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Live Q&A at Stonebridge Church (1 of 2) Dec 04, 2017

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Josh spoke at Stonebridge Church in Charlotte last month after they finished going through the Equipped for Life Course, to offer some practical tips on relational apologetics and take their questions. This is the audio from the Q&A portion of that event. The topics are listed below in case you want to jump around:

4:50: "One of the things this course doesn't cover is the origins of Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger. Is that done purposefully, that you don't alert pro-choice advocates about the underpinning theological basis of their position?"
8:44: "There also aren't a lot of biblical references in your course. Again, purposeful?"
15:37: "You talked a lot today about meeting with Mormons. Is your intentionality there to talk about the truth of Christianity instead of having pro-life conversations?"
19:37: "How many pro-choice people have seen the [Center for Medical Progress] videos, or know what abortion is?"
21:53: "A friend of mine and I were talking about contraception and Plan B and some of those things, and they agreed that the Bible prohibits the shedding of innocent blood, but their standpoint was that human life doesn't begin until implantation when the blood actually flows. So that was their defense of contraceptives. How do you respond to that?"
25:58: "That 'reacting to stimuli' thing, how do you prove that or explain that?"
27:56: "I almost hate to ask this question because I've got enough excuses not to do anything. Sometimes I feel like a class like this is like when you go to the county fair and a guy selling pennywhistles can play the Hallelujah chorus, and then you bring it home and can't play it at all. What is your sense of, do you just turn us loose on the masses and then risk us making pro-life people look dumb. What is your sense of that?"

Related Links:

Listen to my Planned Parenthood Unveiled speech and Q&A sessions: http://bit.ly/2tPPaDh

Read the LDS webpage on abortion: http://bit.ly/2BGaL2L

Buy Embryo: A Defense of Human Life by Robert George and Christopher Tollefsen: http://amzn.to/2iaiCwA

Read Dr. Maureen Condic's whitepaper, When Does Human Life Begin: A Scientific Perspective:http://bit.ly/2j9NHS7

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Example Dialogues - Pro-Life Tim and Pro-Choice Rachel Nov 30, 2017

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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 plays pro-life and Rachel plays pro-choice in an example dialogue.

In this clip from the full episode, you'll hear the first part of their dialogue.

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

9 Things I Would Ask an Abortion Practitioner Over Coffee Nov 27, 2017

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Josh has written a series of blog posts on what pro-lifers should say to someone who wishes they had been aborted, is happy about her abortion, or has post-abortive friends. But what should pro-lifers say to someone who performs abortions? He received this question from a Canadian named Daniel as a follow-up to his series.

Josh wrote this piece after thinking, looking at other discussions, and getting feedback from Abby Johnson. After he published it, an abortion practitioner from the midwest reached out and said that she would love to have coffee or lunch with him if Josh is ever in her area.

Related Links:

Josh Brahm: What to Say to Someone Who Says "I Wish I Had Been Aborted": http://bit.ly/2n3K18P

Josh Brahm: What Should You Say to a Woman Who is Happy That She Had an Abortion? http://bit.ly/2jX5q2l

Josh Brahm: 7 Tips for Talking to Someone Who Has Post-Abortive Friends: http://bit.ly/2znBhw8

The discussion on Secular Pro-Life: http://bit.ly/2B9WYAo

The discussion on Jill Stanek's blog: http://bit.ly/2n44sm8

Abby Johnson's book "Unplanned": http://amzn.to/2BdvnOB

The online discussion on the best word to use to describe the medical practitioner who performs an abortion: http://bit.ly/2uIHwJf

The interview with a Fresno Pregnancy Care Center director: https://youtu.be/eNl7461QzVE

Josh Brahm: My Formerly Pro-Choice Friend Now Self-Identifies as Pro-Life! http://bit.ly/2BbEqzG

Josh Brahm: Understanding and Responding to Bodily Rights Arguments: http://bit.ly/2mZugjg

Josh Brahm: The Most Undervalued Argument in the Prolife Movement (Equal Rights Argument): http://bit.ly/2yIII3u

Abby Johnson's "And Then There Were None" ministry: http://www.attwn.org

Share the original article: http://bit.ly/2AWkoKb

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

COURSE PODCAST CLIP: How Should We Respond to Angry Feminists? Nov 23, 2017

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In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, incoming staff person Rachel Crawford joins Josh and Tim to give some advice on how to best handle outreach situations with angry feminists. They discuss Rachel's experiences as a women's studies minor, how to think about the women's studies field, some of the common feminist jargon, how to think about when to end a conversation, and how to respond effectively to their conversational power plays.

In these clips from the full episode, you'll hear some of the discussion about feminist jargon, such as "intersectionality" and "woke," and how to interact with it when you hear it.

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

Dialogue Tip: Tell Them That They Can't Offend You Nov 20, 2017

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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. Fair or not, many have gotten an impression of pro-life activists that we are ready to yell at them or hit them with a Bible if they set us off.

Put all of those things together, and you have a recipe for dialogue roadblocks. We hate dialogue roadblocks. This post is about how to improve your dialogues with people who are worried about offending you.

Related Links:

Share the Original Article: http://bit.ly/2vBy3mm

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

COURSE PODCAST CLIP: To What Extent Should the Pro-Life Movement Focus on Abortion? Nov 17, 2017

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

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

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

The Anonymous Pro-Life Volunteer Who Changed My Life Nov 13, 2017

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This is a short story about one of Tim's early pro-life experiences. When he shared it in a podcast, we thought it was a great story, so he decided to write this piece.

Related Links:

Share the Original Article: http://bit.ly/2y308UV

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Listener Mail - Questions About Confirmation Bias Nov 09, 2017

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

In this clip from the full episode, you'll hear a discussion between Josh and Tim on how they 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.

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

Sometimes It's Not about the Argument Nov 06, 2017

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In Tim's early pro-life apologetics days he 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 he actually has dialogue with other people, the more he realizes 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 his processing this reality and deciding to expand on the idea.

Related Links:

A short, hilarious example of the stereotype of married couples: https://youtu.be/-4EDhdAHrOg

Steve Wagner's book Common Ground Without Compromise: http://amzn.to/2A7Deg6

Timothy Brahm: Ben Shapiro's Response to Abortion in the Case of Rape: http://bit.ly/2r1zQzG

Life Training Institute with Scott Klusendorf: http://bit.ly/2zxJ4v0

Share the Original Article: http://bit.ly/2ws4nIW

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Listener Mail - Follow-Up Questions About the Results-Oriented Episode Nov 02, 2017

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

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

ERI Website: https://EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Blog: https://Blog.EqualRightsInstitute.com

ERI Course: https://EquippedCourse.com

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