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The Pastor Who Rescues People from Japan’s ‘Suicide Cliff’
Yoichi Fujiyabu has spent three decades sharing God’s love to people who want to end their lives.
Do Not Harm Yourself, for We Are All Here
Paul’s cry to the Philippian jailer is a model for the church to respond to suicide in an America plagued by deaths of despair.
O Death, Where Is Your Pod?
A controversial Swiss device advertises a quick and painless death. The cross shows us another way.
Why Christians Oppose Euthanasia
The immorality of killing the old and ill has never been in question for Christians. Nor is our duty to care for those the world devalues.
Testimony
I Demolished My Faith for ‘My Best Life.’ It Only Led to Despair.
I lost myself in drugs and relationships. That’s when Jesus found me.
News
Vets in Ministry Won’t Retreat from the Military’s Suicide Crisis
Christians say the epidemic is about more than PTSD.
Pastors, We Have to Play the Long Game
My whole ministry, I’ve watched fellow pastors crumble. We need to change our scoreboard of success.
You Abused and Oppressed Me, Dad. I Forgive You.
How a community’s example of radical forgiveness helped me relinquish my own rage.
Euthanasia: Why Some Despair Unto Death
As a Christian physician, opposing medically assisted suicide wasn’t enough. I needed to understand why people decide to die.
The Russell Moore Show
Tender Questions on Parenting, Adoption, and Sexuality
Russell and producer Ashley Hales respond to listeners.