The Canadian Lutheran Posts

January 25, 2011

Take back the brains of our culture

by Jonathan Strand Who do you listen to and pay attention to more, and whose opinions do you respect more: people who know more or who know less? Who has the greater influence in our society?   On average, people who know more and are…

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January 24, 2011

Iranian Christians suffering for Christ

Mass arrests, physical abuse, death and rape threats are part of the defensive armoury unleashed by the Islamic Republic of Iran against a growing Christian church. Official government statements as well as local church leaders suggest there are now more than one million Christians in…

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January 23, 2011

The Rite, the spirit world, and you

by Kurt Lantz Much like The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005, Sony Pictures), the new film The Rite (2011 Warner Bros) attempts to make the point that if we believed in the devil then we would also believe in God. Does the belief in both…

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January 22, 2011

What’s a Lutheran?

It isn’t unusual in a world where religious knowledge is declining for people to ask  “What’s a Lutheran?”  or even “Is that something to do with Martin Luther King?” Even long-time members of the Lutheran church can wonder what it means to be Lutheran. The…

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January 21, 2011

The Lutheran Hour names new speaker

Lutheran Hour Ministries has announced that Rev. Gregory P. Seltz of Orange, California, will become speaker of The Lutheran Hour® radio program. He succeeds Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus, who retired from full-time duties at the end of 2010 after serving in the speaker’s role since…

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January 21, 2011

Angels: the good and the bad

by Kathy Birkett  In the late 1970s, you could find few books on angels, while there were many on demons and the occult. More recently, the trend has reversed. But what is being written on the topic? Unfortunately, many of the ideas presented in these…

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