Category: Recent Articles
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Recent Articles
Why we remember
My grandfather was active in the Dutch resistance movement against Nazism and you can read more about him in my article “Prayers and Comfort in Sachsenhausen.” But why should you? Stories like his are inspiring…but are they important? Why do we…
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NewsGovernment bill would expand euthanasia by allowing advance requests
On October 27, the federal government tabled Bill C-41, the “MAID Safeguards Act.” There is a silver lining – this bill would halt the scheduled (for…
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AssortedThe Preamble
I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. (Exodus 20:2) Before the Ten Commandments, God…
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NewsAlberta bill prohibits DEI hiring
New legislation introduced by the Alberta government requires public sector hiring to be done on the basis of merit rather than on the basis of…
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NewsFrozen embryo transfer = double the cancer rate for children
A new study has revealed that children conceived through frozen embryo transfer have double the rate of cancer. The study, published in the Journal of…
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Culture ClashesReal Talk: When good desires raise hard questions
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NewsBy man shall his blood be shed
The death penalty is back in public discussion. First, there was the failed execution of Christa Pike. Then there’s the upcoming execution of Nidal Hassan….
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ContestsLet’s Get Real! – youth entries
In a world that has become saturated with the gloss of AI, we wanted you to take the opportunity to see that God’s creation is…
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ContestsLet’s Get Real! – adult entries
The enthusiasm for AI art has gone from “Wow!” to “meh” and maybe that will change as we learn how to use a new tool…
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ContestsThe “What lessons would you want to share with your 16-year-old self?” contest
It’s been a long time since you were 16, and you’ve had experiences your younger self could never have imagined. What do you know now…
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EducationWhat I’d tell my 16-year-old self… and my 80-year-old self too
I sometimes feel as if I have wasted most of my life. I say sometimes because I have much to be thankful for. But some…
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Parenting“I will fight for our young people. Will you?”
This essay comes from the heart as a passionate plea to parents out of our shared concern for our covenant children. It is difficult to pastor…
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AssortedHow and when to lament
“Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God…. We need to recover the practice of honest spiritual struggle that gives us permission to vocalize…
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Culture ClashesThe PCA investigates Christian Nationalism
Last year, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) formed a committee to study Christian Nationalism.1 The committee’s mandate was: “to study…
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Culture ClashesWhat is Christian Nationalism?
The term “Christian Nationalism” is heard a lot in the US, but it’s only starting to get bandied about north of the border. This pairing…
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Culture Clashes9 tips for talking conspiracies like a Christian
“Crazy Conspiracy Theory to Be Confirmed as Fact Six Weeks from Now”– Babylon Bee Jan 10, 2022 headline The Latin roots to the word conspire…
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ContestsOur merch design contest
Do you have a t-shirt design in mind that’s just waiting to be seen? The perfect phrase for tote bag? Perhaps a cute graphic for…
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Real TalkReal Talk: Bible texts that make us squirm
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NewsNew index measures decline of marriage in Canada
Marriage is on the decline in every Canadian province and territory, based on a report from the new Canadian Married Family Index, authored by the…
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Letter Writing“Did God answer her prayer?”
To my dear niece and namesake: First of all, thanks for your letter. It’s great to hear from a niece. The pages you wrote were…
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NewsSupreme Court upholds prostitution law
Canada’s highest court has upheld the country’s prostitution laws once again, this time as it relates to a mandatory minimum 6 months imprisonment for obtaining…
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NewsNew edict has many wondering why have military chaplains at all if they can’t mention God?
On July 29, Canada’s Department of National Defense issued a directive for all Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and particularly Canada’s military chaplains that whenever they…
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In a NutshellTidbits – October 2026
For sale, cheap: my New Kids on the Block CDs I once heard a wise older man teach his listening audience how to evaluate music….
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ParentingSome Psalms & Prayers
Jess Wildeboer knew the kind of devotional she wanted for her kids: something that had them reading the Bible confidently on their own, that helped…
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Real TalkReal Talk: the God of the Old and New Testament
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Recent ArticlesWhy Christians should not buy into AI catastrophism
On September 8, the same day that Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, he released a string of warnings on X. Making the most headlines was…
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AssortedWhat to do when you don’t know what to do
On the Institute for Nouthetic Studies blog, Dr. Jay Adams offered up some sound biblical advice on what to do when you don’t know what to…
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InternetTechnology and our anxious hearts
As a pastor I get to talk to lots of people. After some conversation, I start to get a sense of where people stand. How…
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NewsCharitable giving drops as government grows…and as faith declines
As the size of government has grown, charitable giving is dropping. That common-sense finding was detailed in the study Whose Job Is It to Care…
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Christian education – SportsA Good Coach is Crucial: the potential and danger of school sport teams
“They’re nice, but not a priority.” Ask Reformed parents about our school’s sports teams and that’s a response you might hear. It’s an understandable answer….
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Real TalkReal Talk: Farming, food, & worldview
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People we should knowJames Ussher
The world loves to laugh at Christians – we all know that – and nothing makes skeptics laugh harder than the idea that the world…
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Culture ClashesGod, 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…
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Parenting“When you coming home, dad?”
Cat’s in the Cradle was once described by the artist’s brother as the song that “…put more fathers ill at ease than any other song…
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EntertainmentMr. Bennet’s dad jokes are too much
Dads like to be funny, and there’s no question about it but that Mr. Bennet – from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice – is a…
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Interview with an artistStephanie 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…
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EducationReal Talk: Church, Home, and School
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