Youth4Life

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!

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September 10, 2025 39 mins

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Join the Y4Life team as they dive into answering YOUR questions! The Y4Life Mailbag episodes will feature questions asked by youth with answers from the Y4Life team. Episode five focuses on marriage.

Discover your Gospel-motivated voice 4 Life at Y4Life.org.

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August 20, 2025 73 mins

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Join the Y4Life team as they dive into answering YOUR questions! The Y4Life Mailbag episodes will feature questions asked by youth with answers from the Y4Life team. Episode four focuses on family.

Discover your Gospel-motivated voice 4 Life at Y4Life.org.

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July 2, 2025 59 mins

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Join the Y4Life team as they dive into answering YOUR questions! The Y4Life Mailbag episodes will feature questions asked by youth with answers from the Y4Life team. Episode three focuses on Christian dating.

Discover your Gospel-motivated voice 4 Life at Y4Life.org.

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Join the Y4Life team as they dive into answering YOUR questions! The Y4Life Mailbag episodes will feature questions asked by youth with answers from the Y4Life team. Episode two focuses on abortion contemplation and abortion healing.


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Word of Hope - Word of Hope exists to bring healing found in Christ to those whose hearts have been broken by abortion. Learn m...

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Join the Y4Life team as they dive into answering YOUR questions! The Y4Life Mailbag episodes will feature questions asked by youth with answers from the Y4Life team. Episode one focuses on how to have pro-life conversations.

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What are you insecure about? Your looks? What you're good at? Who would ever be attracted to you? There are answers, but they direct you to an unattainable past or a super-human stone skin. What security can we actually find for the insecurities which plague each of us? Join Michelle and Rev. Michael Miller to learn what a precious foundation and identity God gave you in Baptism. Take comfort, too...

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What does biblical marriage look like? How does biblical marriage reflect the Gospel? What should you look for in a future spouse? Michelle chats this week with Pastor Brett Simek about marriage and how it reflects Christ's marriage to His Bride, the Church.

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March 19, 2025 30 mins

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What do you look for in a spouse? How long should you know someone before you start dating? How long should you date before getting engaged? Should you have a long engagement? Most importantly - how do you date in a way that upholds God's gift of LIFE? Y4Life Director Michelle and Y4Life Intern Emma talk all things dating, relationships, and preparing for marriage.

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March 19, 2025 23 mins

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Y4Life Director Michelle and Y4Life Assistant Cori chat about what dating looks like in our current culture and how Christians can navigate dating, dating apps, looking for a spouse, and more.

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Y4Life Director Michelle and Y4Life Media Resource Assistant Diana chat about the importance of friendship, how worldly friendships differ from Christ-centered friendships, how to have conversations about life issues with friends, and more.

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After a baby is born, we immediately think about caring for the new baby. But what does it look like to care for mom and the rest of the family? Michelle chats with Deaconess Rachel Geraci this week to talk about postpartum mental health and what it means to uphold the lives of mother and baby.

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When we encounter the life issue of abortion, we often wonder how to best help the mothers choose life for their unborn children. Operation Saving Life offered a tangible solution to those wondering how they could help mothers with unplanned pregnancies or who were in situations where they felt forced into abortion. Rev. Patrick Darnell was a driving force behind Operation Saving Life, connecting pasto...

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What does God’s Word say about organ transplant and organ donation? How do we as Gospel-motivated voices respond to questions about organ donation and transplant? What can we do to uphold the live of those waiting for organ donation? Y4Life Director Michelle and Y4Life Intern Emma answer these questions and more in this Y4Life Staff Chat!

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What does it mean to be human in the digital age where we can get lost in online worlds and create internet identities separate from our bodies? And what about transhumanism and AI? In this episode, Y4Life Director Michelle and Y4Life Assistant Cori chat with Vicar Josh Pauling, analyzing these challenging issues, how we must ground our identity in the wonders of the created and redeemed body, and how ...

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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 generated images, text, voice (and soon video) present major challenges for distinguishing what is real from what is false. AND...as more and more of the...

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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 something more we should consider?

You are made in the image of God. You are one for whom Christ died. All else flows from this, including our use of technology, but especially our use of arti...

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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 media? How can you be a Gospel-motivated voice for life? How can you be a witness of God’s grace and goodness as you interact with others? Join us as we talk with ...

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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 questions and discuss the life issue of identity, focusing on gender and sexuality, from a biblical perspective.

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