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Culture Clashes
God, non-God & the myth of neutrality
The subtle myth of neutrality! It works something like this: Christians believe that God exists, right? Unbelievers, on the other hand, believe that God doesn’t exist, right? Now let’s imagine that a Christian and an unbeliever are having a discussion…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 9, 2023
If you can choose your gender, can you choose your race? In this secular video, the presenter compares blackface – whites using black make-up to…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 2, 2023
Minimum wage laws increase homelessness, new study finds Despite the best of intentions, minimum wage laws don’t create wealth because they don’t create jobs –…
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In a NutshellTidbits – December 2023
“You better watch out!” It’s nearing that time of year again, when you might hear the chorus of a familiar Bing Crosby hit. I always…
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Movie listsTop 10 films on PureFlix right now
Pureflix is a per-month subscription streaming service that provides Christian content on both sides of the US/Canadian border. While much of its content is mediocre,…
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Recent ArticlesIs creation worth fighting about?
Does it matter? Of all the questions in the creation vs. theistic evolution debate, whether the debate even matters may be the biggest, and…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 25, 2023
Refuting Mormonism – is there only one God? (9 min) It can be a bit confusing to nail down whether Mormons teach that we can…
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Recent ArticlesMake it up as you go: Alfred Kinsey’s sex research
When an immoral agenda is being advocated on the basis of “scientific” evidence, there is good reason to be suspicious. Science has a certain aura…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 18, 2023
Why Jeff Bezos isn’t as wealthy as you think This is not a Christian video, but in explaining why covetous plans for Amazon founder Jeff…
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In a NutshellTidbits – November 2023
Practice makes better I had a friend who makes it a point of pride not to open doors for women because. “Women are just as…
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Gender rolesDifferent is good! God created male and female
God created males and females to be very different from each other. That’s obvious to us as Christians and to most other clear-thinking people. But…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 11, 2023
How to help your kids establish Bible reading habits Dr. David Murray with help for parents in setting their family priorities… Your job is not…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 4, 2023
Click on the titles below for the linked articles… One reason rent is high Rent control involves the government deciding for apartment building owners the…
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Amazing stories from times pastThe Parable of Ryker and Samwell
Luke rightly says that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. That is to say, the heart is the core of one’s…
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Media biasDear Mainstream Media: 4 strikes and you’re out!
Like many of you, I grew up with the mainstream media being a part of our household. We got the Globe and Mail delivered daily;…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 28, 2023
Should Christian participate in Halloween? (2 min) A very short take, offered for your consideration… Economics for beginners: 5 articles to get you started Economics…
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NewsPro-life flag proposal gets town talking about worldviews
A proposal by the Smithers Pro-Life Society for their community to fly a pro-life flag was unanimously rejected by their town council, but not without…
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ParentingPreparing to inherit the earth
Current events make it appear that Christianity is on a downward slide in North America, as well as all the other Western countries. But are…
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Pro-life – AbortionRPTV: Katrina Marshall on being a pro-life advocate
TRANSCRIPT Welcome to Reformed Perspective, I’m Alexandra Ellison. Today we bring an inspiring video of a young woman who has been working to make a…
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In a NutshellTidbits – October 2023
Halloween in a small American town I live in a delightful and occasionally comical small town where the church-attending Christians make up a solid majority…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 14, 2023
Click on the article titles below to go to the linked articles… Evidence for design: the push-pull principle Evolution is supposed to happen in small,…
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Human RightsThe biblical and historical basis for parental rights
With the onset of parenthood, couples suddenly find that this new role is now dominating their lives. Children have become a central factor in how…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 7, 2023
The challenges and reality of climate modeling (5 min) Steven Koonin is a scientist whose experiences include time as undersecretary of science at the Department…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept. 30, 2023
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles. Everything has to be working just right, right from the start (2 min) For…
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Indigenous peoplesResidential schools: the lesson that’s being lost
As history teachers never fail to remind us, “those who don’t learn their history are doomed to repeat it.” The double meaning is most often…
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Indigenous peoplesA call to action: loving our Indigenous neighbors
Many Canadians, Christians included, are unfamiliar with the painful history of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Chief Dan George, born in North Vancouver and former leader…
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Internet…the Internet can pervert anything
**** Warning: the following addresses pornography and sexual content Born in 1998, I grew up in the generation when the iPod Touch and cellphones were…
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Indigenous peoplesThe Truth matters: analyzing the facts beneath “mass burials” at residential schools
“Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school have uncovered 171 ‘plausible burials’…” That’s what The Globe and Mail…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept. 23, 2023
This is why you don’t ask children to “choose” their gender Back in 2007, Barbara Walters interviewed a family and their 7-year-old boy about his…
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AssortedHow to live your best life: knowing, and participating in, the greatest (true) story
I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller. ― G.K. Chesterton ***** There’s a…
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Christian educationDo we need public schools?
I once heard a lady say, “If it wasn’t for the government, none of us would be able to read or write.” She was referring…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept. 16, 2023
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… The terrific trunk! (8 min) “The elephant’s truck is the Swiss Army Knife of…
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In a NutshellTidbits – September 2023
Season your words “Every day, our words could write a book of 50-60 pages (cited by John MacArthur in his sermon ‘Exposing the Truth About…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept. 9, 2023
Click on the titles below for the linked articles… Can AI ever become conscious? (10 min) As computers become more powerful, will they ever become…
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Christian educationHow’s this for a graduate profile?
Marcus Schroeder had 4 minutes to call his city to repentance. The 19-year-old was ready. **** As parents, teachers, and students, we put a lot…
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DatingDude, where’s your bride?
As I speak at different venues across the country, one of the recurring questions I get comes from women, young women in particular. Their question…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept. 2, 2023
Cessationist trailer Click below for the trailer of a great new documentary that takes on “cessationism,” the belief that the miraculous gifts of the New…