The Life Challenges Podcast

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Modern-day issues from a Biblical perspective. 


Episode Date
Finding Rest in Christ’s Humanity and Deity
Jul 14, 2026
What's Trending? Ridgeway Abortion, IVF and Christians, Biotech Barbie, and More
Jul 07, 2026
America at 250: What Does It Mean to Be a Christian Citizen?
Jun 30, 2026
How The Ten Commandments Guide Life and Family Topics
Jun 23, 2026
Faithful Politics with Rick Gundrum
Jun 16, 2026
Faithfulness in Relationships
Jun 09, 2026
What’s Trending? Newborn Vitamin K Shots, AI Brain Implants, and Religious Illiteracy
Jun 02, 2026
Peace That Outlasts the Storm with Shelli Jo
May 26, 2026
Healing and Protection: How Churches Can Respond to Abuse with Victor Vieth | Part Two
May 19, 2026
Healing and Protection: How Churches Can Respond to Abuse with Victor Vieth | Part One
May 12, 2026
What's Trending? Organ Transplant Laws, Death Doulas, Loneliness, and More
May 05, 2026
Putting Children First: The Consequences of Adult-Centered Choices
Apr 28, 2026
Pro-Life Voting in a Complicated World
Apr 21, 2026
Living in Sodom: The Slow Drift of Faith and the Story of Lot
Apr 14, 2026
What’s Trending? 50th Anniversary of Karen Ann Quinlan Case, Brewed Vaccine, and Hospice Fraud
Apr 07, 2026
This Will Not End in Death: Finding Hope in the Raising of Lazarus
Mar 31, 2026
Reviving Twenty-Somethings in the Church with Pastor Clark Schultz and Stella Zarling
Mar 24, 2026
Children: Burden or Blessing? A Cultural Wake-Up Call
Mar 17, 2026
Relational Evangelism: Building Trust Before Sharing Truth with Aaron Wakeman
Mar 10, 2026
What’s Trending? Face Transplant, Transgender Bill of Rights, Fetus is a Human Being, and More
Mar 03, 2026
Grief Isn’t a Detour Back to “Normal” with Dr. Stacy Jensen
Feb 24, 2026
Outlawed or Unrestricted: What Really Changes
Feb 17, 2026
Vaccines, Your Body, and Loving Your Neighbor with Dr. Rob Balza
Feb 10, 2026
What’s Trending? Abortion Numbers Are Up, Blood Test for Alzheimer’s, Cost of Youth Sports, and AI
Feb 03, 2026
When Mental Illness Gets in the Way of the Gospel with Theresa Kramer
Jan 27, 2026
The Sin of Abortion
Jan 20, 2026
A Journey From Silence to Healing After Abortion
Jan 13, 2026
What's Trending? Marriage Trends, State Abortion Battles, AI Communication, and More
Jan 06, 2026
Why Reasons and Rationalizations Don’t Replace Repentance
Dec 30, 2025
Revisiting: Exploring the Spirit of Christmas
Dec 23, 2025
Jesus Christ Was Born a Jew
Dec 16, 2025
Prophets and the Promise of Christmas with Professor Emeritus Mark Braun
Dec 09, 2025
What’s Trending? Assisted Suicide, Autonomy, and AI Relationships
Dec 02, 2025
The Neutering of Gender With Pastor Gregory Lyon
Nov 25, 2025
Bioethics, Made Clear
Nov 18, 2025
How to Tell Good Science From Noise
Nov 11, 2025
What’s Trending? Abortion Pills, IVF, and Home Births
Nov 04, 2025
Normalize Gospel Conversations with Pastor Titus Buelow
Oct 28, 2025
Who Raises a Child: Parents, Community, or Government
Oct 21, 2025
Thoughts, Prayers, and What Next
Oct 14, 2025
What’s Trending? Charlie Kirk Assassination, Vaccines, Xenotransplantation, and AI
Oct 07, 2025
Navigating Free Speech, Faith, and Culture with Grace and Grit
Sep 30, 2025
Transform Your Spiritual Life by Increasing Your Emotional Awareness with Scott Mittelstadt
Sep 24, 2025
From Transition to Truth: A Journey with Katie Coblentz | Part 2
Sep 16, 2025
From Transition to Truth: A Journey with Katie Coblentz | Part 1
Sep 09, 2025
What's Trending? Oldest Embryo to Result in a Live Birth, James Dobson, Mark Surrogacy, and Endorsing Candidates from the Pulpit
Sep 02, 2025
