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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Missy Stone of Students for Life of America joins Tim and I to discuss the consistent life movement, the pro-life label, and to what extent the pro-life movement should focus on abortion.

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In these clips from the full episode, you’ll hear Tim, Missy, and I discuss whether student groups should focus on abortion.

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This is a short story about an early pro-life experience I had. When I shared it in a podcast, others thought it was a great story, so I decided to write this piece.

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Tim and I discuss the challenging subject of confirmation bias.

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In this clip from the full episode, you’ll hear a discussion between Tim and me on how we perceive music in film, which then becomes an insightful way to think about confirmation bias. The full episode is available in this podcast feed as well.

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In my early pro-life apologetics days I tended to think that changing someone’s mind about abortion was primarily about making good arguments, being clear, being fast on your feet, and maybe having a little bit of relational skill. The more that I actually have dialogue with other people, the more I realize that it’s the opposite. Changing someone’s mind about abortion involves primarily relational work with a little argument thrown in there.

This piece came out of my processing this reality and deciding to expand on the idea.

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Tim and I follow up on a previous episode about results-oriented reasoning.

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In these clips from the full episode, you’ll hear Tim clarify his view by offering definitions and responding to questions.

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This is a short follow-up piece to the article I wrote about Richard Dawkins and his views on abortion and Down Syndrome that I read in last week’s audio blog. The response that we got from that piece when it was published was quite remarkable, so I use it as a case study for some of the things we talk about. Being extra intentional about understanding people and having clarity before responding to their views can make a huge difference for how pro-choice people respond.

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Tim and I continue our interview with Jacob on the topic of sidewalk counseling.

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In this clip from the full episode, you’ll hear Jacob explain how he often starts a conversation outside an abortion clinic.

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Several years ago, Richard Dawkins tweeted something that became very controversial and blew up in pro-life and pro-choice circles. He was attempting to explain why, given the choice, he would abort a baby with Down Syndrome. Dawkins published a very helpful article the following day, apologizing and explaining his views more clearly.

This audio blog is a piece I wrote attempting to help pro-life people better understand where he is coming from as well as how better to refute his argument. I think trying to get into Dawkins’ shoes will be a good exercise because if we’re going to refute a bad idea, we really need to understand it first. We need to refute the strongest version of an argument if we’re going to offer the strongest possible refutation.

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I give an update on the main things that have been going on at ERI in the last month and what we’re working on next.

Note: Sorry about the heavy breathing. I was hiking around 8,600 feet above sea level, and I hadn’t acclimated to the elevation yet.

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Tim and I interview Jacob on the topic of sidewalk counseling.

Download Audio MP3 | 00:07:54

In these clips from the full episode, you’ll hear Jacob share some of his thoughts on how much training people should have before they start sidewalk counseling as well as an outstanding tip for building rapport and buying the baby critical time.

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