Category: Feature Stories

February 2, 2012

Canadian Lutherans thank God for the Queen

“We wish you to know that we acknowledge your reign as an undeserved gift from God Himself, and count it a joy to name you in our public prayers on many occasions in our parishes across the country.” So writes President Robert Bugbee of Lutheran…

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January 26, 2012

Archaeology and faith

by Stephen Chambers What does archaeology have to do with faith? That was the big question lurking below the surface in a special evening course Rev. Dr. Steve Chambers taught at Concordia Lutheran Seminary in October and November, 2011. The class was the latest instalment…

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January 25, 2012

What does this mean? Dropping the “Son of God”

This is my Son… the Christ?   Over the past few months, Wycliffe Bible Translators (the largest Bible translation organization in the world) and its partner SIL International have come under fire for producing Muslim-friendly translations of the Scriptures which replace references to the “Father,” “Son,”…

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January 13, 2012

Lutheran Church–Canada marks Sanctity of Life Sunday

by James Morgan The Scriptures tell us that the lives of all people are sacred – whether those people are elderly, disabled, or still growing in their mothers’ wombs. Unfortunately, not everyone shares this belief in the sanctity of life. Abortion is legal in Canada,…

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January 11, 2012

New President in Nicaraguan Partner Church

  by Robert Bugbee Dear friends, It has been an encouraging (and, oh yes, warm!) few days here at the Third Convention of the Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua (ILSN) (Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua), which ended Sunday at the Mission Centre Chapel near Chinandega. Delegates elected Rev. Marvin…

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January 9, 2012

New Spanish VBS resources delight Nicaraguan church workers

by Jane Ford From December 12-18, 2011, pastors and deaconesses from Iglesia Luterana Sínod de Nicaragua (Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua) (ILSN) completed a test run of a new free Spanish-language vacation Bible school (VBS) program. The process began almost a year ago when veteran…

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