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The case for life : equipping Christians to engage the culture
Title:
The case for life : equipping Christians to engage the culture
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Summary:
Do you find it difficult to articulate your stand on hot-button issues like abortion, cloning, and embryo research? Take heart! Author Scott Klusendorf first simplifies the debate: the sanctity of life is NOT a morally complex issue. It's NOT about choice, privacy, or scientific progress. To the contrary, the debate turns on one key question: What is the unborn? Klusenberg then shows you how to effectively make a case for the unborn. Discover how to engage others in this biotech debate, answer objections persuasively, and equip pastors and lay people to defend their views.
Year Published:
2009
Physical Description:
254 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
pt. 1. Pro-life Christians clarify the debate. What's the issue? -- What is the unborn? -- What makes humans valuable? -- Is embryonic stem cell research morally complex? -- pt. 2. Pro-life Christians establish a foundation for the debate. The ground rules, part 1 : can you name my claim? -- The ground rules, part 2 : is moral neutrality possible? -- Foundations : does God matter? (or, am I just matter?) -- Dead silence : does the Bible justify abortion? -- pt. 3. Pro-life Christians answer objections persuasively. From debate to dialogue : asking the right questions -- The coathanger objection : women will die from back-alley abortions -- The tolerance objection : you shouldn't force your views on others -- The single issue objection : pro-lifers should broaden their focus -- The hard cases objection : rape justifies abortion -- The I don't like you objection : men can't get pregnant and other personal attacks -- The bodily autonomy objection : it's my body, I'll decide -- pt. 4. Pro-life Christians teach and equip. Equip to engage : the pro-life pastor in the 21st century -- Healed and equipped : hope for post-abortion men and women -- Here we stand : co-belligerence without theological compromise -- Can we win? : how pro-life Christians are making an extraordinary impact.
ISBN:
9781433503207
Publisher:
Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, 2009.