Category: Table Talk
Higher Education and You
by Mathew Block When you think of “higher education” in a Christian context, you probably think of seminary. That’s especially true around this time of the year. Just recently Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) celebrated the graduation and first calls of a new class of pastors, as…
Table Talk: God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity
By: Mathew Block Few mysteries in the Christian faith can be said to rival that of the nature of the Godhead. We confess God to be three distinct Persons and yet one God. But how can God be three and yet one? Like all good…
Table Talk: Serving those who serve
By: Mathew Block “I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf” (Romans 15:30). With these words, St. Paul called on the Christians in…
Table Talk: Draw Us Up, O Lord
By: Mathew Block “Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.” These words, taken from the writings of St. Augustine, are a reminder that no one finds true peace outside of God. That doesn’t stop…
Table Talk: “That’s Too Catholic!”
In A Tale of a Tub, Jonathan Swift tells the story of three brothers who receive coats from their dying father. His will explains that they are not to add or subtract anything from these coats, and gives careful instruction as to their use. At…
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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