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Saturday Selections – Sept 19, 2026
What’s one of the biggest things Christians struggle with in college? “So what is it that people struggle with the most? The average believer on the college campus looks around and realizes that virtually every single person he knows, including…
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NewsDonald Trump, G.K. Chesterton, and the 10,000 Commandments
During his campaign, Donald Trump promised he would get rid of two regulations for every one that he added. Why make such a pledge? Because…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 12, 2018
5 questions to ask a book before you read it Tim Challies lists 5 questions to “help you filter the few books you will read from the…
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MusicU2 shows us how love can hurt
It’s been quite a week for U2. In the space of just four days, the Irish rock band took public stands in favor of homosexuality,…
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Saturday Selections – April 28, 2018
Rosaria Butterfield on hospitality On how hospitality is both easier and more radical than we know. And far more important too! Why I am a…
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NewsSouth Korean babies: going, going….
Last year South Korea had the lowest number of babies born since their statistics agency started tracking this back in 1970. The decline has been…
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NewsSaturday Selections – March 31, 2018
Materially blessed like no other generation “…if the media truly reported the important changes in the world, “they could have run the headline NUMBER OF…
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HomosexualityWhen a gay couple wants you to help them celebrate sin
Back in 2012, an American couple that rented out their barn for weddings ran into trouble when two ladies wanted to reserve it for a…
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News“Non-binary” fellow takes on feminist law
In mid March news broke of yet another “first,” this time in an Oregon county where Venn Sage Wylde, a “non-binary candidate” – a man…
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NewsGlenn Beck on Stephen Hawking (1942-2018): When almost right is completely wrong
When renown theoretical-physicist and atheist Stephen Hawking, 76, passed away March 14, it made headlines around the world. He was probably the world’s best known…
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NewsEpiscopalians consider non-binary/feminine pronouns for God
The 1.7 million member Episcopal Church opposes the death penalty, supports legalized abortion, and ordains both women and homosexuals into office. Now one diocese has…
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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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Saturday 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…