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Saturday Selections – Aug 1, 2026
Here I am Three gents, singing up storm, with lyrics based on Genesis 22:10-13 – this is a foot-stomping hand-clapping delight! The delightful duty of married sex “God commanding a husband and wife to have sex is like a master…
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NewsNew Gerber “spokesbaby” has Down syndrome
Since 2010, Gerber, the baby food company, had conducted an annual photo contest to find real-life Gerber babies – the winner is then their “spokesbaby”…
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NewsLeaving Frozen out in the cold?
For show biz, as elsewhere, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Hollywood stands to benefit from whatever controversy it can generate. Disney is one…
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NewsEuthanasia in the Netherlands: So bad even some supporters are now opposed
The Netherlands is a pioneer in the field of euthanasia. In 2002, it was the first country in the world to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and…
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NewsBilly Graham (1918-2018): The last of the Great Revivalists
Without a doubt, Billy Graham has had a huge role in shaping American Christianity. His death on February 21, 2018 signals the passing of an…
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NewsFeminists vs. transgenders? Why the Left is turning on itself.
In Judges 7 Israel is faced with a fearsome foe, and God decides to use that foe’s strength against it. Gideon and his 300 get to watch as…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb 10, 2018
What does a kind husband look like? Some thoughts on the lies that husbands can tell about God in the way they treat their wives,…
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News26-year-old woman gives birth to 25-year-old girl
We start counting our age from the day of our birth, but if we think on that for a moment we realize that’s not, technically,…
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NewsChick-fil-A is always closed on Sunday… except when an ox falls into a pit
The American fast food chain Chick-fil-A is a favorite among Christians for the owners’ unwavering stand against Sunday opening. But it turns out this unwavering…
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NewsChip and Joanna Gaines and global warming
When Fixer Upper’s Chip and Joanna Gaines announced earlier this month that they were pregnant with child number five, the congratulations rolled in. Thousands of…
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NewsThe Mike Pence rule won’t save us…but can it help us?
In the spring of 2017 the Washington Post got mainstream media pundits chortling, when they revealed that US Vice President Mike Pence had a rule that…
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NewsBest pro-life signs at the US March for Life
This year’s US March for Life took place on January 19 and marked the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision, which…
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Saturday Selections – Jan 20, 2018
Parents, your teens are being pressured to ‘sext.’ Even at Christian high schools. Jonathon Van Maren asks parents to stop being naive – this is…
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NewsWhen marriage means only: “a way to avoid taxes”
Matt Murphy and Michael O’Sullivan are good friends – they’ve been friends for almost 30 years. They are also straight. And, as of the Dec….
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NewsTop 10 RP articles of 2017
At year’s end it seemed a good opportunity to review the top articles of 2017. This past year we changed from being a subscription-based print…
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NewsThe Top 5 most overlooked articles of 2017
Next week we’re going to share a Top 10 of the most popular article we’ve published in 2017, but today we’re sharing 5 articles that…
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Saturday Selections – Dec 16, 2017
Ten books every teenager should read It isn’t important that your son or daughter has read all the books on this list, or even any….
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NewsScience politicized: when democracy doesn’t suffice anymore
In the West most citizens take pride in their democratic institutions, pointing to how it’s through democracy that change can be peaceably pursued. Of course,…
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NewsCanadian couples may have had adoption/fostering nixed because of their Christianity
An Alberta couple filed a lawsuit in November, accusing provincial authorities of discrimination after their application to adopt a child was rejected. The suit claims…
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NewsOutraged all the time: why Christians can’t be
When the weekend edition of the Daily Mail reported that British schools were swapping out BC and AD for BCE and CE to avoid offending…
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NewsSurvey: the US is a nation of heretics
A survey conducted last year by LifeWay Research and commissioned by Ligonier Ministries has found that most core Christian beliefs are lost on Americans in…
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Saturday Selections – Nov 11, 2017
It’s not about the cake When a gay couple tries to force a Christian baker to make their wedding cake, it isn’t about the cake…
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Saturday Selections – Nov 4, 2017
Sing a little louder As we approach Remembrance Day, this powerful nine-minute film serves as a reminder that there are battles to be fought today…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct 21, 2017
Welcoming vs. affirming In the LGBTQ debate there is a demand that for a church to be welcoming, it must also affirm people’s lifestyle. Trevin…
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Saturday Selections – Sept 30, 2017
This edition has been brought to you by the number 6: six items, six actions, and six surprises…. God painted ants on fruit fly wings…
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NewsDestruction only destroys – the “broken window fallacy”
We are halfway into the 2017 hurricane season and tropical mega-storms in the Atlantic basin have already broken several records. Hurricane Irma has sustained its…
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NewsCanadian colonialism dressed up as aid
Red tomatoes and purple onions pile in front of her. Behind is sugar, bagged by the kilo. Bottles of Fanta and 7-Up stand on a…
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NewsRestaurant chain won’t compromise on the 4th Commandment
The Chick-fil-A restaurant in the brand-new stadium of the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons is going to be closed on all but one of the…
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NewsMedia bias and Australia’s marriage debate
This month and next Australians are being given the opportunity to have their say on same-sex “marriage.” The Liberal-National (LNP) coalition ran their election campaign…
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Saturday selections – Sept 9, 2017
A baker’s half dozen worth of articles from Reformed and other sources that were just too good not to share… A new translation of Schilder’s…
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Saturday selections – Aug 25, 2017
A baker’s half dozen of the best articles this week from Reformed and others sources…. Thou shalt not bail How many people are coming to…
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Saturday selections – Aug 12, 2017
The best articles this week, from Reformed and others sources…. What is the Shia Sunni divide? Did you know some observant Muslims pray only three…
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NewsDr. Jordan Peterson on…
On outwitting the obstructionists At a talk at Harvard in mid-April earlier this year Dr. Jordan Peterson shared advice on how we can bring back…
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NewsHave the MTV Awards set the stage for a transgender/feminist throw down?
At this year’s MTV Movie and TV Awards, actress Emma Watson was the proud recipient of what she called the “first acting award in history…
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NewsWhy euthanasia restrictions fail – “safeguards” become “barriers to access”
Canada’s doctor-assisted suicide law is barely a year old, and already the safeguards in it are being challenged. The most recent challenge was this June…
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NewsWhat if speeding tickets were paid to charities?
As Kuyper said, “There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not…
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NewsPregnant student banned from grad walk – did both sides get it half right, or, in other words, wrong?
Should a pregnant student be allowed to walk with her class at graduation? That wouldn’t even be a question in any secular school, but it…