Category: Columns
Lessons from the non-rapture
What can we learn from the Harold Camping “Rapture” experience? 1. False prophets are still with us. They aren’t confined to biblical times 2. Teaching about the end times and the return of Christ, even with believers, is confused and littered with false teaching. 3. …
Fasten your seatbelts for the return of Jesus…or not.
by Michael Keith Jesus may return today or Sunday, May 22 or any day thereafter but I feel somewhat justified in saying He will not return on Saturday, May 21. The news media is buzzing because of another attempt by someone to name the day…
Lutheran: more than a survey answer
If Statistics Canada asks you to fill in the 2011 National Household Survey, at some point you will answer a question about your religion. For some it’s easy because they practice their religion regularly by attending church, synagogue, mosque or other places of worship. For…
The power of little words
by David Bode Have you ever noticed how important little words are? Take, for example, the difference between the words a and the. We call one the “indefinite article.” When we talk about a picture, we could be referring to any one of hundreds of…
Words of life in a dying world
by Don Schiemann As a pastor, I have often been called to the hospital when a church member is close to death. There are a number of Bible passages I read to the dying to comfort and strengthen them in their last hours—in some cases,…
An Easter greeting from President Robert Bugbee
The Resurrection of Our Lord April 24, 2011 Dear people of God: I want you all to know how grateful I am to be a member of Synod’s family. The joy being preached and sung in your church today, wherever you are, brings me gladness,…
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