Category: Recent Articles
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NewsDominion Report: a free and solidly Christian news source for Canadians
The Dominion Report is a Canadian news website (DominionReport.ca) and newsletter that offers up a Christian perspective on the week’s events. It delivers that perspective…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 30, 2024
Rich Mullins: Creed (4 min) Rich Mullins riffing off of the Apostles’ Creed. How C.S. Lewis predicted the pronoun push… …and in a passage in…
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Internet3 things we need to tell our kids about ChatGPT
ChatGPT and the many other new AI text generators might strike parents as problematic, since kids are now able to turn to this tool and,…
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InternetTechnology in Reformed schools
With great technological innovation comes great responsibility. In an era where the digital landscape transforms the way we live, learn, and connect, Reformed Christian schools…
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Pro-life – FosteringFostering? I could never!
“Oh, I could never foster. I could never part with kids after having them in my home for a while. It would break my heart….
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NewsHealth minister will protect kids from nicotine, but not castration?
Last week, the federal government announced that it will “explore legislation and regulatory options” to address the growing popularity of youth using certain “stop smoking”…
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NewsElection day delay could cost taxpayers millions
On March 20 the Liberal/NDP government proposed bumping the 2025 election date back a week because the election would otherwise be at the same time…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 23, 2024
How to undermine election trust The title of this video – “how to steal an election” – isn’t as much the issue here as the…
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NewsMore Canadians are “Alberta bound”
“It’s good to be Alberta bound” sang Canadian folk legend Gordon Lightfoot. Looking at Statistics Canada’s Quarterly Demographic Estimates, many Canadians are taking this to…
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NewsLeaked documents show “gender medicine” is neither science nor medicine
Leaked internal files from WPATH, the world’s leading transgender medical association, reveal doctors openly acknowledging patients’ regrets, painful complications, and life-threatening conditions resulting from the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 16, 2024
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… If $50/hr is a good minimum wage why not $100… or $1,000? (9 min)…
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NewsChristian healthcare workers taking province to court over vaccinations
In the fall of 2021, Hilary Vandergugten was working as a charge nurse in the emergency department of a hospital in the Fraser Valley when…
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In a NutshellTidbits – March 2024
The world’s only pro-life comedian? Nicholas De Santo is an Iranian-Italian who performs what he calls the “only pro-life stand-up act” which, he notes, also…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 9, 2024
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… College isn’t for everyone (3 min) Christians listening to this Mike Rowe clip might…
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NewsLawyer learns she should double-check ChatGPT’s work
Last month, a BC lawyer was caught submitting an AI-generated legal application to a family court. Chong Ke was representing a father asking that his…
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InternetTalking to teens: How does social media fit into a Christian worldview?
TRANSCRIPT Welcome to Reformed Perspective; I’m Alexandra Ellison. Did you know that in Canada almost everyone is on social media? About 89% of the population…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 2, 2024
Click on the titles below for the linked articles… How did we get the Bible? (12 min) Was the Bible authorized, or simply recognized, by…
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Economics – Home FinancesTiny home contentment
As dusk was settling in on a foggy November day in BC’s Bulkley Valley, I parked my car on the driveway next to the home…
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InternetThe challenge of keeping technology in its proper place
I grew up in a home without a TV. But we did have a Commodore 64, a primitive computer (pre-Windows) that we used almost exclusively…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 24, 2024
Click on the titles below for the linked articles… Shane & Shane with “You’ve already won” (7 min) Love this one – this is why…
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AssortedWhat makes a person instantly unattractive?
I asked this question on a Facebook page for secular women over 60 years of age: “What makes a person instantly unattractive?” I was intrigued…
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AssortedA lament for our nation
Lament is not a common word today. It is rare to hear of lamentation in our secular culture, and even within the Church we don’t…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 17, 2024
Failing at failure? This could be a great way to bring up an important conversation with our kids. The fear of failure stops many children…
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AssortedLove is…
Love is a mostly misunderstood word – it’s mistaken for sex, for sentimentality, for some sort of chemical thing that just happens, or doesn’t, and…
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Recent ArticlesMy dog ate the evidence for evolution
3 evolutionary theories that are based on the lack of evidence for evolution ***** There are plenty of great, readable books that expose the many…
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AssortedGambling as the new norm? Christians still need to say no
Estimates had Americans betting a record $23 billion on Super Bowl LVIII, up more than a third from the $16 billion that was wagered in…
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AssortedSparrow blessing
Mao’s “Four Pest Campaign” shows why a nation’s leaders need to be humble about their expertise, and about what they attempt ***** Most mornings I…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 10, 2024
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… Remy: Look what you made me do A serious point can be had from…
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NewsOne down, three to go: New Brunswick’s private abortion facility closes down
Last week, Clinic 554, New Brunswick’s only privately-owned abortion facility, shut down. Dr. Adrian Edgar, the facility’s director, stated that its closure was due to…
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In a NutshellTidbits – February 2024
Financial potty training While the illustration mentions a VCR tape, the point is as sharp as ever. The late Gary North (1941-2022) got this from…
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InternetDemystifying ChatGPT
Lots of potential, but the output is only as valuable as the input ***** About a year ago, the research firm OpenAI made a version…
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NewsAll votes are not equal
Come the next election, the House of Commons is set to add five more seats and see the ridings redistributed. These changes flow from a…
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Articles – BooksScout makes a comeback with new audio streaming service
Entrepreneurial spirit meets Christian family values with tech startup Whillo.com ***** Reformed Perspective’s last issue featured a back cover ad that caught my eye. It…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb 3, 2024
Click on the titles below for the linked articles… Make more babies! I don’t share enough good news, so here’s a fun one. This is…
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NewsUnderstanding the war in Gaza
On October 7, 2023, the terrorist organization Hamas launched an attack on Israel from Gaza that killed about 1400 Israeli civilians. Hamas also took over…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan 27, 2024
Click on the titles below for the linked articles… 80’s “kids'” movies aren’t how you remember them Those classic 80s kids’ movies that you remember…