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What does it mean to have a Gospel-motivated voice? What do we need to consider when thinking about life issues? The Y4Life Team is joined by Lutherans For Life Executive Director Pastor Michael Salemink this week to talk about what a Gospel-motivated voice is.

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In the first episode of the Youth4Life Summer Podcast series, the Y4Life team will discuss what’s to come this summer on the show. The ladies will talk about their experiences with Y4Life, preparing to have conversations about life, and which episode each is most looking forward to.

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Pastor Harrison Goodman and Erica Jacoby from Higher Things talk with us this week about what trauma is, what can trigger that trauma in us, and how it ties into our faith. We learn about how to address trauma, either in our lives or the lives of our friends, what can trigger trauma responses, and finally how we can address our trauma responses with faith and Jesus’ work in our lives. They also remind us that trauma and its triggers are life issues and give us Gospel reminders to help address them. 

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Pastor Tim Eckert, pastor at Word of God Deaf Lutheran Church in Iowa District East, joins us on the podcast this week to talk about Christianity and politics. He gives us three points for addressing politics from a Christian perspective: stay more focused on God’s Word and less on politics, start thinking about issues in terms of what God says, not what the world says, and that your faith should influence your politics, but your politics shouldn’t impact your faith. His presentation will start by looking at the big picture of the relationship between church and state and then move into what individuals can do in their relationship with the government. 

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Michelle Bauman, director of Y4Life, gives us the tools we need to have conversations with those who may not share our life-affirming beliefs. She will help us to see how we can engage in conversations with others about life and how those conversations can be of benefit for us and for those we are interacting with.

You can find Michelle's presentation here. 

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Abigail Lorenzen, the Education Coordinator at Northeast Indiana Right to Life, joins us to teach us about Abortion Apologetics in a Post-Roe World. She gives us a brief embryology lesson, statistics behind abortion and how it connects to other health issues, and tips for having conversations with those who are pro-choice. You can find Abigail’s presentation here. 

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Pastor Michael Salemink, Executive Director of Lutherans for Life, talks to us this week about what we need to do as for-life Christians in a Post-Roe world. He explains to us the history of Roe v. Wade, the ramifications of the Dobbs decision, what the pro-choice side gets wrong when it comes to miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy, and several myths about the laws passed since the Dobbs decision. Pastor Salemink will also help answer the questions we have as Christians now that Roe has been overturned. 

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Pastor Jerry Lawson and Hayden Rensner join us this week to tell us about being missionaries in Russia and the Czech Republic. Pastor Lawson will tell us about what his roles are as a missionary in Russia and Latvia, as well as teach us about the history of the Lutheran Church in Russia. Hayden tells us about her roles as a missionary in the Czech Republic and how she interacts with other missionaries in Europe, along with how she became interested in being a missionary while still in college. 

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Pastor Jonathan Clausing, missionary in Tanzania, joins us on the podcast this week. He will talk to us about the work he does in Tanzania and the life issues that go along with his work. 

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Dr. Adam Francisco joins us this week to teach us about Islam- its history, its doctrine, and the people who follow the teachings of Muhammad. He gives us ways we can interact with our Muslim neighbors and how we can introduce them to Christianity and the Bible considering what they have been taught in the Quran. 

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