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Sunday@CMU: September 2025
Sunday, September 7, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Reading the Gospel of Luke with Junior High Students
This month on Sunday@CMU, we hear from CMU alumna Julia Thiessen. Julia is a teacher at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate and a member of Charleswood Mennonite Church in Winnipeg. In this series of meditations we are rebroadcasting, she reflects on teaching the Gospel of Luke to grade eight students, and seeing the biblical stories through their lens.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: May 2020
Sunday, May 10, 2020 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: The Believer's Church Bible Commentary: A Way Into Scripture For All
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are rebroadcasting a series by CMU's President Dr. Cheryl Pauls, in which she reads selections from books in The Believer's Church Bible Commentary series. Written by past and present CMU professors, these excerpts act as a form of meditation and reflection.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: September 2019
Sunday, September 1, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: The Believer's Church Bible Commentary: A Way Into Scripture For All
Speaker: Cheryl Pauls
Read MoreFaculty: In Their Own Words – Dr. Pierre Gilbert
Saturday, September 1, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Dr. Pierre Gilbert, Associate Professor of Bible and Theology, has taught at CMU and Concord College (one of CMU's founding colleges) since 1999.
What do you love about your work here?
Read MoreFaculty: In Their Own Words – Dr. Gordon Zerbe
Friday, June 1, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Dr. Gordon Zerbe, Professor of New Testament, has taught at CMU and CMBC (one of CMU's founding colleges) since 1990.
What did you teach this past semester that you were most excited about?
Read MoreFace2Face | The Bible Tells Me So... Doesn't It? (video)
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 @ 1:23 PM
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Questions for Conversation
- Where have you come from? What assumptions and convictions has your church tradition given you to understand the role of the Bible in the life of faith? How have (or do) these assumptions and convictions shaped your faith experience?
- Where are you now? What issues or challenges have your church's assumptions and convictions about Scripture opened for you? Where and how has it been hard for you to understand Scripture as the authority you thought it ought to be? What questions do you have about interpreting Scripture?
Sunday@CMU: February 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Sunday@CMU is a 15-minute radio program that features biblical meditations from current and emeritus professors, music from CMU ensembles and choirs, and interviews with faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Host and Producer: Aaron Epp, Alumni Writer & Social Media Coordinator
Read MoreCMU to celebrate publication of Philippians with book launch event
Thursday, November 17, 2016 @ 11:34 AM
Canadian Mennonite University invites the public to a book launch celebrating the release of Philippians, a new Bible commentary by New Testament scholar Dr. Gordon Zerbe.
The event takes place Thursday, November 24 at 7:00 PM in Marpeck Commons (2299 Grant Ave.). In addition to hearing from Zerbe, who will lead attendees on a “virtual tour through Paul’s Philippi,” people will have the one-time opportunity to purchase copies of the book at a 30 per cent discount at CommonWord Bookstore and Resource Centre.
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