Month: July 2020

Abortion and the Gospel (a discussion with my wife Chelsea)

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion.We talk about how the wrong of abortion is clear, even if some people refuse to accept it. Is the problem really a lack of evidence, or is it that hearts can be hardened to the truth? We talk about the presuppositions of an atheistic worldview vs. a Christian worldview, and how the Bible and the gospel are necessarily true. The gospel is the ultimate solution to the question of abortion.Chelsea holds a B.S. in Nursing from Regis University, a Masters in Nursing from Pensacola Christian College, and a post-Master’s certificate in Certified Nurse Midwifery from the University of Colorado. She has worked as a pediatric nurse, has volunteered

Is Abortion Safer Than Childbirth? (a discussion with my wife Chelsea)

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion.We have emphasized how abortion takes the life of a human being made in the image of God. Unfortunately, the effects of abortion don’t stop there. We discuss several of the physical and psychological/emotional effects that the abortion industry tries to suppress.Chelsea holds a B.S. in Nursing from Regis University, a Masters in Nursing from Pensacola Christian College, and a post-Master’s certificate in Certified Nurse Midwifery from the University of Colorado. She has worked as a pediatric nurse, has volunteered over eight years of work at crisis pregnancy centers in Colorado and Florida, and has delivered over 100 babies. Chelsea runs the websitewww.crmidwifery.comto offer her services. She is opening

Shutting Down the Pro-Life Position? (a discussion with my wife Chelsea)

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion.Sci-Fi author Patrick S. Tomlinson wrote a series of tweets in October of 2017 that attracted media attention. News articles boasted that Tomlinson’s “burning fertility clinic” thought experiment “shut down” “anti-abortion” arguments. Does Tomlinson’s argument pose a challenge to the Pro-Life view? We don’t think so. In fact, we think it can be turned back on him.Chelsea holds a B.S. in Nursing from Regis University, a Masters in Nursing from Pensacola Christian College, and a post-Master’s certificate in Certified Nurse Midwifery from the University of Colorado. She has worked as a pediatric nurse, has volunteered over eight years of work at crisis pregnancy centers in Colorado and Florida, and

Does Bodily Autonomy Justify Abortion? (a discussion with my wife Chelsea)

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion.Many abortion advocates now appeal to philosophy to argue that “bodily autonomy” proves that abortion on demand should be legal for any reason, even if the unborn are fully human and have a “right to life.”Chelsea and I discuss Judith Jarvis Thomson’s “unconscious violinist” thought experiment and the case of McFall v. Shimp. We believe these examples do not support abortion.We also argue that “bodily autonomy” is not an absolute truth. Without the foundation of the Word of God and the gospel, secular philosophy will always change and fail.Chelsea holds a B.S. in Nursing from Regis University, a Masters in Nursing from Pensacola Christian College, and a post-Master’s certificate