Prolife Kitchen Table

Presbyterians Protecting Life

Join us as we share information and answer your questions about life issues from fertilization to natural death.   All of the materials used in this podcast are the product of four decades of work and research by Presbyterians Protecting Life – www.ppl.org.  This isn’t just a podcast for Presbyterians – all of our materials are useful for anyone with an interest in protecting human life at every stage from fertilization to natural death.   We’ll use both scientific and philosophical sources, and for our Christian listener, there will be plenty of grounding in Scripture and a Biblical worldview. The show notes in each episode contain links to articles and scripture references.  With the average 15 minute podcast length, and the addition of the list of scriptures and articles, each episode can be used for older student and adult Sunday Schools, group studies and personal study.   Most of the weekly topics will be available in hard copy from the PPL.ORG website and will cover a variety of subjects.  We’ll talk about what it means to be human and how everyone is human from the moment of fertilization, and that our time in the womb is only a stage of development like being an infant, a toddler, a child, an adolescent, a mature adult and, if we are blessed with a long life, becoming elderly and how all those categories are categories of personhood and deserving of life and human rights. 

  1. Episode 40 - Worship in Spirit and Truth - Baby Chris Week 40

    12/23/2025

    Episode 40 - Worship in Spirit and Truth - Baby Chris Week 40

    Our Season 1 finale ends with the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus, drawing from the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and using Marie Bowen's book, Pregnant With Promise.  In addition to the story of the incarnation of Christ, this episode contains a presentation of the gospel and a prayer for those who are drawn to belief in Christ as Savior and Lord. We encourage you to share this podcast with friends, family, church family, pregnancy care center staff and clients and especially those who are expecting.  It is our hope that people around the world will continue to listen to this season's episodes for information, encouragement and to change the hearts of the abortion-minded so that our unborn sisters and brothers will be born to hear the gospel preached. Scripture references in this episode include: Matthew 1-2             Luke 1-2                 Isiah 7:14 Micah 5:2                  I Timothy 1:15       Colossians 1:15-20 John 3:16                  Hebrews 1:1-3        John 4:23    The passage at the end of the episode is from The Being and Nature of the Unborn Child by Thomas F. Torrance, Glen Lorien Press, Lenoir, NC 2000 https://www.ppl.org/baby-chris Abortion is never medically necessary Abortion Pill Reversal https://abortionpillreversal.com    24/7 Helpline at 877.558.0333    Email: help@apr.life  or Chat at the weblink above Post abortion recovery for both women and men at https://www.rachelsvineyard.org Life Training Institute https://www.prolifetraining.com Charlotte Lozier Institute https://lozierinstitute.org Guttmacher Institute https://guttmacher.org Compelled by the gospel, PPL equips Presbyterians to champion human life at every stage. PPL.org

    28 min
  2. Episode 39 - The Butterfly Effect - Baby Chris Week 39

    12/16/2025

    Episode 39 - The Butterfly Effect - Baby Chris Week 39

    We are continuing to work our way through Marie Bowen's excellent book, Pregnant With Promise, and in this Episode we will learn about the miraculous birth of John the Baptist to Zachariah and Elizabeth, and how both John and Jesus were filled with the Holy Spirit and working out their calling from the moment of conception.  Every child born changes our lives forever and the world for generations to come.  Thank God, that with the birth of Jesus, the world will never be the same. Scripture references in this episode include: Luke 1; 19:10               I Chronicles 24                    Exodus 30:6-8 John 16:5-15               Isaiah 64:4                           I Corinthians 2:9 Colossians 1:15-19      Galatians 3:16                     Matthew 20:28 I Corinthians 15:22      Zechariah 14:9                  Revelation 11:15 Colossians 1:19-20 The carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" was written in 1868 by Episcopal priest Phillips Brooks after he visited Bethlehem on Christmas Eve in 1865. Inspired by the peaceful atmosphere and the hymns sung in the Church of the Nativity, he wrote the lyrics for the children in his Philadelphia Sunday school. He asked the church's organist, Lewis Redner, to compose the music, and it was first performed by the church's choir on December 27, 1868. Listen to the tune here For a better explanation of the Butterly Effect Theory Due Date Labor induction Caesarian section Abortion is never medically necessary https://www.ppl.org/baby-chris Abortion is never medically necessary Abortion Pill Reversal https://abortionpillreversal.com    24/7 Helpline at 877.558.0333    Email: help@apr.life  or Chat at the weblink above Post abortion recovery for both women and men at https://www.rachelsvineyard.org Life Training Institute https://www.prolifetraining.com Charlotte Lozier Institute https://lozierinstitute.org Guttmacher Institute https://guttmacher.org Compelled by the gospel, PPL equips Presbyterians to champion human life at every stage. PPL.org

