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September 18, 2014

New issue of Lutheran Theological Review now available

ONLINE – Volume 26 of Lutheran Theological Review is now available to download online. Lutheran Theological Review is an annual journal published by the two seminary faculties of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC): Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) and Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton). The journal…

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September 16, 2014

Seminaries welcome new students as 2014-2015 school year begins

  CANADA – September marked the beginning of a new school year for both of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) seminaries. The seminaries’ shared theme for this academic year comes from the writings of St. Paul: “Train yourself for godliness” (1 Timothy 4:7). Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS)…

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September 10, 2014

Who ya gonna call again?

by Ted Giese “When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, ‘It is a ghost!’ and they cried out in fear” (Matthew 14:36). It wasn’t a ghost, though: it was Jesus. In fact, Jesus hadn’t even gone to the…

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September 9, 2014

Why read the Bible?

by Mike Bieber What’s the benefit of reading the Bible? As far as questions go, that doesn’t seem too hard to answer! But when I begin to answer it, a different question immediately comes to mind: the Bible is so full of wisdom and direction,…

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September 8, 2014

Mozambique’s Lutherans eager for first ordinations

MOZAMBIQUE – Thanks to the work of the Kapasseni Project and other partners, Lutheran missions in Mozambique continue to flourish. Three new congregations have been established in the past year, with more than 100 people attending the first service in each new village. The Mozambique…

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September 5, 2014

“Man proposes, but God disposes:” Archaeology in Israel in the midst of war

by Stephen Chambers You never know what kind of surprises you’re going to run across on an archaeological dig. Most of these surprises are pleasant, like finding a coin, an intact jar or bottle, or maybe even a stunning bit of fresco (see “It’s a…

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