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Christian educationTeaching English from a Christian perspective, as brought to you by the Letter C
As Christians, we are rightly thankful for what has been brought to us by the letters A, B, and C, and the letters D through…
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Book ReviewsThe Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne 1926-28 / 368 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT The Complete Tales includes both Winnie-the-Pooh, first published in 1926, and The House at Pooh…
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Culture ClashesGet out of the game
Christians need to steer clear of sports gambling ***** When I was a kid, I remember my aunt asking, whenever we were traveling somewhere, “Are…
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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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Being the ChurchGod loves a cheerful giver
6 ways to restore the joy of giving ***** In one sense, the most faithful givers during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ were the…
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AssortedMore time to pray
Martin and Christina Veenstra on retirement in your nineties ***** Little did Christina Veenstra know, more than six decades ago, that meeting her future husband,…
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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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EducationPodcasts to get you educated, not schooled
Only universities give degrees, but you can get an education even while you’re driving, jogging, or mowing the lawn ***** About forty years ago, when…
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Book ReviewsThe Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 / 208 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give The Giver is a book that is not specifically Christian, but has been studied in Christian schools…
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Adult non-fictionCounterfeit Gods
by Timothy Keller 2009 / 240 pages John Calvin once said, “The human heart is an idol factory. ” It makes sense that God’s prohibition of…
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Adult non-fictionNotes from the Tilt-a-Whirl
Wide-Eyed Wonder in God’s Spoken World by N. D. Wilson 2009 / 203 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift The world is a wild ride, isn’t it? The…
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Book ReviewsSolomon Says: Directives for Young Men
by Mark Horne 148 pages / 2020 Rating: GOOD/Great/Give If you are not governed by God’s Word, which calls you, by the work of the Holy…
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Adult biographiesCome Back, Barbara
by C. John Miller & Barbara Miller Juliani 182 pages / 1997 Rating: GOOD/Great/Give This is the true story of a prodigal that came back. Barbara Miller,…
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Adult non-fictionWhy Pro-life? Caring for the unborn and their mothers
by Randy Alcorn 172 pages / 2012 Randy Alcorn has written a much longer pro-life book called Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, but while I…
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DramaThe Adventures of Robin Hood
Drama/Action 101 min / 1938 Rating: 8/10 Aside from a little medieval Roman Catholicism in the character of Friar Tuck (for instance, asking a woman…
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Culture ClashesWhat’s the best response to a wedding cake request?
What do you say to a homosexual couple who asks you to bake a cake for their wedding a month from now? That was the…
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Adult non-fictionKilling Calvinism
by Greg Dutcher 2012, 111 pages We can thank God that many “young and the restless” Christians are turning to Calvinism to find the rest…
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Adult non-fictionChosen by God
by R.C. Sproul 1986 / 187 pages While most Christians joyfully acknowledge God’s sovereignty in His providence – his protective care – many are less…
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Adult non-fictionSong of Songs: The Greatest Love Song
by Matthew H. VanLuik 210 pages / 2015 Way back in 1979, Victor Kiam coined a phrase in a Remington electric razor commercial: “I liked…
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Articles – BooksWhy read biographies?
More importantly, why stop? Any Christian who reads the Bible has been already been reading biographies. Let’s start with Genesis, where we read about the…
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Book ReviewsThe Amazing Dr. Ransom’s Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies
A Field Guide for Clear Thinkers by Douglas Wilson & N.D. Wilson illustrated by Forrest Dickison 320 pages / 2015 These are the adventures of…
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Adult fictionLord Foulgrin’s and Screwtape’s letters: why you should read this devilish correspondence
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis 1942 / 200 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Lord Foulgrin’s Letters by Randy Alcorn 2001 / 208 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Normally,…
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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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Adult non-fictionGod has a wonderful plan for your life
by Ray Comfort 128 pages / 2010 Why doesn’t the modern evangelistic message “work”? In this book Comfort is confronting an enormous problem that he…
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Adult non-fiction“A Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide”: a summary review
Do you find it harder to make the case against euthanasia than against abortion? That might be, in part, because we have less experience –…
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Adult non-fictionGod and government
Biblical Principles for Today: An introduction and Resource by Cornelis Van Dam 330 pages / 2014 Any Christian who wants to be involved in politics,…
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Adult non-fictionFour reasons to pray: a summary review of William Philip’s “Why We Pray”
Does prayer intimidate you rather than refresh you? Do you wonder whether your heart is really in it? If so, then you’ll be interested in…
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Adult fictionIs There Balm in Gilead?
There is a balm in Gilead To make the wounded whole; There is a balm in Gilead To heal the sin-sick soul. Some times I…