Youth4Life
The Youth4Life podcast answers THE question of today's generation: Why should I be 4 Life? Recorded with a live youth audience, each Youth4Life podcast focuses on a single life topic and provides facts, discussion starters, and opportunities for youth to become Gospel-motivated voices 4 Life!
Episodes
104 episodes
AI and Relationships with Rev. James Neuendorf
As the loneliness epidemic continues to spread, a new trend of AI powered friendships, familial relationships, and even romantic affairs is sweeping the globe. Sounds like a sci-fi novel gone wrong, doesn't it?The truth is, artificially...
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The Theology of Technology with Jocelyn Benson
Technology is just a tool, they say. We should make good use of tools, and almost all tools have a good use, they say. But, what about artificial intelligence? Is artificial intelligence just a tool, or is there so...
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Social Media 4 Life with Rev. Trevor Sutton
Social media was created to connect us, to make communication easier. But one quick glance at X, Instagram, or Tik Tok, and we see how easily social media divides us. What are some best practices for engaging in life-affirming ways on social me...
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Just As ... I Am as Male or Female - 2024 Y4Life in Washington D.C. Panel Discussion
Recorded live at the 2024 Y4Life in Washington, D.C. conference. The panel discussion titled “Just As…I Am as Male or Female” featured panelists Katy Faust, Rev. Brian Barlow, Rev. Jonathan Petzold, and Christa Petzold. The four address questio...
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Red & Yellow, Black & White with Rev. Eli Lietzau
The sinner divides his neighbors into groups and factions and classes that keep "those" people over there and "these" people over here. While the sinner can and does divide people based on many things, one of the most egregious ways in which it...
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New Age Idols - Y4Life Staff Chat
Young adults are identifying as "spiritual" rather than "religious." Why is that? Have new age influences started to creep into Christianity? How important is it to be together as the Body of Christ? Y4Life Director Michelle and Y4Life Media Re...
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I Am A Creature with Dr. Michael Young
Humans are part of creation. God created not just our atoms but also our reason and all our senses. We use these senses to perceive the Word and Sacraments and also to understand the created world. But can our senses be trusted? Can we use scie...
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Intrusive Thoughts - Y4Life Staff Chat
Where do intrusive thoughts come from? Are intrusive thoughts connected to life issues? How should we as 4 life Christians go about navigating intrusive thoughts? Join Y4Life Director Michelle and Y4Life Media Resource Assistant Diana this week...
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Does Life Have A Purpose? with Rev. Matt Thompson
The world will tell you that there is no order or purpose in life and that your life has no real meaning. This is simply not true. God created the world with order and design, and every part of creation serves a purpose. You also were created f...
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Y4LIFE Favorite - Surrogacy with Rev. Dr. Scott Stiegemeyer
Youth4Life Podcast Favorite - Surrogacy with Rev. Dr. Scott StiegemeyerGuest Rev. Dr. Scott Stiegemeyer returns to talk about where surrogacy came from, the different ways surrogacy is used in our culture, and the practical and e...
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Y4LIFE FAVORITE - Beginning of Life Bioethical Issues with Rev. Dr. Scott Stiegemeyer
Youth4Life Podcast Favorite - Beginning of Life Bioethical Issues with Rev. Dr. Scott StiegemeyerTalking about in-vitro fertilization and other assistive reproductive technologies can be confusing. In this episode, Rev. Dr. Scott...
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Y4LIFE FAVORITE - Godly Womanhood with Deac. Rose Adle
Youth4Life Podcast Favorite - Godly Womanhood with Deac. Rose AdleDeaconess Rose Adle is on the podcast this week to teach us about what godly womanhood looks like. She starts in Genesis with Eve, who she was created to be, and h...
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Y4LIFE FAVORITE - Biblical Manhood with Rev. Jeff Hemmer
Youth4Life Podcast Favorite - Biblical Manhood with Rev. Jeff HemmerPastor Jeff Hemmer, author of the book Man Up!, joins us on the podcast this week to teach us about Biblical manhood. He presents his definition of masc...
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Y4LIFE FAVORITE - Addressing Gender Brokenness with Rev. Brian Barlow
Youth4Life Podcast Favorite - Addressing Gender Brokenness with Rev. Brian BarlowPastor Brian Barlow (vicar at the time of recording) discusses gender identity, homosexuality, and what role the Gospel has in addressing the broken...
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An Update on Abortion
It’s time for an update! Where do states stand on the abortion issue? Which laws are being challenged and which challenges have been overturned? And have there been any other major victories since the Dobbs case? And our questions don’t end the...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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Standing 4 Life in a Culture of Death - with Dr. Gene Vieth
Life issues have a tendency to become controversial topics. Take, for example, the issues of abortion, co-habitation, promiscuity, pornography, and gender ideology - they’re probably not the first topics you’d broach at the lunch table. It’s ea...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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What's On The Table? News Stories from April 2024
Table Talks 4 Life are BACK! This week the Y4Life Team is joined by Lizzie Gatchell from CUC4Life to talk about what's been in the news recently. From the 'Dignitas Infinita' recently released by the Vatican to a 28 year old woman opting to end...
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IVF and the Alabama Ruling
What’s all the fuss with Alabama? Perhaps you’ve heard about a court decision in Alabama that’s just a little bit (okay, more than a little bit) controversial. Perhaps you’ve heard that the court’s decision declares embryos created throug...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:09:01
Hope for the Homeless with Pastor Tyler Cronkright
Homelessness. Visit any major city (and most smaller ones!) and you’ll find people struggling with housing insecurity. Perhaps it looks like a high school student floating from one couch to the next. Or maybe you see evidence of homelessness un...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:01:30
Martyred for the Faith with Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller
"Our suffering reminds us that Jesus has suffered in our place." -Rev. Bryan WolfmuellerThe Gospel is dangerous to those who would rather reside in the dark, but Christians are called to be carriers of the light, and to carry that light...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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Persecuted 4 Life with Melanie Standiford
Being for life can be risky, and that risk sometimes comes with very real consequences. Just ask Melanie Standiford, a for-life Christian who lost her job because of her for-life views. Was it worth it?Join us this week to hear Melanie’s...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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Upholding Life in Cambodia
This week, Aimee Cima joins us all the way from Cambodia! She and her family have been serving in southeast Asia for more than 15 years where they are actively involved in upholding the lives of those they serve. Aimee will show us what l...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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56:42
Exploring God's Work in India
India is a land of more than a 1.5 billion people and 333 million gods. Its people speak 1,652 different languages and endure caste discrimination. The vast majority of Indians are Hindu or Muslim; only 2% of the population is Christian.&nb...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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57:35
Family in Times of Transition
The transition from high school to college or from college to career, is an exciting one. Yet, it can also cause uncertainty, especially when those transitions change relationships within our families. Society would suggest that transitioning i...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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The Blessing of Large Families
How can having a large family be a blessing? How do children help to create strong marriages? How do parents mold and shape children in a large family? Rev. Adrian Sherrill and his wife Linda join us this week to help answer these questions and...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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