Living While Dying: Walking Alongside the Terminally Ill with Danita Ziegler
Aug 26, 2025
BONUS EPISODE: Fearless Faith Conference: Building Courage in a Challenging World
Aug 22, 2025
Lifting Up Single Mothers: Inside New Beginnings with Ruth Westphal
Aug 19, 2025
David & Bathsheba: The Cost of Hidden Sin with Professor Emeritus Mark Braun
Aug 12, 2025
What’s Trending? Big Beautiful Bill, Role of Adoption, Infant Pain, and Lab Grown Sperm and Egg
Aug 05, 2025
Navigating Christianity Under State Control: One Woman's Journey from China
Jul 29, 2025
Bridging Faith and Reality: How Pastors Connect Scripture to Modern Life
Jul 22, 2025
“Acceptable” Addictions? with Mike Helwig
Jul 15, 2025
True Christian Freedom
Jul 08, 2025
What’s Trending? Assisted Suicide Implant, Artificial Blood, RFK Jr. and the Vaccine “Establishment” and more
Jul 01, 2025
Are Extreme Measures to Correct Extreme Wrongs Warranted?
Jun 24, 2025
Caring for Aging Parents: One Woman’s Path Through Dementia and Devotion
Jun 17, 2025
Father’s Day Forgiveness
Jun 10, 2025
What’s Trending? Anti-natalism, Brain Dead Woman to Carry Baby to Term, Medical History from Drug Creation for Sick Baby, and Abortion Disinformation Wins the Pulitzer
Jun 03, 2025
Recalibrating Faith in a Changing World: CLR’s 42-Year Journey
May 27, 2025
Preparing for Heaven While Still on Earth: The Christian's Guide to End-of-Life Care
May 20, 2025
What It Takes to Be a Mother
May 13, 2025
What’s Trending? Tiny Pacemakers, Marijuana Use and Fertility, Longevity Clinics, and Ancient Altars
May 06, 2025
Heroes
Apr 29, 2025
What Christ’s Resurrection Means for Our Work
Apr 22, 2025
2 Week Birth Control Series: Week 2 Methods: Faith-Based Approaches to Birth Control
Apr 15, 2025
2 Week Birth Control Series: Week 1 Motive: Navigating Faith, Stewardship, and God’s Blessing
Apr 08, 2025
What’s Trending? Defunding Planned Parenthood, Frozen Embryos, Postpartum Depression, and Anti-aging Pills for Dogs
Apr 01, 2025
Fractured Family: Surviving Abuse
Mar 25, 2025
A Conversation with Ann Tolly
Mar 18, 2025
Unwrapping Repentance: Finding Identity in Christ
Mar 11, 2025
What’s Trending? Xenotransplantation, IVF, Maternal Health, and Measles Outbreak
Mar 04, 2025
Do Pro-lifers Love Them Both?
Feb 25, 2025
Unseen Strengths: Parenting Kids with Special Needs with Lindy Spencer
Feb 18, 2025
The Heart of a Christian
Feb 11, 2025
What’s Trending: The Death of Derek Humphry, Pro-life Pardons, AI Relationships, and Euthanasia on Psychiatric Grounds
Feb 04, 2025
Follow the Spark: Gen Z’s Testimony on Faith-Fueled Activism
Jan 28, 2025
Empowering Communities to Combat Trafficking: An Interview with Tracy Scheffler (Part Two)
Jan 21, 2025
Empowering Communities to Combat Trafficking: An Interview with Tracy Scheffler (Part One)
Jan 14, 2025
What’s Trending? United Healthcare CEO Murder, Italy’s Surrogacy Ban, and HIV Vaccine
Jan 07, 2025
Numbering Our Days
Dec 31, 2024
Bethlehem Bridge Building: Faith and Fellowship During the Holidays
Dec 24, 2024
Faith and Life Challenges in the Nativity
Dec 17, 2024
A Historical Look at Planned Parenthood and What Christians Should Know
Dec 10, 2024
What's Trending? RFK Jr's Nomination, 4B Movement, and Athiest Chaplains
Dec 03, 2024
A Thankful Heart is a Good Witness
Nov 26, 2024
Dealing With the Culture of Death
Nov 20, 2024
What’s Trending? Election Results and Latest MAID News from Canada
Nov 12, 2024
Building Bridges Within the Community
Nov 05, 2024
The Church’s Role in Our Lives
Oct 29, 2024
Pastors at the Forefront
Oct 22, 2024
Time Travel: The Allure and Pitfalls of Changing History
Oct 15, 2024
Why Are Lutherans for Life?
