Category: Recent Articles
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Interview with an artist
Stephanie Sikma is printing Hamilton
I’ve always thought printmaking was a fascinating form of art – first carving your design into wood or lino, and then pressing that inked design onto paper. It involves thinking about an image in a unique way. So when I…
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People we should knowFrancis Schaeffer: Intellectual leader of the Christian Right
During the late 1970s and early 1980s many conservative Protestants in the United States became involved in social and political activism for the first time….
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 13, 2023
Burning Ember (8 min) Steve Bell and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra may just give you the shivers – this is wonderful! Are Proverbs an ancient…
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NewsCanada replaces the cross with a snowflake
On the same day that the world’s attention was fixed on the coronation of Charles III, Canada’s federal government took the opportunity to show off…
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PoliticsAl Siebring: councillor & Christian
What does a Christian perspective look like when it comes to the relationship between faith, taxation, and the role of government? It’s a big question,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 6, 2023
The amazing Archer Fish (4 min) This critter has crazy accuracy as it shoots its food down from the leaves and branches above. Trump’s pivot…
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Economics – Home FinancesCan you afford a home? – some practical suggestions
If you’re wondering if you can afford a home, this would be a good time to look carefully at your monthly expenditures. Christians are called…
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HistoryWhat I learned from my Oma
Solomon tells us the first step to learning wisdom is to pursue it (Prov. 4:7), so I recently sat down with my Oma and listened…
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Economics – Home FinancesHome ownership for Christians: how it happened in the past, and how it might now
As home prices have risen in most of Canada, young people may be wondering if they will ever be able to afford to own their…
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Christian educationChristian education as violation of children’s “human rights”
Two topics that are commonly discussed in Reformed Perspective are Christian education and the modern notion of “human rights.” Christian education is a good thing,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Apr 29, 2023
How was the canon of Scripture established? (3 min) Stephen Nicols shares that the Church hasn’t established the canon, but recognizes it, and that truth…
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Economics – Home FinancesFinances for the layman: a podcast review of “Two Stewards”
Two Christian businessmen from southern Ontario with passion for real estate, money management, and other financial topics wanted to share their experience and advice with…
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Apologetics 101How to defend the unborn in under a minute
I live in a town that’s so pro-life that when I go outside wearing a pro-life t-shirt the only reaction I get is, “Hey Jon,…
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EconomicsInvesting in Eternity: thinking 30 million years ahead
In Matthew 13:44 we find a single verse that captures the heart and soul of following Christ: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Apr 22, 2023
Identifying misinformation Three great tips on offer here to decipher all the inputs we receive via social and mainstream media… The false promise of electric…
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NewsWhose children are they?
Many parents don’t realize the radical and harmful governance shift in “parent-child-State” relationships taking place over the past decade. Here in Alberta, for example, successive…
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NewsA new lead in the search for life beyond Earth
Is there life beyond our earth? And are there planets out there waiting to be inhabited? Dating all the way back to ancient Greece, philosophers…
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NewsReformed communities stepping up to provide “Safe Families”
It takes some courage to get into the public to show love for our neighbors, with a meal for an elderly person, taking part in…
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NewsCompeting to shine
Reformed youth across Canada are taking to heart Paul’s encouragement to young Timothy “don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Apr 15, 2023
10 guys on a scooter (4 min) Eco-friendly? Or simply friendly? Dude Perfect star Tyler Toney says God redeemed his marriage He might be your…
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PoliticsThe Rhinoceros Party: politics has always been absurd, but 30 years ago, even more so
Politics may seem especially absurd these days, but it didn’t start here. In Canada, the wackiness goes back at least a few decades, to the…
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Recent ArticlesBig Bang Christianity?
Can we fit the Big Bang into the Bible? **** Cosmology is the most important subject in the world. Why? Because it is the story…
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Indigenous peoplesTruth & reconciliation is possible, but not as it is being popularized
Until recent decades, “victimhood” was definitely not a status that people would deliberately embrace. In fact, many who were actual victims would do their very…
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NewsUpcoming documentary asks, how can we end abortion in Canada?
Two Canadian filmmakers want to know: how can Canada get a win for the unborn like the US experienced in 2022? And Josie Luetke and Ruth Robert…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Apr 8, 2023
Christ is risen (2 min) The resurgence of sea shanties might be a bit of a lockdown silver lining – a musical form that lent…
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Amazing stories from times pastRev. Alfred Sadd (1909-1942): a great man, and a faint shadow
The December 8, 1942 issue of The Times, the British daily newspaper based in London, published a small but complimentary obituary/article on the death of…
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Adult non-fictionChristian Economics in One Lesson
by Gary North 2015 / 268 pages Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is what its title suggests, just one economic lesson explained in the first…
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In a NutshellTidbits – April 2023
Media-created news If you feel a need to know all that’s going on in the world around you, it’s important to understand how little the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Apr 1, 2023
Matt Maher: It’s Yours (4 min) The first 30 seconds are misdirection but stick around for the transition for this great one. Not so long…
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NewsDid the “fountains of the deep” make Joe Rogan lose sleep?
Joe Rogan is one of the world’s most popular podcasters, well known for his curiosity (though also for his vulgarity). It was that curiosity that,…
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AssortedTragedy, resistance, and change: Glimpses into the Lejac Residential School near Fraser Lake, BC
The following is based on numerous original letters, reports and other primary source correspondence that is available online. It attempts to provide some insights and…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar 25, 2023
How do evolutionists explain how the first cells replicated? (14 min) To evolve, cells would need to be able to replicate, so how do evolutionists…
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HistoryThe long road to Christian broadcasting in Canada
The presence of Christian radio and television stations in Canada is a relatively recent phenomenon. The first Christian radio station went on the air in…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar 18, 2023
St. Patrick’s bad analogies In honor of St. Patrick’s Day just past, and our God who has made Himself known, and yet remains incomprehensible. Case…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar 11, 2023
“Cascading problems” showcase your body’s design (2 min) Your cells need oxygen, and that creates a problem because, how are they going to get it?…
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DocumentaryRescued: the heart of adoption and caring for orphans
Documentary 62 min / 2012 RATING: 7/10 There is something a little unsettling about watching a documentary that passionately encourages adoption. RC Sproul Jr. and…
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AssortedTolerance
The common word on the streets today is “tolerance.” That idea, however, is wrong – very wrong… dead wrong! There’s no such thing as tolerance….