All posts tagged lutheran theology
Living as One Body
by Marvin Bublitz Times are changing in the life of many congregations. It seems like only yesterday that our pews were full and we had more than enough people to serve in offices. A vacancy was only for a short time, as the number of…
Bound to Sin? Luther’s Bondage of the Will
by James Kellerman If people know of one writing by Martin Luther, it is his 95 Theses. Surprisingly, though, Luther never named it one of his best writings. Instead, that honour belongs to The Bondage of the Will, which is celebrating its 500th anniversary this…
What Is Your Dearest Treasure?
by Timothy Teuscher Our synod’s ‘Together One’ campaign, which is in its initial stages, is intended to provide earthly treasures to support the preaching of God’s Word and administration of the Sacraments in all our congregations and missions, so that people now and in the…
The Road to Lutheranism
by Robin Dalloo One of the growing trends in North American church life today is the movement of young people away from Evangelical and Protestant churches for Roman Catholicism or Orthodoxy—or at least that’s a claim often made online. Believing that these two churches are…
Strengthening the Church in Southeast Asia
SOUTHEAST ASIA – From mid-September to mid-October, Rev. M.L. Smith, Director of International Missions for Lutheran Church–Canada, visited our mission fields in Thailand and Cambodia, spending ten days teaching in each country. His visit was spent strengthening the church’s ongoing partnership with local pastors, deaconesses, and church…
Redundant – Part 2
by Robert Mohns In my last article, I noted that the word redundant comes to us from the Latin word redundare, which carries the sense of surging upward. This summer we have had tsunami alerts on our West Coast because of earthquakes on the…