Category: Recent Articles
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 1, 2025
How people would run if they were dogs (2 min) Should he do one on cats? Does it matter where women work? Some Christians might…
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Pro-life – EuthanasiaEuthanasia changed the abortion battle
Dozens of pro-life volunteers spent the summer talking to strangers about the unborn ***** In 2016 euthanasia was legalized. That was also the summer I…
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EvangelismIt’s necessary: use words!
I hadn’t expected to meet a witch on the bus, what with their alternative form of transportation. Yet there she was, not a wart to…
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AssortedOn the Truth, and the cost of lies
“Remember: one lie does not cost you one truth but the Truth” – Hebbel **** It seems that truth is bendable – it has become elastic during…
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AssortedWhy write?
You might not make a lot of money writing, but you can have an impact ***** It’s been said that all that is needed to…
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Economics – Home Finances“Honey I blew the budget!”
A FEW THOUGHTS ON GETTING BACK IN THE BLACK AFTER TAKING A PLUNGE IN THE RED “Honey I blew the budget!” Do those words sound…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan. 18, 2025
Click on the titles to go to the linked articles… Motorized machines in your cells? Yes there are! Kinesin are “motorized transport machines” that transport…
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ConferencesStriving to be godly men
A men’s conference that had to turn hundreds away can now be watched online ***** I don’t think I can quite grasp the measure of…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan. 11, 2025
Music as the fingerprints of God (6 min) George Steiner here is lecturing on the wonder of music and is not trying to argue that…
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AssortedHow to be happier
Keep long lists, and short accounts ***** As I pad down the hallway to my home office, sometimes I’ll look down and remember that the…
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In a NutshellTidbits – January 2025
Flying Duck Orchid God’s inventiveness is sometimes so shockingly inventive, it might make you laugh out loud. This is a real flower called the “Flying…
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AssortedHow to look forward to the future
Hopefulness is a skill we can learn, because… God ***** Doomerism: despair and apathy caused by a disbelief that anything can get better; most often…
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HistoryDon’t overlook the blessings of today
Our children are actually wealthier than the very richest of 100 years ago ***** You stir in your bed as the strains of an orchestra…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 21, 2024
The perfection of beauty Even if rap isn’t a favorite musical genre, you may well be impressed by this, from Blair Linne, wife of Reformed…
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AssortedThe pot experiment has been a disaster
If marijuana definitively destroys lives, should we be free to smoke? ***** A few weeks ago, Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports publicly supported a measure…
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PoliticsTop 10 political wins in recent years
Reformed Christians spend a lot of time discussing and resisting bad policy developments. We have much to lament when it comes to public policy in…
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Interview with an artistJason Bouwman is finding hope in the desert
Jason Bouwman is a familiar name to many of us from his devotionals Just Thinking (available as a free e-book here) and Still Thinking (which…
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Assorted6 on Anxiety
“I have anxiety.” How often do we hear this phrase nowadays? And most of us can relate to it. There’s so much to be anxious…
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Recent ArticlesTop 10 RP articles of 2024
This year we’re doing something a little different. In the past we’ve highlighted the 10 most popular articles of the year, no matter what year…
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In a NutshellTidbits – December 2024
Red flags apply to politics too John Piper thinks that deciding who you are going to vote for is a lot like picking out a…
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Being the ChurchOn encouraging courage
Part of God’s equipping us to courage also involves rightly understanding what real courage is ***** Fear. We all feel it at times. We might…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 14, 2024
Why you shouldn’t lie to your kids about Santa… …or else this will happen! For more lies check out this follow up. And for a…
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Economics – Home FinancesHow do you buy a house when you are 19?
Our son pulled it off with hard work, and more than a little help from his parents ***** Our son Seth read this story and…
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AssortedA New Atheist loves that old time Religion
In 2007, four now fairly famous atheists – Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins – met to discuss their views. They filmed…
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EducationHigher Ed advice: 34 women, 6 principles
After connecting with at least thirty-four women about their experiences considering higher education, I discovered several key themes running through their responses. Read their advice…
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AssortedRP’s guide to “adulting” – our top articles to help you gain the skills to feel grown up
Young people nowadays feel more anxious and overwhelmed about the future than ever. There are several reasons for this– a relentless onslaught of bad news…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 7, 2024
Click on the titles for the linked articles… I want a hippopotamus for Christmas If a boy wants a puppy for Christmas and his parents…
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EntertainmentThe case against MMA, boxing, gladiatorial combat, cockfighting, bullbaiting and other blood sports
Violence might sometimes be necessary, but it should never be amusing ***** Under what circumstances are Christians permitted, in good conscience, to view adults deliberately…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 30, 2024
What actually is fire? (8 min) In a “don’t try this at home” spectacular, a BBC hosts tries to figure out what actually makes up…
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Education10 lessons learned at 8 post-secondary institutions
Like most high school students, I didn’t really know how to answer the “what are you going to do after school?” question. The world was…
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Interview with an artistJordan Feenstra is copying His work
Jordan Feenstra is back in British Columbia for the second time in her life. Jordan, who was born and raised in “small town” Ontario, first…
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ParentingObstacles and roadblocks to having children
Some obstacles to having children aren’t entirely in our control. But there are also roadblocks that we can set up in our own way *****…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 23, 2024
Click on the titles to go to the linked articles… Debunking the best proofs of evolution in 12 minutes Some of the best “proofs” of…
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EducationAdvice from grads
12 quick tips from those who have gone before you ***** • Don’t be shy about sharing where you went to high school or that…
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EducationThriving at a non-Christian university?
You can be blessed, and be a blessing, at a secular college ***** When Gillian, a 21-year-old from Langley, BC, talks about her love for…
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Christian educationWhat about a Christian university? My experience at Dordt University
I love learning. Whether that love is innate or whether it was instilled in me as I grew up, I don’t know. I’ve always loved…