Category: Table Talk

June 5, 2023

Set Apart

by Mathew Block When God established Israel, He warned the people that they must not act like the nations around them. “You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in…

Read More

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…

Read More

February 6, 2023

Walk in the Light

by Mathew Block “Whoever says he abides in [Jesus] ought to walk in the same way in which He walked.” So writes St. John in his first epistle (1 John 2:6). We follow after Jesus on the way because He is the Way (John 14:6)….

Read More

December 8, 2022

Your Word Leaped from Heaven

by Mathew Block “While gentle silence enveloped all things, and night in its swift course was now half gone, Your all-powerful Word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne…” — Wisdom 18:14-15 This passage, taken from one of the books of the Apocrypha, is one…

Read More

October 17, 2022

This Body of Death

by Mathew Block “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” | Genesis 1:27 The creation of humankind is probably one of the best-known stories in Scripture. Just ask any Sunday…

Read More

August 8, 2022

Standing Together

by Mathew Block In June, Lutheran Church–Canada held its synodical convention, our first national gathering since the decision to restructure in 2017. I’ve been asked by several people how the convention went, and my repeated refrain has been: “Joyful!” One of the blessings of our…

Read More