The Canadian Lutheran Posts

August 20, 2013

Tomorrow begins today!

by Paul Zabel “For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 3:8). In the third chapter of his first letter to the Thessalonians, the Apostle Paul’s warm love and concern for others clearly shines through. From this chapter…

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August 20, 2013

LCC brings greetings to North American Lutheran Church Convocation

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – The North American Lutheran Church (NALC) held its annual Convocation and Theological Conference August 6-9 in Pittsburgh. Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) First Vice-President Nolan Astley attended the event, bringing with him a letter from President Robert Bugbee. President Bugbee was unable to attend…

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August 19, 2013

Standing Firm and Reaching Out

by Ian Adnams and Mathew Block Five years ago, Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) 2008 synodical convention voted to celebrate LCC’s 25th Anniversary with a national outreach-oriented event, to be held in conjunction with that year’s triennial National Youth Gathering (NYG). In the intervening years, LCC’s auxiliary,…

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August 16, 2013

In the aftermath

by Don Schiemann Natural disasters: on a global scale, they occur with considerable frequency. When they intersect with populated areas, they become human tragedies. The Bible records numerous natural disasters. Genesis 7-9 tells of the great flood which covered the whole earth. Almost every civilization,…

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August 16, 2013

Study Biblical Hebrew online

ONLINE – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) has announced it will be offering an Online Biblical Hebrew course beginning in September. This full year, distance, non-credit course will be led by Professor Jonathan Kraemer, and begins September 4. Students will work on their own and meet…

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August 15, 2013

LCC twenty-five years later: Is the fire still going?

In the July 1988 issue of The Canadian Lutheran—the first issue to appear after Lutheran Church–Canada’s founding convention—Rev. Dr. Ed Lehman wrote an article entitled “Feed the Fire.” Now, twenty-five years later, we’ve asked Dr. Lehman to re-read his original article and provide a response…

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