The Canadian Lutheran Posts

September 15, 2011

We’re not in the 1950s anymore!

The ground has shifted, and we’re not talking about earthquakes but rather the place of the Church in 21st century North America. That’s the message received loud and clear by almost 1000 Lutherans who have attended a Lutheran Hour Ministries Regional Outreach Conference (ROC). Now,…

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September 15, 2011

Students prepare to serve Nicaraguan church

Future church workers in Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua participated in the final stage of their preparation for theological education last week. The class of 15 pastoral students and 21 diaconate program students gathered at the Mission Centre in Chinandega September 7 to meet with ILSN President Luis Turcios and several…

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September 14, 2011

Montreal workshop attracts participants from Canada and beyond

by James Morgan Francophone Lutherans from three countries gathered in Montreal August 22 to 24 to discover more about Lutheran Church–Canada’s Liturgies et cantiques luthériens (LCL) and how congregations can use the French-language hymnal. Thirty-six people attended the workshop. Canadian participants included members of LCC congregations from…

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September 14, 2011

Language classes teach Bible stories

by James Morgan We often hear about churches using English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to reach out to new immigrants in their community. But there is also a strong demand for English among people living in non-English speaking countries. As a result, last…

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September 13, 2011

Sin, sex and salvation

by Ian Adnams We are all born spiritually broken and deserving death. Our soul’s natural state is one that is cut off from God. We neither have the desire to seek Him nor follow Him. In this state of sin, with a broken relationship with…

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September 12, 2011

Praying for pastors: God alone can give His people an increase of harvest-workers

by Robert Bugbee God will have to give us the pastors we need. He promises in the Old Testament, “I will place shepherds over them who will tend them” (Jeremiah 23:4). The New Testament says it, too: “It was He who gave some…to be pastors…

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