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Canada Today: Understanding the Times
By Michael Schutz In our circles, we’re pretty good at dealing with God’s Word. We rightly focus on doing sound biblical exegesis, which is the task of interpreting the Bible based on what the Bible actually says. To do good biblical exegesis, we need to…
Celebrating French Ministry
Brazilian Lutheran Immigration Update: Bem-vindos ao Canada! MONTREAL – For decades, lay people and pastors from Brazil have been a part of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), participating in church life at both the congregational and synodical levels. Several pastors from Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil (IELB)…
Singing in a Strange Land
By Mathew Block About six centuries before the birth of Christ, Jerusalem was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The subsequent destruction of the Kingdom of Judah saw the palace sacked, the temple plundered, and 10,000 people taken prisoner to Babylon, including the young king Jehoiachin….
CLTS welcomes visiting scholar
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) has welcomed Rev. Dr. Werner Klän as a visiting scholar for the 2020 winter semester and spring short semester to teach courses on dogmatic theology. Dr. Klän recently retired from the faculty of Lutherische Theologische Hochschule…
CLS holding Quest Course on Lutheran Liturgy
ONLINE – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton is holding the latest installment in its popular Quest Course series, with Rev. Dr. John Hellwege presenting on “The Lutheran Liturgy: How and Why We Worship As We Do.” The series began on January 28 and runs…
Prominent Christian Rapper becomes Lutheran
USA – In January 2020, rapper Flame (Marcus Tyrone Gray) publicly announced he had become a Lutheran. The prominent Christian hip hop artist details his theological journey from Calvinism to Lutheranism in a recently released EP entitled “Extra Nos.” “‘Extra Nos’ discusses my theological journey…