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News in perspective feedback
We’re always trying to make the magazine better and need your help to do it. Let us know which News in Perspective articles – those shorter items at the start of the magazine – that you’ve most appreciated for each…
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AssortedWhen promises hold up as well as pie-crusts…
“Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken,” wrote the British satirist Jonathan Swift. Swift’s bit of cynicism seems to be aimed squarely at politicians….
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AssortedLove your emotions by making them obey Jesus
Emotional control is a wonderful thing, but it is also much misunderstood. Whenever I say something like the quote included here above, women rush to…
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AssortedWoven Together
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the…
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Assorted“I’m fine”…and other lies we tell
In Canada, we aren’t confronted with Nazis at our doors demanding to know whether we’re hiding Jews. We aren’t faced with life and death dilemmas…
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AssortedThere’s an app for that!
Reformed Perspective‘s app can be downloaded for Apple and Android devices by clicking on the appropriate button below. Get it on your phone now to…
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AssortedThe Healing Touch
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to…
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AssortedMODERATION: Where beer and psalm-singing go hand in hand
In his book God Gave Wine, Kenneth Gentry outlines the three positions Christians have has concerning alcohol consumption: PROHIBITION: it’s bad and the Scriptures forbid…
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AssortedWas Saint Francis a Sissy?
One hundred and fifty thousand children had been on the brink of starving to death, but thanks to the kind gift of a very generous…
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AssortedEven heroes carved in marble will have feet of clay
This afternoon I was driving my son home from his work at a garden center. His job is ½ hour away from where we live…
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AssortedVindication and the spider
There are nearly 40,000 different kinds of them around the world. Some can catch frogs, rabbits and even birds with their strong poisons and fangs….
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AssortedTwo Trees And The Big Storm: a parable for children about COVID-19
Editor’s note: Parents, what follows is a devotional, in two parts, to help explain COVID-19 to children, by assuring them of God’s continued control and…
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AssortedPrince Jonathan on showing up
Israel’s very first prince lived at a time when God’s people were facing a foe that was large, powerful, and in control of their country….
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AssortedForming Adam
In the craft of sewing, things are often joined together with stitches. There are a great many different types of stitches – the ladder stitch,…
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AssortedRinging in the New Year
It’s that time of year again – time to ring in the New Year with dramatic resolutions fueled by the hope of immediate and significant…
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AssortedThe boy that drove the plow
“If God spare my life, ere many years pass, I will cause the boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scripture than thou…
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AssortedI Have A Son Seven Years Old; He is to me full dear…
This a short story about World War II, the immigrant experience…and much more Chapter 1. The teacher Perhaps it is true that one’s conscience is…
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AssortedMerry X-mas
“Why in the world would you write that?” “What are you talking about?” “Obviously, that X in Christmas.” “What wrong with that?” “You don’t know?”…
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AssortedHe who has ears, let him hear
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about Him, so that He got into…
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AssortedWorldviews and Dogviews: what are they?
“What’s a worldview?” I asked. “It’s a way of viewing the world,” my helpful friend answered. “Um, thanks.” ***** Long before I ever knew what…
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AssortedLosers are part of the plan
As far as many politicians and voters are concerned, “going green” is the equivalent of “motherhood and apple pie.” Typically, the “transition to a green…
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AssortedIs it ever permissible to lie?
When Reformed Perspective first started, we had regular contributions from Dutch politician and journalist Piet Jongeling. In this article, from the October 1985 issue, he writes of…
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AssortedFossil fuels are essential to the modern world
**** Concern about climate change has reached a fever pitch with Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna calling it a “climate emergency.” Her…
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AssortedA true story of a journey from sexual exploitation to freedom
As a little girl I had big dreams of all the possibilities that would await me when I grew up. I hoped that one day…
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AssortedAge
Editor’s note: When Dr. Adams turned 90 this year, his colleague, Donn Arms, was reminded of a prayer Adams had written back in 1978 for…
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AssortedHenry VIII’s reformation, Big Bird, and the end coming to us all
Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh or “Come, sweet death, come, blessed rest” is a melody Johann Sebastian Bach composed in the 1700s. Through this wonderfully…
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AssortedMental illness: responsibility and response
Back in Grade 6 my twin daughters came home talking about that day’s lesson in Health class. They were learning about something called “the blame…
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AssortedLittle white lies and why we tell them
Your wife discovers some flowers in the kitchen and thanks you with a hug and a big kiss for “such a thoughtful surprise!” You bought…
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AssortedRemembering the head nurse and other people
Hope deferred, Proverbs 13:12 says, makes the heart sick. There are none who know this better than those who have hoped for a child month…
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AssortedCome now, let us reason together
They say that the optimist sees the glass half full, the pessimist sees the glass half empty, and that the alchemist sees the glass completely…
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AssortedThe destiny hermeneutic
**** What in the world is a hermeneutic? You might be familiar with the term if you took any classes at a seminary or if…
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AssortedHow important is “nothing”?
My Grandmother found me in the pantry of her house and demanded, “What are you doing?” My quick response was nothing. “Oh, you must have…
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AssortedOn tidying up with and without Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo has been famous in Japan for almost a decade, but only gained fame in North America in 2014 when an English translation of…
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AssortedThe Bible and Alcoholics Anonymous
The following is a transcript of a Feb. 21, 2016 Truth in Love podcast produced by the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) and used here…
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AssortedSong of Songs (A Christine Farenhorst Christmas story)
Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a…
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AssortedWhen should we unwrap presents?
Should we open our presents on Christmas Day? No one asked this question during the panel discussion at the 2016 Always Reforming Conference, but two…
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AssortedBeyond Monopoly – They’ve taken the bored out of board games
When it comes to traditional board games the joke about bored games holds a certain amount of truth. Everyone knows that Risk is usually won…