The Canadian Lutheran Posts
The Bible: “Viewer discretion is advised”
by Ted Giese As might be expected, Lutherans are keen on the Bible. Our churches read aloud from the Scriptures every week during worship. In those same services our pastors preach sermons based on the readings for the day. We encourage our members to read…
LCC hosts CLWR board meeting
WINNIPEG – Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) met March 14-16 at Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) office in Winnipeg for the biannual meeting of its Board of Directors. “Canadian Lutheran World Relief does important work in relief and development around the world,” said LCC’s President Robert Bugbee….
Meditating on the Passion of Christ
by Martin Luther (translation by Paul T. McCain) When we meditate on the Passion of Christ the right way, we see Christ and are terrified at the sight. Our conscience sinks in despair. This feeling of terror needs to happen so that we fully realize…
German pastor in LCC partner church honoured for work among Iranian converts
GERMANY – German Christian magazine ideaSpektrum has named Rev. Dr. Gottfried Martens “Pastor of the Year” for 2012, an honour given in recognition of his work over the past five years caring for Iranian converts to Christianity. The growing number of Iranian converts to Christianity…
ROC registration now open
WINNIPEG – Registration is now open for Reach Out Canada. This year marks the 25th anniversary since Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) founding convention in 1988. As LCC honours its past, it also looks forward to the future, planning its first ever national outreach conference—Reach Out Canada—to…
Lutheran Presence and Witness in Cambodia: Lord, let thy kingdom come
by Leonardo Neitzel The official language of Cambodia is Khmer; its religion, Buddhism. The country is still in recovery, in some ways, from Pol Pot’s massive killings of his own people in the 1970s. Today, the economy is in steady progress, and people seem very…