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Life News

Life News is Lutherans for Life’s (LFL) biannual newsletter, which goes out to every pastor and parish of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA), as well as individual subscribers. Each edition usually comprises a feature article dealing with a contemporary life issue, as well as shorter pieces and news snippets from around the world

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Latest Life News edition - June 2025

Latest Life News stories

Welcome from our new chairperson, Carl Richter

June 24, 2025
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  Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ! My name is Carl Richter and I have recently become the Chairperson of Lutherans for… Read more

Book review: a Small Catechism on Human Life (John T. Pless)

June 20, 2025
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  I recently watched a video of a Christian presenter responding to some criticism from a transgender person. His response was a clear and firm confession of the Church’s doctrine,… Read more

Report from the National Life Summit

June 12, 2025
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  The inaugural National Life Summit was held in Sydney on the 30th November 2024. I was fortunate to join Rose and 300 other attendees from across Australian at the… Read more

Family retreat presentation at Creative World Fellowship

June 6, 2025
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  Members from Lutherans for Life; Hayley, Rose & Ps Carl were able to attend the 2025 Creative Word Fellowship Young Adult/Young Families Bible Study Retreat at Tandara (Victoria) January… Read more

New-look site for Lutherans for Life

February 3, 2025
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Lutherans for Life – a group within the LCANZ united by a common desire to promote the sanctity of God’s gift of human life – has a new-look web presence.

Loving and living with disabled siblings

September 4, 2024
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  People are often asking me, ‘What is it like to have siblings with disabilities? How has my life been different to those of others?’ I suppose it has been… Read more

“Pregnancy is a Disease”: the Consequences of Denying Teleology

September 2, 2024
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Just this year, a distinguished bioethics journal, The Journal of Medical Ethics published an article with the title: “Is Pregnancy a Disease? A Normative Approach” [1]. The two authors of the… Read more

Thank you, ALCRA!

August 30, 2024
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The Australian Lutheran College Residents’ Association (ALCRA) has elected to donate their remaining funds upon closure of their account to Lutherans for Life Australia. We are very grateful for this… Read more

Right to Life Association of Western Australia

August 27, 2024
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‘Defending life from conception to natural death for more than fifty years’ The Right to Life Association of WA (RTLAWA) was formed in the 1970s in Karratha by Peter O’Meara…. Read more

Life News Snippets

August 7, 2024
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Reproductive Technologies In recent times, there have been numerous news items highlighting the complexities and concerning realities associated with IVF (in vitro fertilization) and family formation. Most troubling of the… Read more

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  • Life News – June 2025
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