LifeMoments by Lutherans For Life
by KFUO Radio
Hear the sanctity of life throughout Scripture and all year long! LifeMoments listens to each week’s appointed lectionary readings with life ears and applies God’s Word to life hurts.For more information, visit lutheransforlife.org. To view transcripts of LifeMoments, go to lutheransforlife.org/media/life-thoughts-in-the-church.
Episodes
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Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist (Psalm 71:6/Luke 1:41)
Abortion’s become a spiritual battle, not just a political issue.
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ephesians 5:31-32)
Our Lord Jesus gives us His whole body and life like husband to wife and parents to children.
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St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord (Galatians 4:4-5)
We have no Gospel message but the one that begins in childbearing.
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (John 6:51)
Jesus gave His flesh for the life of all the world.
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Exodus 16:13/Psalm 145:15-16/John 6:25)
The Gospel dissolves every panic in sweet promises.
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St. James the Elder, Apostle
The Savior’s presence dignifies even lives death attempts to humiliate
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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Mark 6:34, 41)
The Gospel extends abundant life from fertilization to forever.
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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Mark 6:18/Amos 7:14-15/Ephesians 1:11-13)
We have been predestined to proclaim and celebrate it the sanctity of life.
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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Ezekiel 2:5/Mark 6:3/2 Corinthians 12:9)
The Lord perfects His power even in surprise pregnancy or terminal diagnosis.
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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Mark 5:36-42/Psalm 30:11-12)
Our Savior turns even the mourning of surprise pregnancy and terminal diagnosis into dancing.
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost & Father’s Day (Psalm 124:1-6/Job 38:4, 8-11)
Godly fathers speak truth and show love and share life!
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Third Sunday after Pentecost (Mark 4:26, 31)
The Lord likes how tiny and inactive things leave Him ample room to work.
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Second Sunday after Pentecost (2 Corinthians 4:16-5:2)
The Gospel holds life precious all the way through the bitter end.
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Holy Trinity (Isaiah 6:3, 8/Psalm 29:9/John 3:3-5)
It belongs to the Gospel’s essence to cherish all the little ones.
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Pentecost (Ezekiel 37:9-10/Acts 2:9-11, 17-18)
Human age, appearance, and ability present no obstacle to the Giver of life.
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Seventh Sunday of Easter (John 17:11-15)
Jesus’ solution to human suffering is not to end life but to accompany it.
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Sixth Sunday of Easter & Mother’s Day (John 15:12, 16)
Praise the Lord for mother’s love!
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Fifth Sunday of Easter (John 15:5/1 John 4:2/Psalm 150:6)
We behold ourselves and our Lord in unborn and elderly neighbors.
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St. Mark, Evangelist (2 Timothy 4:8, Isaiah 52:7, 10)
Jesus appearing makes humankind beautiful no matter how small or frail.
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Third Sunday of Easter (Luke 24:47/Acts 3:15, 19)
Forgiveness extends even unto those who take part in sins against the sanctity of life.
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Second Sunday of Easter (John 20:29)
Blessed are we who believe the Risen Savior proves every life precious!
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Resurrection of Our Lord (Isaiah 25:8-9)
Jesus claims our bodies as instruments of life.
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Palm Sunday (Philippians 2:5-8/Zechariah 9:9-10)
Better the peace of weakness with Jesus than any strength bought by bloodshed.
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Fifth Sunday in Lent (Mark 10:42-45)
Surprise pregnancies and terminal diagnoses provide irreplaceable opportunities to serve.
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Fourth Sunday in Lent (John 3:16/Psalm 107:2-3)
God’s great love has redeemed the human lives in mother’s wombs and hospital beds.
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Third Sunday in Lent (John 2:15-16, 19/Exodus 20:13/1 Corinthians 1:28-30)
Almighty God chose the lowly for His own.
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Second Sunday in Lent (Romans 5:3-4/Mark 8:34-35)
Through Jesus God takes up our crosses that we may live under His.
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First Sunday in Lent (Genesis 22:12-14/Mark 1:9, 13)
Don’t mothers and fathers experiencing surprise pregnancies have the right to hear from God?
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Transfiguration of Our Lord (Psalm 50:2/Exodus 34:29-30/Mark 9:2-3)
The Almighty Father holds every human life open as a window to heaven.
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Psalm 147:3)
Jesus atoned also for the sins of abortion and assisted suicide.
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (1 Corinthians 8:13/Psalm 111:5)
If a picture is worth a thousand words, isn’t a brother or sister worth more than a million hamburgers?
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Third Sunday after Epiphany (Psalm 62:11-12)
Real compassion acts with courage.
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Second Sunday after Epiphany (John 1:46/1 Corinthians 6:9)
God created, redeemed, and called both worth and purpose into every human body.
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The Baptism of Our Lord (Genesis 1:2/Romans 6:4)
Our Savior sowed life even in death’s shadowy valleys.
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Second Sunday of Christmas (Ephesians 1:5/Luke 2:48)
Second Sunday of Christmas (Ephesians 1:5/Luke 2:48)
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St. John, Apostle and Evangelist (1 John 1:9-2:2/Revelation 1:5)
If we confess our sins, even sins against the sanctity of life, Jesus faithfully forgives and cleanses.
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Fourth Sunday in Advent (Luke 1:28-38)
Who needs “my body, my choice” when we can declare “let it be to my according to Your Word”!
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Third Sunday in Advent (John 1:27/Isaiah 61:1/1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)
Even the burdens of surprise pregnancy and terminal diagnosis give way to greater blessings.
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Second Sunday in Advent (Isaiah 40:1-2, 11/1 Peter 3:9)
Whatever relief abortion proposes for surprise pregnancy cannot compare with the Savior who will “gently lead those that are with young”
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First Sunday in Advent (Psalm 80:7)
Restore our communities to accompany instead of abandoning.
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Last Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 25:40)
Jesus has consecrated your life in His incarnation and crucifixion, and in the same way He has sanctified every human life.
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 25:18-30)
What joy awaits us when we receive both our lives and everyone else’s as a gift!
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Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (1 Thessalonians 4:13/Matthew 25:6)
Whenever anyone’s oil runs out, there Jesus our Lord arrives and intervenes.
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (1 Thessalonians 4:3-7/Matthew 23:9)
We pursue purity not only for our own bodies but for each other’s, as brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost (1 Thessalonians 2:7-12/Leviticus 19:16)
We protect each other like fathers and take care of each other like mothers.
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St. Luke, Evangelist (Psalm 147:11/Isaiah 35:5-6)
God’s grace and love give every life value.
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Isaiah 25:8)
Jesus Christ’s death has freed us from needing to seek it for ourselves or for anybody else.
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 21:38-41/Philippians 3:7-8/Psalm 80:18)
Entrusting ourselves to Christ gives life not only to “me” but to “us.”
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ezekiel 18:32/Philippians 2:3-4)
What alternative do we have in the face of surprise pregnancies and terminal diagnoses? For more information, visit lutheransforlife.org. To view transcripts of LifeMoments, go to lutheransforlife.org/media/life-thoughts-in-the-church.
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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Philippians 1:21-24)
What great worth and purpose likewise shines in our lives even amid afflictions! For more information, visit lutheransforlife.org. To view transcripts of LifeMoments, go to lutheransforlife.org/media/life-thoughts-in-the-church.
About this show
Hear the sanctity of life throughout Scripture and all year long! LifeMoments listens to each week’s appointed lectionary readings with life ears and applies God’s Word to life hurts.For more information, visit lutheransforlife.org. To view transcripts of LifeMoments, go to lutheransforlife.org/media/life-thoughts-in-the-church.
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