Category: Feature Stories

August 7, 2017

Celebrate the Reformation in Style

Note: The deadline for orders for the Reformation T-shirt have been extended to September 13, 2017. CANADA – Celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in style and support LCC missions in the process with a new Reformation T-shirt. The T-shirt features Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC)…

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August 2, 2017

Back to the Catechism: The Lord’s Prayer

This article reflects on the section of Luther’s Small Catechism dealing with The Lord’s Prayer. Read the relevant portion online in contemporary English here. Teach Us to Pray by Edward G. Kettner The Lord’s Prayer is the third part of Luther’s Catechism. We have heard…

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July 31, 2017

Convention 2017: Workbook released, presidential nominees announced

  NOTE: An earlier version of the Workbook inadvertently left off two names from the Commission on Adjudication membership list as well as a chart from the LCCFM report. The story now links to a corrected version of the Workbook. Please note that the corrections…

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July 19, 2017

History of the Reformation: The Diet of Worms

by Mathew Block For Martin Luther, the road seemed destined to lead to martyrdom. He had been summoned to appear before the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Imperial Diet of Worms to answer allegations of heresy. And so he left for Worms on…

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July 6, 2017

Mending the Net: The Reformation and Ecumenism

by John R. Stephenson When Jesus called them into His service, James and John were sitting in the family fishing boat with their father Zebedee, “mending their nets” (Matthew 4:21). After the Resurrection, seven of the apostles had the frustrating experience of spending a whole…

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June 30, 2017

Rosa J. Young: Saint of the Reformation Faith

by Ward I. Yunker Rosa J. Young is not a saint who lived in the Reformation era. But she is certainly a saint of the Reformation faith. In Reformation history, we often refer to the importance of the “First Martin” and a “Second Martin”. The…

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