Category: assorted
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Assorted“It’s only a dollar!” – on bingos and raffles
Some churches hold bingos and sell raffle tickets, so can gambling really be wrong? ***** “I think we should have a bingo night to raise…
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AssortedIf businesses tithed
Christians are familiar with the Biblical principle of tithing, and support many kingdom causes as a matter of course. They apply the principles of Galatians…
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AssortedLittle Free Libraries can be a big deal
If you have a (too) well-stocked home library of good Christian books, but you still want to keep stocking it, start passing along your already-read…
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AssortedWrite down your story
Sharing your history is sharing His story …things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We will not hide them…
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AssortedDon’t follow your heart
***** Making the happiness crisis in America even worse, especially for young people, are completely wrong diagnoses. What’s needed to increase happiness is not more…
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AssortedHow to write
***** Everyone has at least one article in them – I’m convinced that’s true. It doesn’t matter who I’m talking to, they all have a…
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AssortedLife in bloom: The gift of flowers
“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like…
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Adult non-fictionNecessary Endings
***** Why did my dad’s tomatoes and cucumbers always flourish? I used to think it may have something to do with the tobacco smoke from…
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AssortedThe peculiar blessings of Covid
***** In the early spring of 2020, Christian pastors from across Alberta sat on a telephone townhall with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Chief Medical…
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AssortedMore time to pray
***** Little did Christina Veenstra know, more than six decades ago, that meeting her future husband, Martin Veenstra, at Reformed Bible Institute would help her…
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AssortedOn the Truth, and the cost of lies
“Remember: one lie does not cost you one truth but the Truth” – Hebbel **** It seems that truth is bendable – it has become elastic during…
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AssortedWhy write?
***** It’s been said that all that is needed to become a writer is the strong desire to say something. Writing is simply taking your…
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AssortedHow to be happier
***** As I pad down the hallway to my home office, sometimes I’ll look down and remember that the laminate planking I’m walking on was…
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AssortedHow to look forward to the future
***** Doomerism: despair and apathy caused by a disbelief that anything can get better; most often used with regard to global warming, lack of positive…
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AssortedThe pot experiment has been a disaster
***** A few weeks ago, Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports publicly supported a measure that would legalize marijuana in Florida. “As an adult,” Portnoy said,…
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Assorted6 on Anxiety
“I have anxiety.” How often do we hear this phrase nowadays? And most of us can relate to it. There’s so much to be anxious…
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AssortedA New Atheist loves that old time Religion
In 2007, four now fairly famous atheists – Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins – met to discuss their views. They filmed…
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AssortedRP’s guide to “adulting” – our top articles to help you gain the skills to feel grown up
Young people nowadays feel more anxious and overwhelmed about the future than ever. There are several reasons for this– a relentless onslaught of bad news…
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AssortedLost and found: God’s guiding hand in seeking and finding a missing girl
Just before going to bed on a Thursday evening in mid-September, Michelle Dykstra read a Facebook post by a mother whose six-year-old daughter had gone…
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AssortedThe quickening
“The great mass of this bleary-eyed world can see nothing of the ineffable glories of Immanuel. He stands before them without form or comeliness, a…
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Assorted7 articles on aging well
Our society is uncomfortable with aging, but as Christians we know every year is a blessing – not just to ourselves, but also to others….
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AssortedThe Colson Center: a sibling we look up to
Growing up as the second youngest in a family of ten, I learned a lot about life from my older siblings. Once grown, most of…
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AssortedWhen “helping” kids hurts them
***** As the old saying goes, “to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Among the hammers today is psychotherapy, and too many wielding it…
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AssortedWhat makes a person instantly unattractive?
I asked this question on a Facebook page for secular women over 60 years of age: “What makes a person instantly unattractive?” I was intrigued…
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AssortedA lament for our nation
Lament is not a common word today. It is rare to hear of lamentation in our secular culture, and even within the Church we don’t…
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AssortedLove is…
Love is a mostly misunderstood word – it’s mistaken for sex, for sentimentality, for some sort of chemical thing that just happens, or doesn’t, and…
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AssortedGambling as the new norm? Christians still need to say no
Estimates had Americans betting a record $23 billion on Super Bowl LVIII, up more than a third from the $16 billion that was wagered in…
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AssortedSparrow blessing
***** Most mornings I waken to the sound of sparrows chittering and chattering. Approximately twenty to thirty little house sparrows have a sun-up inclination to…
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AssortedOutward appearance over against the heart
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not…
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AssortedComplaining: our national pastime
Long ago, people were taught not to complain. In addition, being selfless, giving, and kind was applauded as the way that a person should live….
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AssortedBehind the scenes: the editorial cast and crew of RP
When my class did job shadowing for a couple days, it wasn’t hard for me to answer what I’m interested in. If you were to…
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AssortedKeeping Christ in Christmas: 12 ideas for honoring God in our Christmas festivities
There’s no more exciting time than Christmas. Reflecting on the birth of Christ, gifts, lights, decorations, music, special foods, and time spent with family and…
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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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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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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…