The Canadian Lutheran Posts

April 12, 2023

Jesus Revolution: Church history, 20th century-style

by Ted Giese When Janette Smith brings home a hippy hitchhiker named Lonnie Frisbee to meet her father, Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California, Smith is surprised to discover the young man is a street preacher. By embracing the growing swell…

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April 11, 2023

Evangelist commissioned to Niagara area

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – On Sunday, September 11, 2022, Poya Zamani was commissioned and installed as a Lutheran Church–Canada evangelist to the Muslim population in the Niagara area of Ontario.  Poya’s gifts for compassionate conversation and fearless faith were seen in action shortly after his…

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April 10, 2023

Why are you weeping?

by Robert Mohns A man holds his two sons closely. Before them is the grave and the casket-enshrined body of his beautiful bride. The wintery winds blow clumps of snow down upon the grieving family, and it seems to the man as though legions of…

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April 5, 2023

One Story

by Mathew Block Early in the history of the church a heresy arose called Marcionism. Marcion (for whom this error is named) believed that Jesus was the revelation of a more merciful God than the one we see in the Old Testament. He didn’t deny…

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March 29, 2023

LCC calls to prayer for church workers

CANADA – In a recent article, the President’s Ministry Council (PMC) and the boards of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s two seminaries recognized challenges facing our synod and the seminaries who serve her. In addition to other identified commitments, the PMC, in its task of guiding formation…

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March 23, 2023

LCC contributors to Festschrift honouring former ILC Chairman, Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt

INTERNATIONAL – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) has announced that its former Chairman, Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche – SELK), was honoured with a Festschrift to mark his 60th birthday. The Festschrift was presented to Bishop Voigt in…

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