The Canadian Lutheran Posts

October 31, 2014

Annabelle: Bad Theology All Dolled Up

by Ted Giese Annabelle is the follow-up to James Wan’s horror film The Conjuring. This time out, Wan is a producer and not the director; Annabelle is directed by Wan’s cinematographer from The Conjuring, John R. Leonetti. The Conjuring introduced viewers to a creepy doll…

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October 30, 2014

The Church’s Calling to Care for the Vulnerable

by Mathew Block Scripture is clear that the Church has a particular calling to care for the vulnerable. The Apostle James reminds us that “religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and…

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October 30, 2014

New Nicaraguan Mission Plant in 2015

NICARAGUA – On October 21 Rev. Leonardo Neitzel, Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Executive for Missions and Social Ministry) met in Managua to discuss the creation of a new mission plant. Present for the meetings were Rev. Edmund Auger (LCC’s new regional mission overseer) and Rev. Dr….

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October 29, 2014

Woman of Faith—Katie Luther: Reformer’s Wife

by Peggy Pedersen “I will cling to Christ as a burr clings to a coat!” With these words, Katie Luther gave up her breath to the Lord. On January 29, 1499, she had been born to an aristocratic family of diminished means and given the…

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October 28, 2014

A week of prayer

by Glenn Schaeffer Martin Luther reminds us in his Introduction of the Lord’s Prayer in the Small Catechism that “God invites us to believe that He is our true Father and that we are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence we may ask…

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October 28, 2014

Prayer: More than a Convention Theme

by Paul Zabel The theme of our most recent Lutheran Church–Canada synodical convention was “Come to Him Who Answers Prayer.” As this convention is now past and a part of our church’s history, the three districts of our synod will now be earnestly preparing for…

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