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Christian persecution in Iraq reaches new levels
IRAQ – For more than a year a militant Islamic movement, Islamic State (IS), formerly known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has methodically captured territory in northern Iraq and Syria. The goal was to establish a caliphate (Islamic state), which it declared…
Concordia given permission to name itself a university
EDMONTON – In early July, the Government of Alberta announced that Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) was being granted permission to change its name from a “university college” to a “university.” “By allowing Concordia to be named a university, the [government] is acknowledging the…
Why we gather: A lesson from Nicea
by Mathew Block Almost 1,700 years ago, bishops and other delegates from all across the Roman Empire converged on the city of Nicea (located in modern-day Turkey). They had serious business on the agenda. Trouble was brewing in Alexandria (in Egypt); a presbyter by the…
Hercules: not so strong on screen this time
by Ted Giese The new Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson 2014 film Hercules fits somewhere between Brad Pitt’s anti-supernatural, sword-and-sandal 2004 epic Troy and the cheesy, zany, over-the-top Kevin Sorbo 1990s television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. This new iteration of the Greek hero opens with…
Pray for LCC’s Missions in August
ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Executive for Missions and Social Ministry, Rev. Dr. Leonardo Neitzel, is calling on church members to keep the church’s missions in prayer this August. In keeping with LCC’s current triennial theme—”Come to Him Who Answers Prayer”—Dr. Neitzel has prepared a…
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