Category: Feature Stories

August 12, 2018

ILC Prepares for 2018 World Conference

BELGIUM – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) will hold its 26th (11th) World Conference September 26-29, 2018 in Antwerp, Belgium, meeting under the theme “Ecclesiology and Ecumenism.” The event will also mark the ILC’s 25th anniversary in its current form. Among other business, the World…

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August 10, 2018

In Review: Mission Impossible: Fallout

By: Rev. Ted Giese Plot takes back seat to action With blood, sweat, and a broken ankle Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt bursts onto the screen for yet another Mission Impossible film in Mission: Impossible – Fallout. It’s called Mission Impossible not mission possible for…

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August 10, 2018

Consider All The Works Thy Hand Has Made

by Timothy Teuscher We who bear the name of Christ by virtue of our baptism are a new creation. And while we live in this world, we are not, as He says, to be “of the world” (John 17:14). St. John tells us not to…

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August 8, 2018

A Light in the Darkness

By: Mathew Block There is prepared on high My heritage, my lot; Though here on earth I sink and die, My heaven shall fail me not. Though here my days are dark, And oft my tears must rain, Whene’er my Saviour’s Light I mark, Lo,…

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August 7, 2018

Supreme Court Rules against Christian University

OTTAWA – On June 15, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against Trinity Western University (TWU), which was seeking to have the law societies of Ontario and British Columbia’s refusal to accredit graduates of TWU’s proposed new law school overturned. The societies had stated they…

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August 1, 2018

LWF unilaterally suspends regular meetings with the ILC

GENEVA – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has unilaterally moved to suspend regular meetings with the International Lutheran Council (ILC), following a joint decision by LWF General Secretary Martin Junge and LWF President Panti Filibus Musa. Dr. Junge announced the decision in a report to…

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