The Canadian Lutheran Posts

August 23, 2017

When Shadows Disappear

by Paul Zabel “And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are…

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August 21, 2017

Confessing the Faith Boldly

by Thomas Prachar One aspect of Reformation history that is not commemorated as much by Lutherans is the presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The editor’s introduction to the Reader’s Edition to the Augsburg Confession says: “On Saturday, June 25, 1530, at three o’clock in the…

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August 19, 2017

In Review: Dunkirk

by Ted Giese Writer/director Christopher Nolan has done for the WWII evacuation of Dunkerque, France (code-named Operation Dynamo) what Steven Spielberg did for the Allied D-Day amphibious landing in Normandy, France (codenamed Operation Neptune). But where Spielberg’s 1989 film Saving Private Ryan left the French…

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August 17, 2017

Praying for the synodical convention

CANADA – In the lead-up to Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) 11th synodical convention, LCC is encouraging its members to pray for delegates and the important work they will undertake this October in Kitchener, Ontario. To that end, LCC is releasing a series of prayers that you…

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August 15, 2017

Fifty years of blessings for the Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada

CANADA – As the Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada marks its 50th anniversary in 2017 it is celebrating and giving thanks to God for the men and women of the Lutheran Laymen’s League who have made it their objective to assist the Lutheran Church of…

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August 14, 2017

The Eternal Word in a Changing World

by Mathew Block Our world is in a constant state of change. Flash back ten years: cell-phones were used primarily for texting and making phone calls. Today they are as much computers as phones, used for browsing the web, playing games, listening to music, and…

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