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Saturday Selections – October 16, 2021

When your children don’t respect you

Here’s some advice you might not expect: if your 7-year-old doesn’t respect you, you need to repent.

Euthanasia fallout in Canada

When you no longer recognize God as the giver and owner of our lives, then all other limits will soon fall by the way. Euthanasia, supposedly done to offer compassion to the terminally ill in untreatable pain, was instead done to:

  • 4,120, killed because they had cancer, but didn’t talk with an oncologist (cancer specialist)
  • 1,373, killed because they were lonely
  • 1,253, with no terminal condition
  • 322, who needed disability support services, but did not receive them, and were killed instead
  • 126, who couldn’t get palliative care, but were provided euthanasia
  • 59, who were not consulted about being killed

God’s pronouns matter

There’s a movement in Christian circles to start using “they” to address God. But as John Stonestreet writes, calling God by the pronouns He has chosen to use is important.

“Call your spouse by the wrong name, and see if it matters. Describe your wife as you want her to be, not the way she is… what will she say?”

Jordan Peterson on what’s wrong with a “universal basic income” (10-minute read)

An idea is being proposed on both the political right and left, is for a minimum income for everyone, even including those who decide not to work. Jordan Peterson objects, and his objection has a solid footing because he starts here on a biblical basis: that Man does not live on bread alone.

Christian and Darwinist? 

Francis Collins’s The Language of God convinced many that a consistent Christian could also be a committed Darwinist. 15 years later, one of the book’s central arguments has fallen to pieces.

“Unvaccinated kid is much safer than a vaccinated grandma”

As the push is on to vaccinate children, this New York Times article has some interesting numbers. Along the same vein, this Project Veritas piece (the folks who used their undercover research to expose Planned Parenthood) could have been titled “The Covid-recovered are likely safer than the vaccinated.”

If there was a TV sitcom for dogs… (3 min)

It’s funny because it’s true.

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"Be Fruitful and Multiply" tour comes to Albertan April 19-22

Families are having fewer babies, and the world’s population is expected to peak and then decline later this century. The world isn’t prepared for the impact that this is going to have. However, what may be the greatest challenge of this century can also be a huge opportunity for the Church to shine…. if we embrace the blessing of children, and are prepared to raise them faithfully.

In this presentation, Reformed Perspective’s Mark Penninga will unpack data, history, and God’s Word to make the case for embracing the gift of children with open arms.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

Ages 16-116, single or married, children or no children, these presentations are suitable for all mature Christians.

WHEN AND WHERE?

Edmonton: April 19 at 7:30 pm at Immanuel Canadian Reformed Church

Barhead: April 20 at 7:30 pm at Emmanuel United Reformed Church

Ponoka: April 22 at 7:30 pm at Parkland Reformed Church

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Saturday Selections – October 9, 2021

Who cares about the national debt? This is an American presentation, but the point syncs up with the Canadian situation too. Secular prof discovers that God knows best (15-min read) God's restrictions regarding premarital and extramarital sex are sometimes presented as being restrictions on pleasure. God is seen as a killjoy. But what one secular professor discovered is that sexual restraint benefits a society. In other words, God's rules should be understood as guides for our good – they show His love for us. The C-vid survey that should have rocked the world As headlines tend to be these days, this one is a bit over the top. But it is important to understand the political group in charge of the US right now is the side that overestimates the dangers. The dangerous science behind "gender transitioning" Christians reading their Bibles already know that "gender transitioning" isn't going to have a good end. While some studies argue it does help these folk psychologically, it is not surprising to us that as John Stonestreet notes, the best studies say something else entirely. 12 tips for parenting the smartphone generation Tony Reinke, author of 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You, has 12 tips for parents, including: Delay social media as long as possible Delay smartphones as long as possible Ben Shapiro on climate change (3 min) The commentator explains that climate change "fixes" intended to avert potential harm in the future would do real harm to the poor today. ...