At Christian Life Resources, we recognize the unique role pastors play in guiding their congregations through complex and sensitive life issues. Our mission is to come alongside church leaders, providing biblically sound resources, practical tools, and compassionate support to help you shepherd your people with confidence and clarity.
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Life Sunday Materials | Request a Speaker| Live Video Q&A Experience | Life Talks for Schools | Christian Support Network | Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss Care | The Life Challenges Podcast | Clearly Caring Magazine | Christian Medical Directives | Free Downloadable Brochures and Booklets
A message for ministry leaders
As a ministry leader, you carry the unique and sacred responsibility of guiding others in truth, compassion, and faith. This page is designed to support you in that calling. Here you’ll find trusted resources, practical tools, and biblical insights to help you navigate the complex life issues your congregation may face. Whether you’re preparing a sermon, counseling someone in crisis, or looking to strengthen your ministry’s outreach, these materials are here to equip and encourage you. You are not alone in this work—God is with you, and we are here to walk alongside you.
Articles
Church Should Advocate for Childless Marriages
CLAIM: I value marriage and the happiness it brings. That being said, I wish the church spoke more positively about choosing not to have children, especially given today’s uncertainties and the harm caused when unwanted children face...
Premarital Sex and Marriage
CLAIM: You need to sleep together before you get married to ensure you’re sexually compatible. REBUTTAL: The claim raises several questions. Does there need to be sexual compatibility to have a marriage? What happens if age or malady...
Q&A on Childless by Choice
QUESTION: I have two questions on your podcast episode Childless by Choice. Is it an actual sin not to have children if the couple is married and physically capable? It was not brought up in the podcast. In the Podcast, you also...
Terminology to Advance an Agenda
Issue In proposing the state budget, a governor has chosen to replace “mother” with the term “inseminated person” in a nod toward gender-neutral terminology. Background Tony Evers was elected the 46th governor of Wisconsin in 2019 as a...
Ministry Leaders Q&A
My 16-year old niece announced recently that she is pregnant. Her boyfriend and parents are unwilling to step in to help. She has come to me for advice. I don’t want to encourage her to abort the baby, but I just don’t see any alternatives.
Sadly, adoption is often considered by pregnant women as the least favored of three options – parenting, abortion, or adoption. Yet, the adoption decision can be the most loving and positive choice a mother can make. A mother who places her child for adoption avoids the grief and guilt of killing her baby through abortion and also offers the wonderful blessing of a baby to a great couple.
Friends of ours have been married for a number of years and continue having miscarriages. Why doesn’t God bless them with children? I’m sure they would be excellent parents, and they are strong and faithful Christians.
For the first part of the question, have your friends talked with a doctor about the reasons for the miscarriages? Sometimes there are relatively simple procedures that can be followed which will remedy the situation. Also, remember that blessings are not granted to all people. We do not deserve blessings, but God gives them to us out of love and mercy. Our role, as Christians, is to serve and obey our heavenly Father regardless of the blessings that we do or do not receive.
My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease a number of years ago and is now inactive. He always said he was ready to die and go to heaven, but I wonder if I am prolonging his life and keeping him from his goal.
These passages, and many others, remind us that life in heaven is certainly more desirable, but God alone has the right to determine the timing. You should certainly rejoice in the faith of your father, but also realize that our eagerness to reach heaven does not allow anyone to assume authority from God.
I am nervous about people making medical decisions for me. What are your thoughts?
To answer your question, you need to fill out a medical directive statement. The two most familiar statements are living wills and Power of Attorney for Health Care documents. These legal documents allow you to make choices regarding your health care. They are easy to complete and grant you the opportunity to communicate your health care desires in advance of a terminal illness. However, living wills are becoming increasingly obsolete.
Christian Life Resources recommends that you sign a Power of Attorney for Health Care, and we offer a Christian version on this website that you can download at no cost. Click here to get started.
Literature for Ministry Leaders
The purpose of this booklet is to help those who have recently bid a loved one goodbye by answering the question, “Where are they now?” In answering that question we also contemplate the question, “What is waiting for me?”
Biblical teachings about the importance of baptism. In view of what the Bible says about our sinful condition, we can be sure that infants need God’s grace.
This book provides doctrinally sound and practical information on the topic of birth control and family planning.
