Category: Feature Stories

May 17, 2017

The Promise: A lesson from the past for the future

by Ted Giese The Promise is a sweeping historical drama set in 1915 at the beginning of the Armenian Genocide at the hands of Turkey’s Ottoman Empire. The current Turkish government and its predecessors publicly deny this holocaust took place. Viewers need to know that…

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May 9, 2017

History of the Reformation: The Excommunication of Luther

by Mathew Block What began in 1517 as a theological argument over the nature of indulgences quickly kindled to far greater flame. By July 1519, Luther was publicly denying at the Leipzig Debate that the pope (or councils, for that matter) had authority to create…

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May 3, 2017

Luther’s Reformation: Yes, We Are Celebrating

by Robert Bugbee Down the years people have remembered Luther’s Reformation in countless ways. In some places, Lutheran Christians emphasized the virtues of Luther and his co-workers in a way that almost made it seem like we are “better people” than folks on the other…

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April 25, 2017

Back to the Catechism: The Creed

This article reflects on the section of Luther’s Small Catechism dealing with the Creed. Read the relevant portion online in contemporary English here. We All Believe in One True God by Edward G. Kettner When Luther outlined the order of the catechism, he noted that…

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April 21, 2017

The Case for Christ – A Step in the Right Direction for Christian Films

by Ted Giese The Case for Christ is a docudrama detailing the story of a Chicago Tribune reporter, Lee Strobel, who attempts to disprove Christianity after his wife, Leslie, becomes a Christian following a “chance” encounter with a nurse who saves the life of their…

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April 19, 2017

Restructuring Update: Proposed New Bylaws of LCC

CANADA – The Commission on Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) has completed and placed the proposed new Act and Bylaws for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) online. Download the proposed bylaws here. [Note: An unfinished draft version of the bylaws was inadvertently posted when this news story…

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