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Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep2. Family by Blood or Water | Dr. Dave Rueter

What’s it mean to be in a family these days? Are blood relations what decide family ties? How does Jesus shake up our understanding of family and broaden its definition? How does baptismal water bring people closer together than genetics or bloodline? Listen in as Dr. Dave Rueter leads us in the fundamentals of family.

Bio: Dr. Dave Rueter is a rostered DCE and the author of Teaching the Faith at Home and Called to Serve (both CPH) as well as a contributor to Relationships Count and Connected for Life (also both CPH). Dave is married to Andrea and has two sons, James and Wesley. Since 1998 he has served as DCE for congregations in Huntington Beach, Rancho Cucamonga, and now Livermore, CA as well as on faculty at Concordia University Irvine and the staff of the Pacific Southwest District. Dr. Rueter is certified by the Fuller Youth Institute as the official LCMS Growing Young speaker. Learn more at teachingthefaithathome.org.

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Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep2. Family by Blood or Water | Dr. Dave Rueter

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What do Law and Gospel have to do with fatherhood? Listen in as Steph is joined by her brother-in-law, Pastor Aaron Neugebauer, for this episode on fatherhood.
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In the beginning, God created the family. And it was good. Listen in as Steph and Tiffany talk about the importance of upholding the family as an institution created by God and why the family still matters.
Friends For Life: S1EP57 — Luther on Mental Illness | Dr. Stephen Saunders

Friends For Life: S1EP57 — Luther on Mental Illness | Dr. Stephen Saunders

Dr. Stephen Saunders to talks about the stigmatization of mental illness within the church and how Luther himself addressed matters of mental health.
Friends For Life: S1EP55 — A Peaceful Approach to Sidewalk Advocacy | Lauren Muzyka & Nate Robertson

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Lauren Muzyka and Nate Robertson of Sidewalk Advocates for Life talk about SAFL’s impact on families across the country through their peaceful approach to advocacy on the sidewalks outside of abortion and abortion-referral facilities.
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In this article, Deaconess Emma Heinz discusses the Christian attitude toward members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Bible Study: Truth and Compassion for LGBTQ+ Individuals

This Bible study provides guidance and biblical testimony about how Christians should respond to gender and sexual identity issues.
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Pastor Caleb Weight joins Steph to bring comfort, hope, and honesty to the conversation of miscarriage and ...
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Dr. Kim Marxhausen talks about the special kinds of burden and stress that caregiving places on the caregiver and ...
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Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep4. Fatherhood Matters | Rev. Aaron Neugebauer

Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep4. Fatherhood Matters | Rev. Aaron Neugebauer

Fathers are vital to families. Good fathers are an irreplaceable part of thriving societies. Looking for some tips on fatherhood? Want to know how you can encourage the dads in your life? Then listen in as family members Steph and Aaron talk about fatherhood.
Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep3. The State of the Family Estate | Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller

Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep3. The State of the Family Estate | Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller

Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller talks about the archaic notion of the family as “estate” and how it has real bearing on modern families and civil society today.
Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep2. Family by Blood or Water | Dr. Dave Rueter

Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep2. Family by Blood or Water | Dr. Dave Rueter

What do Law and Gospel have to do with fatherhood? Listen in as Steph is joined by her brother-in-law, Pastor Aaron Neugebauer, for this episode on fatherhood.
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Friends For Life — LCMS Life, Health and Family Ministries: S3Ep1. Family Matters | Deaconess Dr. Tiffany Manor & Steph Neugebauer

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Use these memory cards as you help your children to learn Scripture and Luther’s Small Catechism.
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What are the dangers of pornography? How does it miss the mark for God’s plan for sexuality? And why is God’s vision for sex altogether better than the counterfeit of porn?
Friends For Life: S2EP5 — A Christian Response to LGBTQ+

Friends For Life: S2EP5 — A Christian Response to LGBTQ+

What is a compassionate Christian response to people within the LGBTQ+ community?
Friends For Life: S2EP4 — From Gay Bars to Jesus

Friends For Life: S2EP4 — From Gay Bars to Jesus

Having once lived in the gay community, guest Rev. Brian Barlow shares his story of self-discovery and re-discovery and how Jesus changes everything.
Friends For Life: S2EP3 — Transgenderism in Teens & Adolescents

Friends For Life: S2EP3 — Transgenderism in Teens & Adolescents

A Christian response to the growing trend of transgender issues among teens and adolescents.
Friends For Life: S2EP2 — Male & Female By Design

Friends For Life: S2EP2 — Male & Female By Design

Is sex a social construct, or is a person created male and female by design? Concordia Seminary professor Dr. Joel Biermann answers this question and more!
Friends For Life: S2EP1 — Is Sexuality Really That Big of a Deal?

Friends For Life: S2EP1 — Is Sexuality Really That Big of a Deal?

Listen as Tiffany and Steph introduce the “why” behind this season and how God’s written and natural law change everything.
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Friends For Life: S2EP0 — Special Announcement for This Fall!

You won’t want to miss this short but sweet episode!