All posts tagged faith
When I Doubt
by Mathew Block The thought arises unbidden and unwelcome. Maybe it comes on quickly. Maybe it comes on slowly—so slowly, in fact, that you never even suspect it’s coming, until one day you wake up and there it is in the back of your mind….
Ashamed of the Gospel
by Mathew Block It’s easy to become discouraged these days as Christians living in Canada. The legalization of euthanasia, attempts to ban graduates of a certain Christian university from entering the legal profession, and ever increasing hostility to public expressions of faith are all evidence…
Honouring Your Father: Star Wars and the Fourth Commandment
by Ted Giese At this point, writing anything about Star Wars is like adding a drop of water into the ocean. Even so, as people welcome Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII), it’s worth taking a look at the previous films, particularly the original…
Welcoming the Prince of Peace in a World of War
by Harold Ristau In light of public response to recent terrorist activity in Europe and elsewhere, we see how powerful fear can be. Although “perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18), our Christian walk is often characterized not by love but instead by doubt….
The Reformation lived and prayed
by Robert Bugbee Lutherans everywhere are gearing up to mark the 500th anniversary of that day—October 31, 1517—when a little-known monk, teaching at a fledgling university at the edge of nowhere, set events in motion which radically changed the established church. Some people lament the…