Category: Headline

March 4, 2020

Online Churches, Robot Priests: Contemporary Technology and the Church

  by Mathew Block In 2017, hundreds of thousands of Protestants (Lutherans included) travelled to Wittenberg, Germany to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. For many, it was no doubt a pilgrimage of sorts, with visitors hoping to spend their time connecting more deeply…

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February 26, 2020

What Is…

by Marvin Bublitz We are heading into another Lenten season of the Church Year. Every time I hear Pilate ask Jesus, “What is truth?” the irony strikes me: here is Jesus, standing right in front of him. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the…

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February 25, 2020

Misguided Mercy: Understanding Canada’s End of Life Legislation

by Leah Koetting Block In 2014, I wrote a feature for The Canadian Lutheran highlighting the imminent legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada. In the years since then, not only have these acts indeed become legal, they are becoming increasingly common as time…

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February 24, 2020

You Are Now Entering the Mission Field

by Timothy Teuscher Some of our congregations have a sign over the exit door of their church with these words inscribed: “You Are Now Entering the Mission Field.” But what exactly does this mean? The Table of Duties—that often overlooked third section of the Small…

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February 20, 2020

Boards of Regents meet in Edmonton

EDMONTON – On February 4-5, 2020 the Boards of Regents from Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS), St. Catharines, and Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS), Edmonton, held their annual joint meeting at CLS. The two boards met together with reports given on each seminary by presidents Rev….

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February 18, 2020

Canada Today: Understanding the Times

By Michael Schutz In our circles, we’re pretty good at dealing with God’s Word. We rightly focus on doing sound biblical exegesis, which is the task of interpreting the Bible based on what the Bible actually says. To do good biblical exegesis, we need to…

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