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NewsThe Mike Pence rule won’t save us…but can it help us?
In the spring of 2017 the Washington Post got mainstream media pundits chortling, when they revealed that US Vice President Mike Pence had a rule that…
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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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NewsBest pro-life signs at the US March for Life
This year’s US March for Life took place on January 19 and marked the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision, which…
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Adult non-fictionAlien Intrusion: UFOs and the Evolution Connection
by Gary Bates 2004 / 382 pages Are people actually being abducted by aliens? That’s the question being asked by this book…and the recently released…
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Evangelism“And behold, I come quickly” – the dying need to hear the gospel
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan 20, 2018
Parents, your teens are being pressured to ‘sext.’ Even at Christian high schools. Jonathon Van Maren asks parents to stop being naive – this is…
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Adult non-fiction4 books on the irreconcilable divide between Creation and Evolution
Four encouraging books to equip the Church in the current Evolution vs. Creation debates, listed by size, smallest to biggest. No Adam, No Gospel: Adam…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionON THE ORIGIN OF ARTICLES: You thought this article was designed? How unscientific of you!
You might think that someone wrote this article. But of course, you would be mistaken. Articles are not written by people. They are the result…
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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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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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FamilyTwo DVD series teach Science the way kids love to learn it . . . and from a six-day perspective
When it comes to science, some of the most compelling material for kids will have scattered evolutionary references throughout. More importantly, secular texts don’t give…
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Book excerptsWhen gray hair meets green
**** Half his head is shaven. The middle part is green and the right side bright orange. He is clean, very clean. His red jeans…
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Book excerpts5 frank quotes from Jonathan McKee’s “Sex Matters”
Jonathan McKee’s Sex Matters is a frank book meant to help us parents teach our kids about the touchy topic of sex. To give you…
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ParentingShould it be “I’m sorry” or “Please forgive me”?
“I’m sorry” or “please forgive me” – does it make a difference? Aren’t they just two different ways of saying the same thing? Not really….
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DramaMartin Luther (1953)
Drama 1953 / 105 minutes Rating: 8/10 What sort of film is Martin Luther? The sort that gets produced by a church, and yet gets nominated…
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AnimatedTorchlighters: the Martin Luther Story
Animated / Family 2016 / 34 minutes Rating: 7/10 The strength of this film is its short length. At just 34 minutes, it can be…
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NewsWhen marriage means only: “a way to avoid taxes”
Matt Murphy and Michael O’Sullivan are good friends – they’ve been friends for almost 30 years. They are also straight. And, as of the Dec….
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NewsTop 10 RP articles of 2017
At year’s end it seemed a good opportunity to review the top articles of 2017. This past year we changed from being a subscription-based print…
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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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NewsThe Top 5 most overlooked articles of 2017
Next week we’re going to share a Top 10 of the most popular article we’ve published in 2017, but today we’re sharing 5 articles that…
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Recent ArticlesThe transgender debate isn’t about washrooms
Here’s the scenario: there’s a fellow in front of you wearing a little black dress. And he wants to know your thoughts on the transgender…
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Saturday Selections – Dec 16, 2017
Ten books every teenager should read It isn’t important that your son or daughter has read all the books on this list, or even any….
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Human RightsShould Christians be free to obey our conscience?
In recent years there’s been a worrying downward trend for religious freedom in both Canada and the United States. Examples abound of Christian T-shirt printers,…
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MagazineNov/Dec 2017 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: Is recreational marijuana sinful? / Biomimicry recognizes genius (but not the Genius) behind creation / Physician-assisted suicide: would it be wrong to refer? / Paul…
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Church historyKuyper’s legacy: for better and for worse
Abraham Kuyper left behind a lasting legacy. There is, most notably, his indispensable role in the Doleantie of 1886, in which he led an exodus…
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Church historyAbraham Kuyper: larger than life
After John Calvin, Abraham Kuyper is probably the figure who looms largest in our Reformed church history. In some ways, in his lifetime he was…
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Science – GeneralStephen Jay Gould: An evolutionist who helped creationists
Few American scientists achieved fame and fortune as quickly as Dr. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002), and few scientists aroused such mixed emotions among their colleagues…
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Book lists3 great Christian novels
If the fiction section in your local Christian bookstore is all-Amish all the time, then here are 4 recommendations of a very different sort: a…
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ParentingTeaching small fries to take notes, sing psalms, and speak to God
When your child is old enough to write… When your child learns to write he is ready to begin taking sermon notes. Say, what? Let’s…
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Pro-life – AbortionMargaret Sanger: Planned Parenthood’s apostle of eugenics
EDITOR’S NOTE: The original title the editor gave this – “Margaret Sanger: Apostle of abortion and eugenics” – made it seem as if Sanger was a…
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NewsScience politicized: when democracy doesn’t suffice anymore
In the West most citizens take pride in their democratic institutions, pointing to how it’s through democracy that change can be peaceably pursued. Of course,…
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Pro-life – EuthanasiaPhysician-assisted suicide: would it be wrong to refer?
