or less. You don't have to be wordy to be persuasive. Sometimes saying less is actually saying mor...

Feelings are not arguments

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Instead of refuting pro-life arguments, most of our critics simply emote. We will examine an encounter where Charlie Kirk interviews student on aborti...

Have a Conversation, Not a Fight

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Your job as a pro-life apologist is not to beat people up by cornering them with gotcha points. Your job is to give them something to think about.Be s...

Changing hearts or changing laws?

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Saving lives or changing laws is not an either/or proposition. We should do both.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTunes, Spotify,...

Leftist Lies

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Conservative pro-lifers were told for months that Obamacare would never fund abortion. Well, guess what? It does.Links:https://www.npr.org/sections/sh...

When "Love" Is the Problem and Not the Answer

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When people appeal to love to cover up obvious external evil, they are not pitching love, they are pitching compromise.Be sure to subscribe to The Cas...

I don't care if you like it, is it true?

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Disliking the moral logic of the pro-life view does not make the pro-life view false. Many people think the pro-life view can be dismissed rather than...

Assumptions That Kill

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of the arguments used to promote abortion as a positive good for society, assume the unborn are not human.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Lif...

Dropping Bombs is Not the Same as Dismembering Babies

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To assume that a just war is morally equivalent to opposing abortion is morally indefensible and logically silly.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for ...

Pro-Lifers, Don't Let Critics Rewrite Your Job Description

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The pro-life argument is about one thing: Is it okay to intentionally kill innocent human beings? Any distraction from that central question will harm...

Wright Gets Abortion Wrong

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

N.T. Wright is peddling misguided abortion nonsense not pastoral theology. His arguments for termination in cases like rape or deformity are flawed. G...

How to be pro-life when a 12 year old is pregnant

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The pro-life view can be defended even in the hard cases. Today we consider psychological vs. moral complexity, intentional killing vs. foreseeing dea...

Mr. Kimmel, you can't pluck rights out of thin air

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When abortion advocates like comedian Jimmy Kimmel appeal to fundamental rights, they need to answer the question, "where do those rights come fr...

Philosophy and Theology

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Segment 1: If you ground human value in our commonhuman nature, you get human equality.If you ground it in traits that come and go, you get inequality...

The Differences Matter

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It is no longer the case that mere political differences can be swept aside. In today's world, the political is the moral.Be sure to subscribe to ...

Wolves in the womb

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just because a pastor claims to be biblical on the issue of abortion doesn’t mean he is Biblical.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast o...

How to make it long-term as a pro-lifer

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The choices you make structuring your life will have an impact on your pro-life witness. Choose wisely.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podca...

Courage requires confidence

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our critics have lousy arguments, all they do is attack you personally. A good dose of courage will help you counter punch effectively.Be sure to subs...

What about rape?

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pro-lifers should certainly show empathy for victims of sexual assault. It does not follow though that there's no right way to treat their childre...

Pro-lifers, be careful how you argue

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's vital that pro-lifers make arguments that affirm our basic principles, not ones that deny it.Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcas...

Make your critics state their case clearly

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Don't let your opponents get away with simply asserting a bunch of things they never have to defend. Make them formally state their case.Be sure t...

Assertions are not arguments

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When your opponent makes an assertion rather than a formal argument, the burden of proof is on them to defend their own assertion, not on you to refut...

Simple, Simple, Simple

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The pro-life argument is either sound or unsound. Dismissing it with a phony appeal to tolerance is not going to work.Be sure to subscribe to The Case...

Politics is not poison

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Christians engage politically, they are doing so for the right reasons: that of loving their neighbor and promoting human flourishing.Be sure to ...

Sometimes you need to put your street fighting gloves on

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode dissects a commenter's arguments against the pro-life stance, emphasizing the importance of logical reasoning using syllogisms. The d...

A Politically Evil Party

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's not pro-lifers who refuse to protect children once they're born. It's pro-abortion Democrats. Be sure to subscribe to The Case for L...

I hate women, so what?

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The pro-life argument stands on its merits, not the behavior of the person making the argument. Whether I hate women or love them is irrelevant to the...

Abortion advocates, you need to try harder

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lazy dismissals of the pro-life argument will not work long-term. It might score you brief political points, but over time your influence will wane.

5 words to help you think clearly about IVF

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Christians need to avoid a technological morality that says, “Just because we can do it, we ought to do it.” IVF is technologically doable, but it...

Name calling is not a refutation

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When pro-abortionists claim you can’t know anything on abortion, how do they know that? Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTunes...

Deadly Assumptions

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly all arguments for abortion at the street level assume the unborn are not human. They don’t argue that the unborn are not human, they simply a...

Pro-life advocacy in the Trump era

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is no time for pro-lifers to rest on their laurels. We have work to do and we better get busy getting after it. Be sure to subscribe to The Case...

So you really think laws don’t work?

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s simply untrue that the law serves no purpose on the topic of abortion. Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Y...

True or False: Voting for a Republican President increases abortion?

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The political left is all over the place claiming that Democrats do a better job of reducing abortion than Republicans do. This claim is VERY question...

The good, the bad, the ugly about the election

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Like all elections, this cycle had a mix of good and bad. But most of it was good and Christians should be happy with the result. Be sure to subscrib...

Pound The Facts Not The Table

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For years pro-lifers have been reluctant to show the imagery that is most directly related to the topic of abortion. But we will continue to lose if w...

