The Case for Life
Episodes
Using abortion pictures in the real world
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Far from alienating people visual pictures of abortion actually draw people in to consider our arguments for the humanity of the unborn One of the be...
A picture is worth a thousand words
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abortion images convey truth in ways that words never can, and pro-lifers are foolish not to use them.
Answering the coat-hanger back alley objection
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do the alleged dangers of illegal abortion, justify, intentionally killing an innocent human being?
How a church can help defend life
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What a church might do on a Sunday in January to faithfully remain committed to preaching the whole counsel of God and yet be a faithful testament to ...
Your "right to life" is not your critic's "right to life"
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When our critics talk about the right to life, they often confuse positive rights with natural rights.
Pro-lifers cannot compromise their principles
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is one thing to protect as many children as you can when you don’t have the votes to save all children, it’s quite another thing to say as a ma...
Abortion and wokeness
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wokeness attacks the Biblical view of knowledge of human value and what it means to be an image bearer. Pro-life Christians must know how to engage th...
Should we prosecute a mother who has an abortion?
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are legal and moral reasons why the penalty for the mother should be less harsh than the abortionist.
Dependency does not mean we can kill you
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fact that the unborn human depends on its mother for survival is not a principled reason for saying we can kill him.
Where you are does not determine what you are
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite what critics say, a simple change in location from inside the womb to outside the womb doesn’t change your essential nature.
Pro-lifers are losing
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time to get over the hype. Pro-lifers are not winning, we are losing and we will continue to lose unless we face some hard truths.
Level of development does not equal level of value
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your level of development does not determine your value as a human being. If you disagree, you will inevitably buy into a standard that makes human eq...
Twisting scripture to justify killing
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In order to make the most of our time there, we would love to know if you have connections with additional people that we can invite to our trainings ...
Size doesn’t matter
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An embryo being small does not justify killing it Be sure to subscribe to PassionLife The Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podca...
Pro-life and Wokeness Part 2
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why the woke worldview does not align with a biblical pro-life worldview.
Pro-life and Wokeness part 1
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you don’t engage wokeness as a pro-life apologist, you may end up talking right past people who have bought into that worldview.
Worldviews ain't what they used to be
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you don’t address the underlying worldview that a person brings to a discussion you’ll talk right past them on the topic of abortion.
Applying Biblical Truth Consistently
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are pastors who address abortion engaged in raw political promotion, or are they applying biblical truth to all areas of life? Pastor Jim Osman’s bo...
Truth or Territory
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is truth on the pro-life issue discerned by receiving private revelation from God or do we discover it by unlocking the truths of scripture? Pastor ...
Worldview Training is Important
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott discusses the quickly coming The Case for Life Video Course with Leslie Segraves. She recently went through this course and shares ways that it ...
Missions and abortion in the 10/40 Window
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott is joined by Leslie Segraves, the Cofounder and President of 10/40 Connections and recent new speaker at Life Training Institute. They discuss t...
Pro-life persuasion, challenges and opportunities
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pro-life persuasion is not about scoring debate points, but engaging people who think fundamentally differently than we do, but are reachable if we ju...
Your pastor is silent on abortion, now what?
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s really not enough to complain that your pastor is silent on abortion, if you really want to help him overcome his fears, you must learn to artf...
Watch out for fake "friends", lives depend on it!
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is vitally important that pro-lifers keep their focus on limiting the evil and promoting the good in every election cycle. Here's Scott's ...
Unstringing the violinist
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Abortion cannot be justified as merely withholding support, it is much more than that. It is intentionally killing an innocent human being.
Identity or Equality?
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Which pro-abortion thinkers are right? Is it those who say we are biologically human but don’t exist as a self until brain function is present or th...
The substance view of human value
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Human beings maintain identity through time and change. That means you the adult are identical to the embryo you once were. Hence if you are valuable ...
What makes humans equal?
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Secular worldviews cannot account for human equality or value, because they're based on traits that come and go and none of us share equally. Only...
Getting Out of the Hot Seat or (Keep it simple stupid)
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Commentary on a recent interaction between pro-life and abortion advocates with good and bad application of the principles of argument. Be sure to su...
Arguing Well or (Ground Rules)
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Arguing well in a fighting world, or making your case for life on hostile turf.
What is an argument?
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott summarizes the pro-life syllogism and responds to some of the common responses to pro-life arguments.