Category: Columns

November 17, 2022

Always at work for you and in you

by Marvin Bublitz Many kids are returning to school as I write this, and I just watched a group walk past the house to catch the bus. It made me think back to my school days, certain memories that always seem to come back to…

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November 7, 2022

We Value Unity

by Timothy Teuscher “We value unity in doctrine, proclamation, and practice, as expressed in Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.” That is the third value statement identified by a vast majority of pastors, deacons, and lay people from across our synod as part of the Strategic…

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November 1, 2022

Water and the Word

by David Haberstock This summer I was honoured to serve as the chaplain for the 2022 National Youth Gathering under the theme “In Not Of,” based on Philippians 3:20: “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus…

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October 26, 2022

Beyond this World’s View

by Robert Mohns “I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account” (Philippians 1:23-24). For quite some time now, Paul’s opening…

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October 17, 2022

This Body of Death

by Mathew Block “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” | Genesis 1:27 The creation of humankind is probably one of the best-known stories in Scripture. Just ask any Sunday…

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September 6, 2022

The Open Door

by Robert Mohns Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and have not denied My name. | Revelation 3:8b The open…

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