About Jay Watts

Jay is a speaker and writer. His focus is on pro-life issues, as well as euthanasia, apologetics, and philosophy.

March 2026

The Unexpectedly Beautiful Mess from an Unexpected Life

By |2026-03-30T22:02:15+00:00March 30th, 2026|Categories: JAY'S SUBSTACK, PRO LIFE|

Abortion is often defended from the perspective that a new life, a child, disrupts the patterns, hopes, and aspirations which preexisted this nascent human being. People have plans, they have lifestyles, they expect tomorrow to look something like today. When we introduce a new being into our lives, we introduce resistance, unexpected challenges, and [...]

February 2026

Dostoevsky’s Monster and the Language of Justification

By |2026-03-30T21:40:46+00:00February 14th, 2026|Categories: JAY'S SUBSTACK|

Few characters in literature are more detestable than Mikolka. We meet him in Chapter 5 of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment, a book I am currently reading for the 5th time in the fourth different translation (It was originally published in Russian in 1866). Mikolka shows up in a fever dream of the [...]

November 2025

The Problem of Platforming on Anger

By |2026-03-30T21:41:26+00:00November 4th, 2025|Categories: Humanity, JAY'S SUBSTACK|

A pastor recently asked my opinion on another Christian speaker. The pastor expressed reservations concerning the manner the speaker in question tends toward being, in his words, provocative and ungracious. Under normal circumstances I avoid discussing other speakers, but this speaker had come up in conversations several times lately. Rather than attack the man, [...]

September 2025

#38 Season 4 Episode 6

By |2025-09-11T15:11:00+00:00September 11th, 2025|Categories: Human Things, Podcast|

Season 4 Episode 6 Being a Local Voice for Jesus Restricting evil and loving everything local. Family, church and community. This was recorded on August the 14th. Episode Reference for Pro-Life arguments here....    • #35 Season 4 Episode 3   Jay's Substack

May 2025

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