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Are Christians hypocritical to support the death penalty?

In a previous post on abortion on my own blog, a reader named Matthew Lee raised the issue of how many pro-abortion advocates bring up the death penalty. By doing so, they hope to show that Christians are inconsistent in saying we should never take human life. Now, in one sense I think this is a non-issue. The objection doesn’t…

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180: The Good and the Not-So-Good

Produced by Living Waters, 180 is a documentary showing Ray Comfort talking to people about the issue of abortion. By comparing the destruction of the unborn to the Holocaust, Comfort shows the inconsistency of supporting abortion while opposing the the Nazi’s extermination of 6 million Jews during World War II. In a post at the Life Training Institute Blog, Pro-life apologist…

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Are there good reasons for abortion?

If you haven’t heard it already, this week’s episode of the UK radio show Unbelievable features a good debate between Madeleine Flannagan and Wendy Savage on the topic of abortion. Listen to the exchange here.

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Klusendorf and Strossen Debate Abortion

[vsw id="26031452" source="vimeo" width="500" height="275" autoplay="no"] Scott Klusendorf is the President of Life Training Institute and author of the excellent book, The Case for Life. Nadine Strossen is the former President of the ACLU. The debate was held on 15 April at Westmont College. [HT: Randy Alcorn and Justin Taylor]

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Ten Reasons for Pro-Life Optimism

If you want to see the rights of unborn children protected, here are several reasons why you can be encouraged about the cause.

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Is Exodus 21:22 pro-life or pro-abortion?

This months issue of Solid Ground investigates the implications of Exodus 21 and whether this Biblical passage suggests that the unborn have lesser value than other humans.

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Apologetics and effective dialogue

In conversations with those who differ with us, it is not always the best argument that wins. Jason discusses effective dialogue and the difference between “gotcha” replies and “I get you” responses.

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"Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism" and the Logic of Murder

A look at some of the commentary and discussion regarding the abortion debate, following the U.S. shooting of prominent abortion provider, Dr George Tiller.

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The Illiberality of Abortion

Laws permitting abortion on demand are often deemed to be liberal. Political liberals are frequently ardent defenders of such laws. My contention is that support for abortion on the grounds of liberality is mistaken for the following reasons. Most contemporary liberals advocate a form of the harm principle, famously articulated by Mill in On Liberty, The only part of the…

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Portrait of an Intellectually Honest Atheist

Dinesh D’Souza has written an interesting article in Christianity Today about Peter Singer and his honest embrace of the ethical implications of atheism.

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