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What’s missing?
We’d love to hear from you about what else you would like to see covered in the magazine. Was there an issue raised that was missing an important point? Is there a topic or issue we really need to be…
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AssortedWax on, wax off: the world’s increasingly shaky understanding of tolerance
A man who says he is a woman is using the BC Human Rights Tribunal to make life difficult for Vancouver-area estheticians. “JY” (the Tribunal…
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AssortedWhen we have to parent our parents: help and hope for caregivers
Paul pulled the car into the driveway. “Okay, Dad, now stay there and I’ll come around and help you out of the car.” “Okay.” Paul put…
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AssortedLiving out Lord’s Day 1: a Cuban story
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you…
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AssortedStepping into the story: Hamlet with a happy ending?
It all starts with an invitation from the Grade Twelve English teacher, Tom Van Swift, to come and enjoy the final field trip of the…
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AssortedA history of Healthcare…and why Christians have done it different
Within a short time span hospitals and medical care have greatly changed. In fact, today a man of seventy can justly claim that more medical…
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AssortedYour RP connection for fun kid content!
What you’ll find here are crafts, coloring pages, a challenge or two, and even a prayer journal, all of them intended for your littles. These…
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AssortedWhat are we to make of gambling?
And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses….
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AssortedOn a wife deciding to leave her husband
Dear Janelle, I received your letter yesterday, and had already heard from your brother and sister-in-law. They confirmed for me the very difficult and challenging…
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Assorted“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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AssortedHull humanity
“Hey, here’s your sandwich,” I called across the lunchroom to Caldwall, the kid we picked on. He was fat and unathletic, and we kept him…
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AssortedThat cloud of witnesses….
Mina and Marco in Egypt Open Doors is a non-denominational mission working in over 60 countries where Christianity is socially or legally discouraged or oppressed….
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AssortedGo to the ant, you sluggard…
“Go to the ant, you sluggard consider its ways, and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provision in…
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Adult non-fiction“The Devil’s Delusion” and the baseless confidence of the certain atheist
Some atheists, such as the late Christopher Hitchens, were very certain about their doubt. This sort of sure skeptic will argue that society should make…
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Assorted“Othercott” – like a boycott but better
Some years ago a particularly blasphemous movie, The Da Vinci Code, hit theaters and a number of prominent Christians called for a boycott. Even the…
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AssortedWhat my grandma taught me
My grandma died at the age of 93, more than 25 years after her Henk died. And during those years she often wondered why God…
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Assorted“So what you’re saying is…”
In January Jordan Peterson was interviewed by journalist Cathy Newman, on Britain’s Channel 4 News. The exchange quickly went viral, with more than 9 million…
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AssortedTo be known
It is a good thing to be known, that is to say, to be familiarly recognized. When someone greets you by your first name and…
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AssortedWhy doesn’t the OT say more about what happens after death?
Questions are powerful things: absolutely vital for anyone who wants to be wise, but also a way for the foolish to try to tear down….
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AssortedOn being separated
“For this reason the Father loves Me because I lay down my life in order that I may take it up again. No one has…
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AssortedWhat’s next? The growth of Statism in Canada
Last month I attended a particularly moving live stage production called Solitary Refinement. The play is based on true stories of persecution. It focuses on the…
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AssortedElection
Nobody would tell who had written the naughty word inside the door of the boys’ toilet. The six girls in our one-room country school were…
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Assorted4 reasons to remember your Creator in your youth
Our enemy says, “Youth for pleasure, middle age for business, old age for religion.” The Bible says, “Youth, middle age, and old age for your Creator.”…
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AssortedAfterward…
Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. Afterward David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe (1…
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AssortedGood habits help us minimize trouble…
Though his name has long escaped me, I will never forget his rage. We had just moved to a new city and my mom was looking for…
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AssortedIf only for this life we have hope in Christ…
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of…
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AssortedThe Gift: an allegory of sorts
“Why do you always have that small string wrapped around the top button of your sweater, father?” The father smiled at his son. “Have I never…
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AssortedWhat should we think of withdrawals?
Revisiting church membership and excommunication Dealing with withdrawals is one of those difficult issues that eventually every consistory faces. All the more vexing is the…
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AssortedThe End was near
They’ve probably been predicting the end of time since the beginning of time. Recently, we’ve had predictions it would end in 2012, due to some…
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AssortedProfessor Peterson is not PC
On September 27, 2016, a star was born. On that date, Jordan B. Peterson, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto, posted a video…
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AssortedChoice words – a queen’s folly
There is an old adage which says, “Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.” Another saying rightly puts forth…
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AssortedAm I a fanatic?
In 1957 Billy Graham came to a crowd of 3,000, in Urbana, Illinois with a rebuke. These young people had come from all over to…
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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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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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AssortedThe “Force” behind bad statistics
Statistics don’t always mean what they seem to mean. For example, according to figures released by Statistics Canada some years back, there are 20,000 Jedi in…
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AssortedConfirming what we’ve always confessed
On March 11, 2015, Classis Ontario West adopted an unusual proposal from Hamilton’s Providence Canadian Reformed Church: Providence wants an addition made to the Belgic Confession….
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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…