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Entertainment
Mr. 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 funny guy. For those who have had no exposure to the novel (or the many…
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NewsBrain surgery in the womb!
“Look, it’s not brain surgery” is a saying for a reason. Brain surgery is a delicate task that needs a lot of experience to do…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 1, 2023
Got some bored kids? Are your kids are looking for some summer holiday inspiration? These Dude Perfect juniors are doing amazing trick shots that might…
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Economics – Home FinancesOn investing, with Wade Van Bostelen
Reformed Perspective interviewed Wade Van Bostelen, a Christian certified financial planner operating out of Burlington, Ontario. Wade and his wife Leanne have two sons, and…
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DocumentaryInto the Light: a teaching documentary on freedom from pornography
Documentary 81 minutes / 2023 Rating: 8/10 Are you someone who doesn’t take quickly to reading? Are you looking for a more accessible resource for…
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Pro-life – EuthanasiaGetting even crazier: 27% of Canadians think being poor is good enough reason for euthanasia
Is poverty itself reason enough to allow someone to opt for doctor-assisted suicide? The question seems ludicrous – poverty is a condition that can change…
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Being the ChurchIn the right place to serve: Christians are leading the way in helping one city’s homeless
By God’s providence, Christians are often in exactly the right place at the right time to do the good works that He prepared for us!…
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NewsAlberta and BC champion very different responses to drug use
Earlier this year, BC became the first province to decriminalize small amounts of illegal drugs. The policy was the latest “harm reduction” effort from the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 24, 2023
A seed that walks? Absolutely awn-some! (5 min) These seeds can walk and dig themselves into the ground! Psychology’s culpability in the transgender movement The…
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News2023 wildfires an exception to three decades of declining fires
As millions of Canadians and Americans have been exposed to the smoke from Canadian forest fires already this year, along with a steady stream of…
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Book listsICR’s impactful half century
The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) in Dallas, Texas, was established in 1970 and has developed into an outstanding center of scientific research where well-qualified…
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In a NutshellTidbits – June 2023
Those wild and crazy Vikings! You may have learned in school that Vikings visited North America long before Christopher Columbus did, but I bet you…
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NewsDodgers honor drag queen “nuns”
CORRECTION: The original title for this article was “Dodgers honor drag queen ‘nuns’ in front of empty stadium” was true, as videos showed that when…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 17, 2023
How you should spend your words (2 min) We only have so many words we’re going to speak. So what are you going to build…
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News113 MPs supported preborn victims of crime bill
Member of Parliament Cathay Wagantall’s private member’s Bill C-311 was defeated in the House of Commons on June 14, but not without 113 MPs voting…
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NewsApple to expand its nudity blurring to video too
Apple’s newest iOS 17 update, coming this fall, will expand on its ability to detect and blur nudity on iPhones and iPads. It’ll now work…
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NewsJustice delayed is justice denied: Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown resigns
In the midst of a misconduct investigation, Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown has chosen to resign his post on Canada’s top court. The investigation was…
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AssortedPuppy love: in praise of pets
I was lucky enough to share my growing-up years with a big red chow chow. After deferring my request to get a dog for some…
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EconomicsChristians can’t “invest” in cryptocurrency
I hope this headline got your attention! I can hear some of the objections already: What do you mean, we can’t invest in cryptocurrency; don’t…
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EvangelismWhen it comes to evangelism, do we trust the Holy Spirit will show up?
This is an overview of a recent episode of Lucas Holtvlüwer and Tyler Vanderwoude’s Real Talk podcast. Real Talk is a bi-weekly podcast of Reformed…
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DocumentaryThe Pursuit
Documentary 77 minutes / 2019 RATING: 7/10 “From 1970 until today the percentage of people living at starvation’s door has decreased by 80%. Two billion…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 10, 2023
The astonishing giraffe neck Did you know a giraffe doesn’t need its neck muscles to hold its neck up, but rather to bend it down?…
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People we should knowElon Musk and visions of the future
“These human space flight missions were a beacon of hope to me and to millions over the past two years as our world has been…
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NewsSooners seize opportunity to glorify God
Doesn’t matter if you like sports or not, you’re going to enjoy hearing about this team. The Oklahoma Sooners won their third straight Women’s College…
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NewsBC paying a steep price for its healthcare policies
BC plans to send about 4,800 patients to private health clinics in Washington state over the next two years for cancer treatment, in response to…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 3, 2023
The UK, Canada, and the US meet in a grocery store One for all the social studies teachers out there. Your final exam can simply…
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Articles – BooksA plea to read
**** In the title I promised you a story. Actually that was mainly to draw you in. I figured stories sell more magazines. But it’s…
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People we should knowElon Musk’s highs and lows
Elon Musk might be best known for a brilliant bit of marketing he did back in 2018 for two of his companies: he launched his…
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HomosexualityBeing Gay for Jesus, or, homosexuality above the Bible
The Rev. Dr. Mel White was raised in an evangelical household and his father was an evangelical pastor. White ended up getting theologically trained and…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 27, 2023
Too young to smoke, but not too young for an abortion (4 min) Sometimes the Devil makes his presence pretty obvious (sharing this one from…
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MarriageComplementarianism vs. Egalitarianism: there aren’t just the two positions
As my wife and I have been facing big decisions over the last few months, it’s been neat to see the way God has transformed…
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Adult non-fictionHow in the world did we get here?
by Jim Witteveen 2022 / 183 pages Ten years back, anyone who’d said that cultural forces already in play would soon have our public schools…
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AssortedToo certain by half: standing firm doesn’t mean dismissing all debate
As a young man I spent years trying to decipher the stony response I got when people found out my church denomination. I finally discovered there…
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Apologetics 101If the unborn are not our equals…
In the West we believe all people should be treated equally, no matter their age, race, religion, etc. But why is that? Why should we…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 20, 2023
Defending the unborn: when they bring up cases of rape When a young Canadian recently challenged the prime minister about abortion, Trudeau brought up the…
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Being the ChurchMaking hospitality easier: how onion dip changed the world
Everyone has likely tasted onion dip and millions of homemakers have made it. The recipe is incredibly simple: mix dried onion soup mix with 2…
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In a NutshellTidbits – May 2023
Get ready to be reviled “Pastors need to teach their people about how to handle with grace being looked down on more than ever before….