The Canadian Lutheran Posts

September 6, 2022

The Open Door

by Robert Mohns Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and have not denied My name. | Revelation 3:8b The open…

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September 1, 2022

We Value Grace

  by Timothy Teuscher At this past June’s synod convention, information on the proposed Strategic Framework for Lutheran Church–Canada was presented, which includes a number of value statements that inform and direct who we are and undergird what we strive to do in our walk…

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August 31, 2022

Twenty-four baptisms in Edmonton!

EDMONTON – On May 15, 2022, twenty-four children from twelve families received new life in Christ through baptism at All Saints Lutheran Church in Edmonton. After the special afternoon baptismal service, a meal of traditional Oromo food was served.  “We thank God for each child…

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August 30, 2022

A Temporary Tribulation

by David Haberstock And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: “The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say…

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August 30, 2022

St. Peter’s Oyen closes

OYEN, Alta. – On Wednesday evening, June 8, 2022, the eight members of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Oyen gathered for a closing service. The congregation was originally located at Sibbald, where it was organized in 1943 with ten charter members in attendance. Rev. Detlefsen…

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August 29, 2022

Standing Firm in the Faith: Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms

by John A. Maxfield The theme of our meeting together as Lutheran Church–Canada is “Stand Firm in the Faith,” and I have been asked to address our convention on the topic of Martin Luther’s famous stand at the Diet of Worms in April of 1521….

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