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Responding to (and Praying For) Randy Alcorn
Christian author Randy Alcorn published two articles last week addressing abolitionism; the first of which being a reprint of Scott Klusnedorf’s recent Gospel Coalition article with a short preface from Alcorn, and the second a more extended exposition of Alcorn’s own perspective. There is much to take issue with ideologically which we will discuss in…
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The Antidote to Van Maren’s Poison
Jonathan Van Maren partially responded to our article which corrected his false statements from a podcast episode with Josh Brahm on various aspects of the history of the Abortion Abolition Movement and the Slavery Abolition Movement. Van Maren responded to three of the eleven points in our article. Part two of Van Maren and Brahm’s…
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Jonathan Van Maren and Josh Brahm. Yikes.
Until recently, I liked Jonathan Van Maren despite his incrementalism. He has written good stuff about abortion victim images, euthanasia, pornography, and other moral issues. He is a skilled communicator and one of two journalists whose work I studied closely when I began as a writer. That makes this whole situation rather sad for me,…
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Contra Klusendorf and Desiring God: Pro-Life Compromise Dooms Preborn Children
By popular demand, it’s time for a response to Scott Klusendorf’s article at Desiring God entitled “Abortion Dies by a Thousand Votes,” in which he defends political incrementalism and attempts to paint abolitionists as the enemies of progress. He begins with a fictional anecdote, before making three arguments against immediatism. We will deal with the…
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