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A couple years ago, I had a conversation with a student that I call Brent. This conversation became very useful as a teaching tool. He was a very interesting person and we had a long conversation that allowed us to cover a lot of material. I was also able to test some of my new ideas during this conversation. I wrote two blog posts about my conversation with Brent. This is the first.

Related Links:

• Click here for the paper De Facto Guardian and Abortion
• Click here for a speech Josh Brahm gave on the topic of responding to bodily rights arguments

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I’ve 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? I received this question from a Canadian named Daniel as a follow-up to my series.

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

Related Links:

• Josh Brahm: What to Say to Someone Who Says “I Wish I Had Been Aborted”
• Josh Brahm: What Should You Say to a Woman Who is Happy That She Had an Abortion?
• Josh Brahm: 7 Tips for Talking to Someone Who Has Post-Abortive Friends
• Click here for the discussion on Secular Pro-Life
• Click here for the discussion on Jill Stanek’s blog
• Click here to buy Abby Johnson’s book “Unplanned”
• Click here for the online discussion on the best word to use to describe the medical practitioner who performs an abortion
• Click here for the interview with a Fresno Pregnancy Care Center director
• Josh Brahm: My Formerly Pro-Choice Friend Now Self-Identifies as Pro-Life!
• Josh Brahm: Understanding and Responding to Bodily Rights Arguments
• Josh Brahm: The Most Undervalued Argument in the Prolife Movement (Equal Rights Argument)
• Click here for Abby Johnson’s “And Then There Were None” ministry

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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. I hate dialogue roadblocks. This post is about how to improve your dialogues with people who are worried about offending you.

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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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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.

Related Links:

• Click here for a short, hilarious example of the stereotype of married couples.
• Click here to buy Steve Wagner’s book Common Ground Without Compromise.
• Timothy Brahm: Ben Shapiro’s Response to Abortion in the Case of Rape
• Click here for more info on Life Training Institute with Scott Klusendorf

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