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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HumorSimply and truly
There once was a man whose parents had given him the highly unusual name of “Amazing” when he was born. They gave him the name…
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Recent ArticlesAn open letter to Glenn Beck on the difference between Mormons and Christians
I know some people who called themselves freedom-loving capitalists. But they also support government bailouts, high tariffs to block imports, supply management, and whenever the…
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AssortedTo appear before the Lord
A young lawyer had a dream. He found himself one morning before a judge at court in a T-shirt and crumpled shorts. The judge asked…
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Media biasDon’t watch the news, read it!
This first appeared in Reformed Perspective in 2000, and yet the thesis of this article is just as relevant for today’s Internet Age, as entertainment is an…
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Media biasDon’t read the news, read a book!
No, you’re not paranoid, the media really is out to get Christians. In his book How the News Makes Us Dumb, C. John Sommerville argues that…
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Recent ArticlesYou think feelings can redefine reality? What if I told you I feel like they don’t?
There’s a special sort of tyranny at work these days – it is the sort that not only ignore reality itself, but demands that everyone…
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Recent ArticlesA is A…except when it wants to be S?
The transsexual debate and the death of logic “Hi A. It is A, isn’t it? I hardly recognized you there. It’s B. Remember me? How…
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Christian educationNo other gods
The Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #64 is a challenge to Christian churches and schools… and the First Commandment **** Last year Canada’s…
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Indigenous peoplesLooking at two more of the TRC’s Calls to Action
The goal of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools – which were run by churches along with the government – was to educate, but also convert and…
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People we should knowA Rare Principled Politician: Ron Paul
The practice of politics notoriously requires compromise. Every politician must bend at some point in order to be electable. Many politicians are very malleable and…
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People we should knowA couple friends you should meet: Jay Adams & D. A. Carson
It’s no secret that I love books. Here in my study I often feel like I’m surrounded by good friends. Some are old friends, centuries…
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Pro-life – AbortionAn Emergency Room is not the Church
One of the questions ARPA Canada has received most often pertains to the promise of the Gospel and how it fits in with the mission…
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HomosexualityOne in ten? Alfred Kinsey’s most famous lie
Even if you haven’t heard of Alfred Kinsey you probably have heard about one of his key “findings” – that 10% of all people are…
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Recent ArticlesHow are we to read the Bible?
From January 16 to 18, in 2014, the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary hosted a conference on the topic of hermeneutics. It’s a big word, but they…
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AssortedA game for every situation
Visitors to my house are often surprised at the number of board games I own. OK, I’ll be the first to admit that I probably…
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Pro-life – AbortionAbortionists as euphemists
Most abortionists are euphemists. By which I mean merely, to quote Chesterton, “that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are…
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Pro-life – AbortionWhat Exodus 21:22 says about abortion
Is there a biblical case for abortion? This argument is coming up more and more often and it centers around one particular text in the…
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Being the ChurchLaughter in the pews
My mother has a wise saying, one of many I might add, that if you go to church faithfully, you’ll experience lots of interesting things….
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Christian education – SportsIs the good foul good? Playing basketball a different way
The object of basketball is pretty simple. You and your four teammates want to put the ball through your opponent’s hoop. This is how you…
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EducationHome education – a way of life
“I get to help bake bread!” “Jason, can I read to you while you paint?” “Let’s invite somebody over today. We can make cream puffs.”…
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EconomicsIf strikes are bad can unions be good?
I grew up hearing horror stories about unions but little else. Unions were bad because union members threw bottles and sticks at their opposition. Later…
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Recent ArticlesStar gazing and star guessing
The night sky has always fascinated mankind. Ancient people were able to identify many constellations and follow their annual paths across the sky. In the…