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August 2026

August 20, 2026

If We Don’t Speak for the Unborn, Who Will?

In 1977, I became one of two co-pastors of a rapidly growing new church near...

March 2026

March 19, 2026

The Sanctity of Every Human Life, No Matter How Small

On Super Bowl Sunday, LifeNews.com posted this incredible caption and photo: Seattle Seahawks LB Derick...

February 2024

February 01, 2024

No Adverse Circumstance Changes the Worth of an Unborn Child

In addressing the issue of abortion in the case of rape in my prolife books, I...

January 2024

January 25, 2024

Standing Up for Unborn Part of Fulfilling Great Commission

  Over the years I’ve frequently been told that life issues are not what the...

March 2022

March 14, 2022

Meet the Son of Holocaust Survivors Who Advocated for the Unborn, Targeted in the Holocaust of Abortion

One day I sat on a plane next to a young man, an intelligent college...

February 2022

February 10, 2022

Is It True Pro-life Proponents Only Care about Fetuses and Do Nothing to Help Children Who Are Already Born?

Countless myths have been attached to the pro-life movement. One example is the oft-repeated statement,...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

Does “Breath of Life” in Scripture Mean an Unborn Child Isn’t Human Until They’re Born and Breathing?

I read someone’s argument on social media that “Human life occurs at the moment God...

May 2021

May 03, 2021

God Answers Decades of Prayer: The Closure of Portland’s Lovejoy Abortion Clinic

Interview by Stephanie Anderson, EPM staff (with special thanks to Ron Norquist for contributing the...

April 2021

April 05, 2021

Abortion’s Role in Allowing the Sex Trafficking Industry to Continue to Exploit Women

The abortion industry’s role in empowering the abuse of women trapped in the sex-trafficking industry...

January 2021

January 25, 2021

The Stand That Saved a Child’s Life

In response to my blog post Is It Judgmental and Unloving to Believe That Abortion Is...

January 21, 2021

Isn’t It Cruel to Force a Woman to Keep a Child She Can’t Afford to Raise, or to Give up a Baby for Adoption?

Despite their emphasis on choice, the pro-choice movement leaves many women feeling that they have...

January 14, 2021

COVID Vaccines and Fetal Cells: What’s Ethical and What Isn’t?

In this blog, our goal is to provide biblically relevant information and resources to examine...

January 11, 2021

Pastors, It’s a Great Kindness to Talk to Your Church about Abortion

Many Christians and even some pastors have told me, “It’s cruel to bring up the...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

Is It Judgmental and Unloving to Believe That Abortion Is Child-Killing?

Unfortunately, despite the clear teaching of Scripture that the preborn are fully human and created by God,...

October 15, 2020

Introducing My New Book “Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?”

I’m excited to introduce my book Pro-Choice or Pro-Life: Examining 15 Pro-Choice Claims—What Do Facts &...

August 2020

August 06, 2020

Planned Parenthood Finally Admits Founder Margaret Sanger’s Racism, But Will They Change What They Do?

Thirty years ago I spent many hours in a Portland library reading and photocopying article...

July 2020

July 16, 2020

Why We Rescued, and the Encouraging Growth of the Prolife Movement in the Thirty Years Since

In an article earlier this year for The Gospel Coalition, “Why There Are Way More Pro-Life...

January 2020

January 16, 2020

Praying for Abortionists and Those in the Abortion Industry Makes an Eternal Difference

Many years ago, when we spoke at the same prolife event, I met and conversed with former...

July 2019

July 25, 2019

Is an Unborn Child a Parasite, Living off Another Person’s Body without Permission?

Some abortion advocates argue that even if a “fetus” is actually a person, that doesn’t change...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

Kirsten Watson Responds to the Question, “Does an Unborn Child’s Dependence on a Woman’s Body Make Abortion Permissible?”

Benjamin Watson is a highly respected veteran tight end in the NFL. He retired for a few...

March 2019

March 11, 2019

Are Prolifers Exaggerating the Reach of New York’s Reproductive Health Act?

After we posted the link to my recent blog about New York’s Reproductive Health Act on Facebook, an...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

New York State’s New Abortion Law Withholds Liberty and Justice from the Most Vulnerable

On January 22, 2019, on the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the New York Senate...

February 05, 2018

Senator Ben Sasse on What We All Know Deep Down: The Unborn Are Babies

Sadly, last week the U.S. Senate blocked the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

SLED: A Simple Way to Talk with Those Who Are Prochoice About the Personhood of the Unborn

In my book Why ProLife? I say that every argument for abortion which appeals to...

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