    21 min
  3. Episode 38 - Focal Point - Baby Chris Week 38

    12/09/2025

    Episode 38 - Focal Point - Baby Chris Week 38

    The tumultuous story of David and Bathsheba illustrates how seriously God takes the sin of adultery. Sexual purity is not a peripheral Christian matter - it is a non-negotiable, foundational, core, not subject to interpretation or nuance.   Scripture references in this episode include: Genesis 2:24                     Acts 15:20                         Mark 7:19 Exodus 20                         Acts 10:19-16                    Matthew 5, 15, 19 2 Samuel 11                        Genesis 18:25                  I Thessalonians 4:13-14 Hebrews 3:1                       Numbers 21:4-9              John 3:14-16 Isaiah 26:3                          Isaiah 50:7                       Luke 9:51 Matthew 14:29                  John 21:7                          Hebrews 12:1-2 Romans 8:26-29               2 Corinthians 12:9-10      John 16:33 2 Peter 3:13 Some of the commentary on the loss of David and Bathsheba's son is drawn from an article by Rev. Robert L. Deffenbaugh, published June 1, 2004, "The Death of David's Son." https://www.ppl.org/baby-chris Abortion is never medically necessary Abortion Pill Reversal https://abortionpillreversal.com    24/7 Helpline at 877.558.0333    Email: help@apr.life  or Chat at the weblink above Post abortion recovery for both women and men at https://www.rachelsvineyard.org Life Training Institute https://www.prolifetraining.com Charlotte Lozier Institute https://lozierinstitute.org Guttmacher Institute https://guttmacher.org Compelled by the gospel, PPL equips Presbyterians to champion human life at every stage. PPL.org

    24 min
  4. Episode 35 - Sink or Swim - Baby Chris Week 35

    11/18/2025

    Episode 35 - Sink or Swim - Baby Chris Week 35

    In this episode, we're continuing to follow Marie Bowen's excellent book, Pregnant with Promise, by examining the life of Manoah's wife, the mother of the famous superhero, Samson.  Like every human being, God had a destiny for Samson planned out before his conception.  Are there things that God is doing in your own life that make you aware that God wants to do something extraordinary through you or your children? For more focus on respiration and the function on the placenta inside the womb, see Episodes for Week 24 "Breath of Heaven" and Week 30 "Life Support" Scripture references in this episode include: Judges 13-16          Exodus 33:20                 Psalm 139:16 Proverbs 11:14, 20:18                                      Isaiah 55:8-9 2 Corinthians 12:10; 13:9                               Acts 20:35 Matthew 23:11        Romans 6:18                  Philippians 3:7-8 Mark 9:35               I Samuel 2:8                   Ezekiel 21:26 James 4:10             Luke 17:33                      John 12:24 Romans 8:13          Galatians 5:24                Matthew 10:39 James 1:2                Mark 4:34-41                  Acts 27 John 3:16                I Thessalonians 5:23-24 Romans 11:33 https://www.ppl.org/baby-chris Abortion is never medically necessary Abortion Pill Reversal https://abortionpillreversal.com    24/7 Helpline at 877.558.0333    Email: help@apr.life  or Chat at the weblink above Post abortion recovery for both women and men at https://www.rachelsvineyard.org Life Training Institute https://www.prolifetraining.com Charlotte Lozier Institute https://lozierinstitute.org Guttmacher Institute https://guttmacher.org Compelled by the gospel, PPL equips Presbyterians to champion human life at every stage. PPL.org

    19 min

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Join us as we share information and answer your questions about life issues from fertilization to natural death.   All of the materials used in this podcast are the product of four decades of work and research by Presbyterians Protecting Life – www.ppl.org.  This isn’t just a podcast for Presbyterians – all of our materials are useful for anyone with an interest in protecting human life at every stage from fertilization to natural death.   We’ll use both scientific and philosophical sources, and for our Christian listener, there will be plenty of grounding in Scripture and a Biblical worldview. The show notes in each episode contain links to articles and scripture references.  With the average 15 minute podcast length, and the addition of the list of scriptures and articles, each episode can be used for older student and adult Sunday Schools, group studies and personal study.   Most of the weekly topics will be available in hard copy from the PPL.ORG website and will cover a variety of subjects.  We’ll talk about what it means to be human and how everyone is human from the moment of fertilization, and that our time in the womb is only a stage of development like being an infant, a toddler, a child, an adolescent, a mature adult and, if we are blessed with a long life, becoming elderly and how all those categories are categories of personhood and deserving of life and human rights.