Oct 08, 2024
What’s Trending? Polyamorists, Pope Francis’s Remarks, and More
Oct 01, 2024
IVF and Politics: Navigating Ethics, Subsidies, and Moral Dilemmas
Sep 24, 2024
Will Robots Replace the Children We Are Not Having? A Conversation With Thomas Frey
Sep 17, 2024
Navigating Parental Stress: A Christian Perspective on the Surgeon General's Report
Sep 10, 2024
What’s Trending? Assisted Suicide Polls, Uterus Transplants, and More
Sep 03, 2024
Faith and Politics: A Look at this Election Season
Aug 27, 2024
Revisiting What We Can Learn From Job?
Aug 21, 2024
Revisiting Navigating the Nuances of Old Testament Laws with Mark Braun
Aug 13, 2024
What's Trending? Assassination Attempt, Olympics, and Embryo Ethics
Aug 06, 2024
Aligning Life Choices with God’s Will
Jul 30, 2024
AI's Present Impact: Ethical Insights and Christian Perspectives
Jul 23, 2024
Surrogacy and Christian Ethics
Jul 16, 2024
Embracing Interdependence: Strengthening Family and Community Through Faith
Jul 09, 2024
What’s Trending? Pro-Life Legislation, Declining Populations Approaches, and the Role of Christianity in Schools
Jul 02, 2024
Fostering a Compassionate Church for Single Parents
Jun 25, 2024
Inner Battles: Understanding and Overcoming Temptations
Jun 18, 2024
Faith, Ethics, and Science: The Ethical Dilemmas of Using Fetal Tissue in Research
Jun 11, 2024
What’s Trending? Methodist Clergy, Abortion Pill Laws, and Medical Residencies
Jun 04, 2024
The Cost of Cultural Compromises
May 24, 2024
Navigating the Moral Maze of Eugenics
May 21, 2024
Living a Christ-Centered Life: Balancing Faith, Pro-Life Advocacy, and Charity in the Modern World
May 14, 2024
What’s Trending: Birth Rate Stats to TikTok Laws
May 07, 2024
Sex Outside of Marriage: What's the Big Deal?
Apr 30, 2024
Defining Life: Exploring the Intrinsic Value of Life Through a Christian Lens
Apr 23, 2024
Finding a Mate: A Christian Perspective on Love and Compatibility
Apr 16, 2024
Money Talks: The Business of Abortion and the Ethical Implications
Apr 09, 2024
Revisiting The End of Fear - with Pastor Jonathan Hein
Apr 02, 2024
Revisiting What Christ's Passion Teaches Us about Dying Well
Mar 25, 2024
Lord, Give Me Patience
Mar 19, 2024
Rachel Greiner Explains Christian Life Resources’ New Bridge Ministry
Mar 12, 2024
Compassion Behind Bars: Offering Hope to the Incarcerated with Pastor Phil Henselin
Mar 05, 2024
Train a Child: The Role of Christian Parents
Feb 27, 2024
A Christian Dialogue on the Death Penalty
Feb 20, 2024
Exploring Love and Commitment Through a Christian Perspective
Feb 13, 2024
Navigating the Nuances of Old Testament Laws with Dr. Mark Braun
Feb 06, 2024
Upholding Faith Through a Prenatal Diagnosis
Jan 30, 2024
Compassionately Handling Conflict
Jan 23, 2024
Episode 119: The Ethics of War: Should Christians Take Sides?
