Category: Recent Articles
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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
Our government needs to stop indoctrinating children ***** As history teachers never fail to remind us, “those who don’t learn their history are doomed to…
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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
Parents need to know that, whether it’s biblical fiction or a favorite boy band, innocent interests are being used to draw good kids into evil,…
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Indigenous peoplesThe Truth matters: analyzing the facts beneath “mass burials” at residential schools
This article was first published in the March/April 2023 issue. ***** “Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school…
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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?
History shows that the West became literate without governmental help ***** I once heard a lady say, “If it wasn’t for the government, none of…
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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…
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AssortedThe emotional communism of sensitivity training
or, the difference a Christian worldview brings to the HR world too ***** “Kelsey, have you seen the Slack channel? Someone posted something that was…
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NewsJohn Calvin: Florida state attorney?
John Calvin showed up at a press conference in Florida earlier this month, as Governor Ron DeSantis introduced the state’s newest state attorney, Andrew Bain….
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NewsSaturday Selections – Aug 26, 2023
Click on the titles below for the linked articles and videos. Canadians pay more to government than for housing, food, and clothing combined Over the…
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Interview with an artistJim Menken transforms tree trunks!
Interview with an artist ***** When you think of a sculptor, the image of a chainsaw does not immediately come to mind. But for Ontario…
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Recent ArticlesChurches’ food drive bears fruit, and births a challenge
Evangelism committees and home mission groups sometimes struggle with how can we show God’s love to our neighbors. Members of five Reformed churches in Dunnville,…
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AssortedUnless the Lord builds the house
“…but Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to Me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.’” – Matt….
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AssortedGetting old(er)
“Getting older is so tough – I get tired after just a small amount of work or fun.” “I lost 4 teeth right after I…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Aug 19, 2023
Click on the titles below to head to the linked articles. What grandma’s chili recipe tells us about the trustworthiness of the Bible We don’t…
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Christian educationMath: why are we learning this anyway?
Back in 2021, math teacher David Shuster gave this presentation to the parents of his students at Trinity Classical School in Bellingham, WA. **** How…
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AssortedLearning to be anxious for nothing
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of…
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In a NutshellTidbits – August 2023
All sorts of time to talk with God Some years ago a friend told me about a plan she had put into motion – she’d…
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News500 days later: Covid protestors still locked up without trial or bail
Although Covid and the truckers’ convoy have been relegated to a part of our memories that many would prefer to keep locked up and left…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Aug 12, 2023
Vehicular instinct (2 min) SplendourBog was a Christian folk group back in the late 90s. This thank-you to Dad for his automotive advice, along with…
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NewsCourt case to challenge Quebec’s ban on “overt prayer” in school
The Quebec Superior Court is set to hear a case that challenges the province’s ban on “overt prayers.” The province’s Education Minister Bernard Drainville explained…
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NewsCanada’s highest court declines churches’ appeal over Covid restrictions
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal of how the BC government dealt with churches during Covid. Although each provincial government dealt…
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AssortedA biblical counselor’s advice for church leadership
In the article “Anxiety and the triumph of hope,” we shared insights from three biblical counselors about anxiety. What follows is further insight from one…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Aug 5, 2023
Unintended consequences In socialist states like the USSR, the government’s central planning failed because people are complicated and to correctly predict their wants, needs, and…
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DramaThe Hiding Place (2023)
Drama / Stage play 2023 / 153 minutes Rating: 8/10 In the parking lot, I could already tell who had tickets to The Hiding Place….
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Recent ArticlesThe sovereignty of God
Despite it being proclaimed as “back” by no less than Time magazine, Calvinism is not well-regarded by most Western Christians and particularly Americans. Calvinism does…