Category: Recent Articles
-
NewsSaturday Selections – August 27, 2022
Joe Rogan vs. Babylon Bee on abortion! (10 min) Last week Seth Dillon of Babylon Bee made an appearance on the world’s most popular podcast,…
-
ParentingQuantity, not quality: good parenting takes time
In The New Tolerance authors Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler share the way one parent taught his teenage son to see through the worldly messages…
-
Dying WellCome, sweet death, Come blessed rest!
Last week, while working in the backyard, I chanced to speak with one of our neighbors. There is only a wire fence separating our properties…
-
NewsSaturday Selections – August 20, 2022
Trick shots from level 1 to 1oo School has been out for a while now – are the kids getting antsy with nothing to do?…
-
Being the ChurchHospitality hacks for folks who want to be, but keep finding excuses not to be, hospitable
As Christians, we know that hospitality is important, but if you’ve ever tried it, you also know that it can be really hard, and we…
-
NewsSaturday Selections – August 13, 2022
Fantastic fireflies! (8 min) Most everyone would say fireflies are super cool, but we really have no idea. God has crafted a creature that has…
-
Articles – MoviesHere’s the problem with just closing your eyes during the sex scenes
Several years ago, Kate Beckinsale was conned into signing a movie contract that required nudity—something she didn’t want to do. With her acting career in…
-
Book listsVirginia Lee Burton: Queen of nostalgia
A mom reading Katy and the Big Snow to her daughters might remember her own parents reading the same book to her. Since they first came…
-
InternetIs our curiosity controlling us, or are we controlling it?
Curiosity can be downright lethal… and not only to cats. In our Internet age, curiosity can quickly take us where we must not go. But…
-
ParentingChildren’s games that mom & dad can play without going batty
I grew up with board games of all sorts, playing 5-6 hour “train games” with my brother and his friends, or Settlers of Catan back when…
-
ParentingThe high cost of fatherhood: being a blessing to your children is hard work
Sociologists and politicians on the right of the political spectrum often tell us that one of the biggest problems facing society is the lack of…
-
ParentingChores are good for our kids, and the earlier the better
Something parents have long suspected but few children have believed has been verified by research: chores are good for kids. The research that backs this…
-
DocumentaryMicrocosmos
Documentary / Nature 80 min / 1996 Rating: 9/10 Have you ever wondered what it’s like for bugs when it rains, getting hit by water…
-
NewsSaturday Selections – July 23, 2022
Wikipedia’s bias (8 min) One of Wikipedia’s founders now describes it as propaganda for the leftwing. The passive husband A passive husband can come off…
-
InternetThe smartphone stack
You’re out with some friends having a nice dinner. But one has been talking on his phone for the last ten minutes, and a second…
-
Apologetics 101The don’t and do’s of answering fools
In Proverbs 26:4-5 God says we shouldn’t argue with fools…except when we should. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself…
-
Recent ArticlesWhat is Grace?
Through sheer repetition, some Christian words seem to blend into each other and we forget their distinct meanings. That’s why the word grace is sometimes used…
-
AssortedHolding on to wisdom: What would a younger you tell you to do?
I’ve written on marriage and headship in the past but when a friend asked me for my “expert take” on a marital matter he had…
-
Adult non-fictionTop 3 marriage books
Over my years in the ministry, I’ve taught many marriage preparation classes. From time to time, I’ve also counseled couples with marriage problems. In my…
-
NewsSaturday Selections – July 9, 2022
Great moments in unintended consequences (4 min) When governments don’t have even a basic understanding of economics, many unintended consequences can result. What I learned…
-
DramaTo save a life
Drama 120 minutes; 2010 Rating: 7/10 To Save a Life is about teen suicide… and also premarital sex, abortion, underage drinking, cutting, bullying, divorce, divorce’s impact…
-
Human RightsA Christian perspective on freedom of speech
This was first published in the June 2010 issue To say American author and columnist Ann Coulter is “outspoken” is rather like saying Solomon was…
-
Adult biographiesPrairie Lion: The Life & Times of Ted Byfield
by Jonathon Van Maren 2022 / 256 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give God works in history through people, some of whom have a particularly significant impact. In Canada,…
-
Recent ArticlesEnvironmentalists: How to tell the bad ones from the good
In 1997, while completing a science fair presentation, 14-year-old Nathan Zohner devised a way to test for bad environmentalists. The first part of his presentation…
-
Parenting“Mom, where’s my toothbrush?” 9 packing tips for before and during the trip
The well-circulated belief that “moms are supposed to know where everything is at every given moment” was humorously illustrated for me two years ago when…
-
PoliticsPolitical tactics 101: reframing the aggressor
The concept of self-defense is easy to understand and its validity is recognized by most people, whether Christian or not. If somebody is attacked, it…
-
MarriageThe surprising secrets of highly happy marriages
What research and the Bible say about the best marriages **** Marriage is meant to mirror Christ and the church. One can scarcely imagine a…
-
AssortedTruth requires you to love and love requires you to be truthful
Contrary to popular opinion, love and truth don’t stand in opposition to one another. In fact, you can’t really have one without the other. To…
-
DocumentaryWhat is a Woman?
Documentary 2022 / 95 minutes Rating: 9 /10 What is a woman? That’s the question that confounded US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson earlier…
-
Recent ArticlesWhat a cross-continent trek taught one pioneer about Sunday rest
My town of Lynden, Washington has a mother, Phoebe Judson, who founded our city, arriving here in 1871. She promoted Sunday closure. Here’s why. In…
-
Apologetics 10110 tales to help us clear away transgender confusion
We live in a time when the obvious is not so. How exactly can we explain to someone who doesn’t get it, that saying you’re…
-
Pro-life – AbortionAbraham Lincoln, on abortion
How would Abraham Lincoln have addressed the biggest moral issue of our time? We don’t have to wonder. While President Lincoln may not have spoken…
-
EvangelismWhen it comes to witnessing, are we just too impatient?
How long would you patiently wait for your morning coffee? Five minutes? Would you even last that long? What if you first had to manually…
-
Recent ArticlesDinosaurs and dead bodies
If Lenin’s body can’t last, how could dinosaur tissue have lasted millions of years? ***** In a Russian laboratory, a team of highly trained Russian…
-
Being the ChurchGod wants young men to be brave, not crazy
Bravery, like most things in life, is learned. To develop it, one must practice. However, it is the very rare young man who wants to…
-
Recent ArticlesWhen Steve wants to be called Sue
It had seemed a regular Monday morning before co-worker Steve arrived. Now his outfit had everyone buzzing: instead of his standard slacks/dress shirt combo, he’d…