Jan 16, 2024
Episode 118: Exploring the Good Life
Jan 09, 2024
Episode 117: Feedback and Reflections from the 2023 CLR National Convention
Jan 02, 2024
Revisiting The Baby Boys of Bethlehem
Dec 26, 2023
Episode 116: The Holy Family
Dec 19, 2023
Episode 115: Exploring God's Authority and Humanism's Impact on Christian Beliefs
Dec 12, 2023
Episode 114: Christmas Compassion: Beyond the Holiday Season
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 113: When the Healing’s Not Happening
Nov 28, 2023
Episode 112: Giving Thanks in the Face of Life Challenges - With Pastor Phil Arnold
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 111: How the Military Vocation Affirms Life
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 110: Dying to Self with Billy Hyer
Nov 07, 2023
Episode 109: The Living Dead
Oct 31, 2023
Episode 108: Pro-Life Bible Stories
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 107: CLR National Convention 2023 Speaker Interviews
Oct 17, 2023
Episode 106: Understanding the Idol of Autonomy
Oct 10, 2023
Episode 105: What to Know about Hospice
Oct 03, 2023
Episode 104: Walking Through Grief as a Christian
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 103: Parish Nursing
Sep 19, 2023
Episode 102: The Grace of Grandparents
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 101: The Gift of Labor
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 100: Tackling Listeners' Questions
Aug 29, 2023
Revisting 'Interview with Futurist Thomas Frey'
Aug 22, 2023
Revisiting 'The Modern-Day Pro-Life Movement'
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 99: Ethical Decisions in Health Care
Aug 08, 2023
Episode 98: The Future of Human Reproduction
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 97: What is Medical Care Worth?
Jul 25, 2023
Episode 96: Our World's a Mess: How Should We Pray?
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 95: Organ Donation
Jul 11, 2023
Episode 94: Are All Men Created Equal?
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 93: Chemical Abortion and Abortion Pill Reversal
Jun 27, 2023
Episode 92: Abortion in Cases Where the Mother's Life Is at Risk
Jun 20, 2023
Episode 91: Responding to Cancer
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 90: Looking at Miscarriage
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 89: Discussing the Will of God With Professor Steven Pagels
May 30, 2023
Episode 88: Raising a Pro-Life Generation
May 23, 2023
Episode 87: Looking at Adoption
May 16, 2023
Episode 86: Responding to the "Whole Life" Approach
May 09, 2023
Episode 85: What You Can Expect Your Pastor to Know on Life Issues - An Interview With Professor Joel Russow
May 02, 2023
Episode 84: Sperm Donation
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 83: Childless by Choice
Apr 18, 2023
Episode 82: Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 81: Interview with Chris Cordes from Northwestern Publishing House
Apr 04, 2023
Episode 80: What Abortion Has Done to the Practice of Medicine
Mar 28, 2023
Episode 79: What Can We Learn From Job?
Mar 21, 2023
Episode 78: The Current Status of Abortion and Pro-Life Laws in America
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 77: An Interview with Rachel Binczak on Foster Care
Mar 07, 2023
Episode 76: Are Bad Habits Sin?
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 75: When Truths Seem Trite
Feb 21, 2023
Episode 74: Responding to Assisted Suicide
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 73: Looking at Life Expectancy and Longevity
Feb 07, 2023
Episode 72: Christians and Vaccinations
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 71: An Interview With Jason Jonker on Addiction and Recovery
Jan 24, 2023
Episode 70: When and What Can Christians Compromise?
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 69: The Pro-Life Diet
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 68: An Interview with Megan Samelson on Godly Womanhood
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 67: Looking at Change
Dec 27, 2022
Episode 66: The Wonder of God Becoming Man
Dec 20, 2022
Episode 65: Exploring the Spirit of Christmas
Dec 13, 2022
Episode 64: What's New With Gay "Marriage"?
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 63: The Value of Christian Life Resources
Nov 29, 2022
Episode 62: Post-election Perspective
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 61: What About Abortion in Cases of Rape and Incest?
Nov 15, 2022
Episode 60: Biblical Perspectives on Polygamy
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 59: A Look at the Christian Family
Nov 01, 2022
Episode 58: Christian Life Resources National Convention Q&A
Oct 25, 2022
Episode 57: What Should Christians Think and Do About Public Health?
