Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. A lesson I learned about listening from “Pulp Fiction” and my marriage. In a deleted scene from Pulp Fiction, Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) meets Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and the first thing she asks him is, “When in conversation, do you listen, or do you … Read More
My Speech at the 2014 Students for Life Conference: “I’m Pro-Life, But…”
I was asked to give an apologetics speech at the Students for Life of America 2014 West Coast National Conference. I was given a title, “I’m Pro-Life, But…” that I was allowed to do anything I wanted with, so I chose to respond to these four common statements and questions: “I’m pro-life, but … Read More
Not All Arguments are Bad
“Chaplain John,” a fun-loving prison chaplain who saw me speak at a banquet a few months ago interviewed me for his YouTube series, “Chaplain Chat.” I’ll be posting them this week. In this second segment, I talk about my pro-choice friend Deanna and offer a clarification about the kinds of … Read More
A Short Defense of Relational Apologetics
“Chaplain John,” a fun-loving prison chaplain who saw me speak at a banquet a few months ago interviewed me for his YouTube series, “Chaplain Chat.” I’ll be posting them this week. In this first segment, I offer some reasons that pro-life and pro-choice people should try relational apologetics, befriending each … Read More
My Challenge to Students: Love People Who Are Different From You
I had the opportunity to speak to the 7th-8th graders at St. Joachim School yesterday. It’s about a 40-minute trip, so during my drive I pondered what I wanted to talk about. I knew I would include a lot of my standard material on being a good ambassador for Christ … Read More
Why the Pro-Life Movement Should Embrace Relational Apologetics
I’m really happy with this unusual episode of Life Report. One of our scheduled guests became unavailable on our shooting day, so Gabi Vehrs and I sat down and had a candid conversation about the state of the pro-life movement and what we need to do to set ourselves up … Read More
Penn Jillette on Loving the People He Disagrees With
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. I really like Penn Jillette. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s most famous for being a magician and runner-up of Donald Trump’s recent Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars, but only slightly less famous for being an outspoken atheist. Penn is really intelligent and kind. He’s also … Read More
What if Everybody Did This?
This is what I posted to my Facebook page earlier today: I’m going to go spend four hours with one of the smartest philosophers I know, after three hours with him yesterday. I may never change his mind. But we both like each other and we’re both challenging each other. … Read More
Atheist Ira Glass is Not Annoyed by Relational Evangelism
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. I believe Christians should have relationships with unchurched people and that pro-lifers should have relationships with pro-choice people. Atheist Ira Glass recently did an interview that includes the best argument I’ve ever heard regarding relational evangelism. Last year, I hosted an episode of Life Report on … Read More
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