There’s a stereotypical story of married couples that you’re probably familiar with. The wife has had a bad day, so she goes to her husband to tell him about it. Her husband, being wired to fix problems, shows his love to his wife by offering solutions. The wife gets frustrated. … Read More
PODCAST: Abortion Images: A Case for Disagreement without Division
[youtube id=”ZTR0OZ-txxM”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:14:26 I read an article that represents the one time we’ve gone public with our thoughts about one of the most divisive topics within the pro-life movement. Every single one of our staff has personally seen people change their minds because of graphic abortion … Read More
PODCAST: Why Pro-Life Advocates Are Not Responsible for the Planned Parenthood Shooting
[youtube id=”MBQqZ7o59Pc”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:19:40 I read a piece that I wrote with Josh Brahm after last year’s attack at a Colorado Planned Parenthood. Many pro-choice people responded to that shooting by blaming pro-life advocates. In this piece I show why such claims are completely unjustified by analyzing … Read More
Dialogue Tip: Tell Them That They Can’t Offend You
Millennials are terrified of offending people. They are surrounded by a world of trigger warnings and microaggressions. They worry that they’ll be shouted down if they say something that could be perceived as racist, sexist, homophobic, or somehow bigoted. They also really don’t want to be any of those things. … Read More
PODCAST: What We Learned in CMP’s Fifth and Worst Video Yet
[youtube id=”uuT6fObkr3c”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:09:11 Timothy Brahm reads a piece he wrote two summers ago explaining three categories of damning evidence in CMP’s fifth Planned Parenthood video. Click here to share the original article. Click here to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes! Subscribe to the Equipped for … Read More
PODCAST: Why Even Thomson’s Violinist Condemns Planned Parenthood’s Selling Baby Parts
[youtube id=”P3tUsbaYzIM”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:16:25 The silence from pro-choice people in response to the Planned Parenthood videos is deafening. Timothy explains why they should be furious with Planned Parenthood too. Click here to share the original article. Click here to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, or click here … Read More
PODCAST: Ben Shapiro’s Response to Abortion in the Case of Rape
[youtube id=”UICQV897IpU”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:16:19 Three ways pro-life students should dialogue differently than Ben Shapiro debates. Includes an endnote from Josh on what we learned yesterday that affected how we edited this podcast. Click here to share the original article. Click here to subscribe to the podcast in … Read More
PODCAST: Bodily Rights Arguments Necessitate Extremism
[youtube id=”nVJ-TARRnxE”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:18:59 Bodily rights arguments for abortion are always extremist arguments, at least in the way people present them. No bodily rights argument that I have ever seen (or even heard of any pro-choice advocate making) leaves room for abortion exceptions. Click here to share … Read More
Ben Shapiro’s Response to Abortion in the Case of Rape
Editor’s Note – 5/31/17: The Ben Shapiro video Tim comments on was uploaded to the Shapiro Facebook page on April 10th. Four weeks later we published this piece from Tim, encouraging pro-life advocates to avoid imitating some of the things Shapiro does in their one-on-one dialogues regarding rape. Two weeks … Read More
PODCAST: Three Tips for Dealing with the Name-Dropper
[youtube id=”1nquug0X1eo”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:04:10 Name-dropping can be frustrating and intimidating to some pro-life students, so here are my three suggestions for how to deal with the name-dropper. Click here to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, or click here to subscribe in SoundCloud! Subscribe to the Equipped … Read More