Perspectives don't matter, truth does

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The validity and soundness of the pro-life argument does not turn on whether people like it. Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTu...

Election Predictions and A Mailbag

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. Poling data doesn’t always mean victory. In the Mailbag we tackle whether or not we need to kn...

Dead Things Don’t Grow

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible does not teach that we are not human until we breathe. Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, or yo...

Burning research labs do not settle the abortion debate

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The burning research lab example that pro-abortionists use: #1. Does not prove the unborn are not human. #2. Does not prove it's OK to intentionally ...

Pro-life laws don’t kill, abortion drugs do

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pro-life laws protecting the unborn are not killing women. Giving drugs to women without medical supervision through the mail may in fact kill them. ...

With friends like these, who needs enemies?

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Christian leaders who claim to be pro-life but refuse to lift a finger to stop the killing will be held accountable for lives that could have been sav...

Don't assume your Christian friends understand moral reasoning

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Christians often say goofy things about abortion; it is typical for their IQ to drop 80 points when the topic is put on the table. However, it is esse...

Politics — The art of the possible

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When the political tides are not in our favor, we must still act culturally to promote the truth of the pro-life position. An interview with Mark Harr...

Being pro-life for the long-haul: Why character counts

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Building a platform is not the same as building a life that can endure hardship and challenge over time. Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Po...

Legal does not mean moral

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It is one thing to have a heart for women in crisis, it’s quite another to have a sound mind for helping them. An interview with Brittany Forsling. ...

People talk about abortion without ACTUALLY talking about abortion

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Talking about abortion is one thing, actually being honest about it is quite another. Be sure to subscribe to The Case for Life Podcast on iTunes, Sp...

The Pro-Life Kiss of Death

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You don’t put out fires by cooperating with arsonists. David French is treating unborn babies like poker chips. He’s willing to trade lives now in...

Can a Christian vote for Kamala Harris?

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Voting for Kamala Harris does not disqualify you from being a Christian but it may mean that your worldview does not align with a Biblical one. Be su...

Gospel or Pro-Life?

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pastors present a false choice when they tell their parishioners that they need to be about the gospel rather than conveying pro-life truth. Truth is,...

Humans are exceptional, but they are not gods

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While human beings are exceptional from every other created thing, we should be careful not to think of them as consecrated gods. Be sure to subscrib...

Is the GOP losing its mind?

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For years, pro-lifers argued politically that Roe v. Wade represented the courts overreaching. They should’ve argued that Roe v. Wade was wrong beca...

Right and wrong are real, not mere constructs

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Relativism is self-defeating. The very claim, “you shouldn’t force your morals on others” is an attempt to force some moral rule on those who di...

Pro-lifers are not lying in their description of abortion

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t take my word for it. Look at what abortion choice advocate say about what abortion actually entails.

Pro-life speaking takes courage but you gotta do it anyway

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

No more excuses! Pro-life speakers are not born, they're organized.

5 things pro-lifers should say

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

By saying these five things, we help people understand the clarity of the pro-life view and keep the main thing the main thing.

5 things pro-lifers shouldn’t say

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Use your words to establish your basic argument not distract from it.

Hey Pro-Life Politicians, Less is More!

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re not a trained pro-life apologist, saying less is better than saying more.

Potential Holocaust

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Any argument that defines the unborn as potential humans instead of actual humans will dehumanize humans outside the womb too. Referenced article: htt...

Dead things don’t grow

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Embryos can exist in a frozen state, you can’t. That doesn’t prove the embryos isn’t alive.

The one question that will stop critics in their tracks

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Focus on this question to bring clarity to the abortion debate.

Pro-Abortion Theology on Life Support

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Genesis 2:7 does not teach that we are not living human beings until we breath air through the lungs. Saying it does confuses a descriptive passage wi...

Oh, so you think you’re tolerant?!?!

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Moral Relativism, the belief that right and wrong are up to our society is not neutral. it is a view of right and wrong that is every bit as much a cl...

Self-Consciousness: Are you really sure you wanna go there?

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you ground human equality in psychological traits, horrific consequences ensue.

No free Lunch. Everybody is doing religion!

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you only argument against the pro-life view is to dismiss it as religious you've not done your homework. You need to work a little harder.

Burning research labs do not refute the pro life argument

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The question of who we ought to save is distinct from the question of who we get to intentionally kill.

Equip our kids or lose them

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We should never assume that our kids have a biblically grounded worldview. They have to catch it, not simply assume it.

Street Level Foolishness

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do not under any circumstances let someone badger you into believing they have refuted your argument when all they’ve done is call you a name or oth...

Lead, Follow, or Get Outta the Way

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We should preach the gospel, care for people around us, and love our neighbors, but we should never be told that we’re not pro-life unless we fix ev...

Alabama embryos and Christian responsibility

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Alabama State Supreme Court ruling has national implications but also has an impact on how Christians should think about assisted reproductive tec...

Prudence vs. Compromise

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pro lifers who act prudently given the real fallen world they are forced to work in are not compromising. Those who reject our principles are.

Pro-life in the face of Taylor Swift

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pro-life advocacy demands that we testify to the truth even if everyone in our culture hates us for it.

Prudence or Compromise?

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pro-life advocates must be careful not to compromise their principles when they work to save as many children as they can. Here’s a link to Jason’...

Is removing an ectopic pregnancy the same as having an abortion?

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Acting to save one life instead of letting two humans die is sometimes the greatest moral good we can achieve.