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          The Lutheran Church is the largest Protestant church in the world, with over 70 million members. This website tells the story of Australian and New Zealand Lutherans, following Jesus Christ – where love comes to life. Whoever you are, whatever your story, you’re welcome here with us.

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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 - September 2024

Latest Life News stories

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

LFL across the seas

July 28, 2024
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Last July, committee members Rose Graham and Hayley Simons had the privilege of attending a series of conferences in the USA, with one of them being Higher Things, a youth-focused… Read more

Assisted suicide in contemporary entertainment: ‘Me Before You’

March 27, 2024
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Recently, I thought I would revisit the movie Me Before You and explore the messages it communicates about life. The movie is based on a novel of the same name and was… Read more

Fearfully and wonderfully made

August 3, 2022
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Lutherans for Life National Conference, held 18 September 2021 Psalm 139:13-14 was the theme of the recent National Conference organised by Lutherans for Life (LfL) at Our Saviour Lutheran Church,… Read more

End of life matters – the funeral

March 22, 2022
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In this article, I’ll briefly respond to a number of questions about funerals. I’ll give my opinion as a relatively experienced pastor of the LCA (ordained in 1997), and I’ll… Read more

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