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ContestsSonnet for an Unknown God – Acts 17
I saw an altar, nameless, cold, and bare, With faded letters signed “The Unknown God.” A feeling dark and lonesome lingered there, A shadow of…
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ContestsBorrowed language to thank my dearest Friend
As Moses raised the serpent up so God’s own Son was lifted high. Alas! My Saviour Jesus bled, my Sovereign Lord did die. His sacred…
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ContestsSign up for now RP’s July 13-22 screen-fast challenge!
Bring peace to your mind while raising $100 for charity. ***** Are you struggling with keeping screens in their proper place? Do you or your…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 4, 2026
Lady Pastrix says we need a “Third Testament” If you have liberal Christian family or friends, this is worth sharing. They need to understand that…
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Entertainment“What can I do?” Part II
35 more screen-alternatives ***** For our first screen-fast in 2025, we offered up 35 ideas for great activities you and your family can do with…
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Entertainment“What can I do anyways?”
35 screen-alternative ideas ***** You can’t beat something with nothing (as Eph. 4:28, Matt. 12:30, and Matt. 12:43-45 make clear). That means if you want…
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ContestsAnxiety and trust
There are moments when the world grows quiet, yet our minds grow loud. Worries replay themselves in the dark – unfinished conversations, uncertain futures, fears…
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NewsMore homeowners facing insolvency
Canadians have long been struggling with personal debt, but Scott Terrio, a manager at Hoyes, Michalos Licensed Insolvency Trustees told The Hub that the bigger…
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Recent ArticlesOn being smartphone-free for five years
Way back in the Fall of 2021, I ditched my iPhone and got a dumbphone. I was sick of how my smartphone was a major…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 27, 2026
Envy is a sin. Wealth isn’t. If you could make everyone twice as wealthy, would you do it? This is an odd fellow, making a…
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NewsAre you still able?
A nation-wide challenge to experience life without screens ***** It used to be different, not all that long ago. Carrie is a teen who always…
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MagazineThe July/August 2026 issue
The 2026 “Log out. Look up.” 10-day screenfast is here, and we’re doing this together again! Find all the details inside this issue, including how…
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ParentingGive your kids a super power
Reading to your kids will give them something better than the ability to leap tall buildings ***** I’ve been thinking lately that books are incredible….
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Being the ChurchLove thy neighbor. Love thy neighborhood encampment…?
What comes to mind when you think of Hamilton, Ontario? The waterfall capital of the world? The armpit of the Golden Horseshoe? Or perhaps you’ve…
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Interview with an artistLaura Kroesbergen’s hyperrealistic animals
Capturing a moment in pastel ***** In her childhood, Laura Kroesbergen found she struggled with confidence in her relationships with people, but when she was…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 20, 2026
Calvin vs Arminius: the predestination rock battle Though they never met in real life, what if John Calvin and Jacob Arminius would have gone head…
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Recent ArticlesLess screens = more life
What we learned by stepping away from our phones for 10 days ***** We were hoping for 200 to sign up. Turns out a lot…
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InternetIs AI helping you, or dumbing you down? Yes.
3 questions to help us use AI better. ***** The Preacher declares in Ecclesiastes 1:9 that “there is nothing new under the sun.” He was…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 13, 2026
Brandon Lake’s That’s Who I Praise Here’s a whole bunch of people having a whole bunch of fun praising God! I, Smartphone Nearly 80 years ago…
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In a NutshellTidbits – June 2026
Done before the first down Notre Dame’s famed football coach Knute Rockne wasn’t above employing psychology to give his team an edge. A legend is…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 30, 2026
When John MacArthur visited a philosophy class In this clip John MacArthur starts off sounding quite arrogant – he says he everything clearly. but he…
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Recent ArticlesThe day is not an age
Billions of years don’t fit with the Bible ***** When my daughter was young, I introduced her to sketching and how to use colored pencils…
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News“Transition” victims decry conversion therapy law
In early May, seven people hosted a press conference in Ottawa to express their concerns with Canada’s conversion therapy law. This law bans any practice,…
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Interview with an artistTrees, rocks, water, sky, wildlife – Sheila Van Delft paints refreshment for the soul
The quiet cool of a forest trail brings inspiration to artist Sheila Van Delft. As an introvert, she finds she can recharge by breathing deeply…
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MusicWhen the Church stops singing
or, What I learned from the organ bench ***** The first time I realized something was wrong with congregational singing, I was sixteen years old,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 23, 2026
“Bury the workmen” by Covie, featuring Lance Thompson A group, new to me, singing about no matter what the world might try, “the work will…
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NewsBC midwives allowed to now kill pre-born babies
On May 5th, the British Columbia government decided to celebrate International Midwives Day by authorizing midwives to participate in something antithetical to their purpose: aborting…
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Recent ArticlesPerfect planet
It all had to be just right for life on Earth to survive and thrive ***** In our garden is a plum tree. Now this…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 16, 2026
Athanasius vs. Arius, the rap battle Athanasius offers up a hard-rocking right…. Parents hold the key to building strong readers Between a fifth and a…
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In a NutshellTidbits – May 2026
On logic Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson once went on a camping trip. Some hours after they lay down for the night…
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People we should knowJ. Gresham Machen (1881-1937)
Stood strong against the tide of liberalism engulfing the Church ***** One of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century was an American Presbyterian named…
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People we should knowThat 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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HomosexualityOpposing rainbow crosswalk results in human rights trial
Ronald Reagan once shared a quip about the difference between his country and the totalitarian USSR. “Two Soviets… were talking to each other. And one…
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NewsFederal spending increases under Carney
To make a diamond dazzle, a skilled jeweller will slip a black cloth under it. The federal government pulled a similar tactic with its Spring…
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NewsRadicalized and Reformed? Someone we know tried to kill the president.
The news traveled in Reformed circles like wildfire on a Saturday evening: the young man who tried to kill President Trump and members of his…
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PornographyNo satisfaction: James’ Epistle on pornography
If I were to do a sample of readers to ask what they think is the driver behind pornography, my guess is that the most…