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 56: Discussing Evolution with Mark Bergemann of the Lutheran Science Institute
Oct 04, 2022
Episode 55: Men and Abortion
Sep 27, 2022
Episode 54: Christian and Citizen: The Challenges
Sep 20, 2022
Episode 53: A Look at Christian Life Resources
Sep 13, 2022
Episode 52: Understanding Our Callings
Sep 06, 2022
Episode 51: An Interview with Marcus Smith of Beats for Heartbeats
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 50: Tackling Practical Questions: Christian and Citizen
Aug 23, 2022
Episode 49: Separation of Church and State
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 48: Church and State: Historical Challenges
Aug 09, 2022
Episode 47: LGBTQ: In the Light of Baptism
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 46: Church and State: Let's Start with Scripture
Jul 26, 2022
Episode 45: Discussing Trauma With Pastor Timothy Bourman
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 44: What Does Christian Citizenship Really Mean?
Jul 12, 2022
Episode 43: Response to Overturning Roe
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 42: Tackling Tough Questions: Gender and Sexuality
Jun 28, 2022
Episode 41: So What About Pride?
Jun 21, 2022
Episode 40: Communicating God's Design of Marriage
Jun 14, 2022
Episode 39: What Is LGBTQ+ and Why Is It Important?
Jun 07, 2022
Episode 38: An Interview with Kay Retberg, Director of Alpha Pregnancy Center
May 31, 2022
Episode 37: When Life Isn't Fair
May 24, 2022
Episode 36: An Interview with Pastor Kent Reeder, Chairman of Conquerors Through Christ
May 17, 2022
Episode 35: Interview with Heidi Westlund, New Beginnings Board Member
May 10, 2022
Episode 34: When Did It Become Okay to Kill Children?
May 03, 2022
Episode 33: An Interview with Christian Family Solutions on Christian Counseling
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 32: The End of Fear - with Pastor Jonathan Hein
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 31: What is Truth? with Pastor Forrest Bivens
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 30: Friends Faithful, False, and Failed
Apr 05, 2022
Episode 29: Jesus’ Self-Sacrifice Shows the Value of Life - with Pastor Jim Behringer
Mar 29, 2022
Bonus Episode from RWJ Daily: Raised with Jesus (WELS)
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 28: What Christ’s Passion Teaches Us about Dying Well
Mar 22, 2022
Episode 27: Looking Out for the Left Behind with Paul Snamiska
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 26: Father, Forgive Them
Mar 08, 2022
Episode 25: The Importance of a Humble Heart
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 24: Interview with Pastor Kurt Ebert on Suicide and Grief
Feb 22, 2022
Episode 23: A Look at Suffering
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 22: Interview with Justin and Katy Goede of Chosen Gen
Feb 08, 2022
Episode 21: Interview with Dr. Robert Balza on Science and Ethics
Feb 01, 2022
Embryo Adoption and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Jan 25, 2022
Episode 19: Interview with Leah Bongard on Embryo Adoption
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 18: The Joys and Blessings of Parenthood
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 17: The Burden of Parenthood?
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 16: The Baby Boys of Bethlehem
Dec 28, 2021
Episode 15: The Most Important Pregnancy Ever
Dec 21, 2021
Episode 14: Reasons Why People Fear Death
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 13: Defining Death
Dec 07, 2021
Episode 12: Interview with Tabitha Schroeder, Executive Director of New Beginnings
Nov 30, 2021
Episode 11: Pro-Life in Hollywood?
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 10: Bible Passages Supporting Life
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 9: Interview with Futurist Thomas Frey
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 8: The Blessings and Challenges of Prosperity
Nov 02, 2021
Episode 7: Government Change & Religious Freedom
Oct 26, 2021
Episode 6: Being Me!
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 5: How to Value the Gift of Life
Oct 12, 2021
Episode 4: My Body My Choice
Oct 05, 2021
Episode 3: The Modern Day Pro-Life Movement
Sep 29, 2021
Episode 2: Christians and Activism
Sep 21, 2021
Episode 1: Why are life issues important to Christians?
Sep 15, 2021
Introduction: Welcome to the podcast!
Sep 03, 2021