Even before euthanasia was legalized in Canada, Christian and other pro-life medical professionals were being pressured to go along. The final report of the Expert Advisory Group on…
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Book Reviews3 fantastic books/free videos children will love
Dai Hankey has a great voice, and has paired up with a fantastic illustrator for his three books about Eric, and how this little fellow…
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Soup and BunsFinding the right words: use what you’ve received
During the Spring of 2004 my husband Dennis lay in the Intensive Care Unit at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. Surgery had led to his…
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Apologetics 101Princeton scientists announce discovery of “sex chromosome”
Earlier this month, scientists at Princeton University published findings which could forever change the way we think about biological sex. Until now, it had been…
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NewsCanadian couples may have had adoption/fostering nixed because of their Christianity
An Alberta couple filed a lawsuit in November, accusing provincial authorities of discrimination after their application to adopt a child was rejected. The suit claims…
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NewsOutraged all the time: why Christians can’t be
When the weekend edition of the Daily Mail reported that British schools were swapping out BC and AD for BCE and CE to avoid offending…
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HumorEven a talking horse beats quiet convictions
I still remember the day I officially became an expert on everything. Many people go to school for years just to become an expert on…
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NewsSurvey: the US is a nation of heretics
A survey conducted last year by LifeWay Research and commissioned by Ligonier Ministries has found that most core Christian beliefs are lost on Americans in…
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InternetWikipedia: reader beware
I recently assigned a group of Grade 7-10 church history students a research project. I observed them as they began their work on their personal…
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Saturday Selections – Nov 11, 2017
It’s not about the cake When a gay couple tries to force a Christian baker to make their wedding cake, it isn’t about the cake…
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Church historyOn the shoulders of giants: how church history helps
Czeslaw Milosz, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature, remarked in his acceptance speech in Stockholm that our age is characterized by a “refusal…
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Christian education – SportsA Good Coach is Crucial: the potential and danger of school sport teams
“They’re nice, but not a priority.” Ask Reformed parents about our school’s sports teams and that’s a response you’re likely to hear. It’s an understandable…
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Saturday Selections – Nov 4, 2017
Sing a little louder As we approach Remembrance Day, this powerful nine-minute film serves as a reminder that there are battles to be fought today…
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PornographyFIGHT! A message from the most porn-riddled country in the world
In 2016, Google pronounced the country where I pastor, Papua New Guinea (PNG), the most porn-riddled country in the world. This “fact” was established by the…
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Book excerptsLiving through World War II
This an excerpt from Gerda Vandenhaak’s “Geertje: War Seen through the Eyes of a Child as an Adult” ***** I am lining up for food. I…
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Christian education – SportsSports teams are important for our Christian schools
Sports teams in a Christian school are sometimes seen as an expendable extra that requires a lot of time and effort. Some may even argue…
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InternetOne week in: Facebook isn’t for everyone
It’s been nearly a full week since I deleted my Facebook account. My thoughts so far? Why didn’t I do this before?!? I made my…
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Adult non-fictionParenting: The 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family
What’s the best passage in the Bible about parenting? Maybe some will say Ephesians 6:1-4. Others will point to Deuteronomy 6:4-9. Paul Tripp has his…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionThe appendix question solved
For many years, we were told that the human appendix was a leftover of our evolutionary development and the proof was in the fact that…
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MagazineSept/Oct 2017 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: 10 titles on Luther / The “Broken Window Fallacy” / Science videos for all ages / Facebook to God’s glory / 5 books for…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct 21, 2017
Welcoming vs. affirming In the LGBTQ debate there is a demand that for a church to be welcoming, it must also affirm people’s lifestyle. Trevin…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionOn DNA and how “things are seldom what they seem”
Sometimes we forget that scientists like to be amused just as much as other individuals, and the illustration in the November 20/08 issue of Nature…
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Adult non-fictionSpanking resources to read, listen, or watch
God gave us children and gave us his Word to show us how best to raise them up to know and love Him. In addition,…
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Book listsLearning about Luther: 10 titles your family will enjoy
Five hundred years ago a learned monk drew up 95 pointed arguments and asked for a debate. What he got was a revolution. Fast forward…
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HistoryUlrich Zwingli: Reformer in the shadows?
In 1983 churches all over the world commemorated the 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther. Ulrich Zwingli should have gotten the same sort…
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HistoryKarl Marx: preaching a different gospel
To mark the 100th anniversary this month, of the Communist Revolution in Russia, we’re sharing Piet Jongeling’s brief biography of Karl Marx, first published 34…
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People we should knowJacobus Arminius: professed the confessions even as he opposed them
The baby, baptized Jacob Harmenszoon, lay contentedly in his mother’s arms. Warmth, food and love sheltered his small physical being. Even though his father was…
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Saturday Selections – Sept 30, 2017
This edition has been brought to you by the number 6: six items, six actions, and six surprises…. God painted ants on fruit fly wings…
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NewsDestruction only destroys – the “broken window fallacy”
We are halfway into the 2017 hurricane season and tropical mega-storms in the Atlantic basin have already broken several records. Hurricane Irma has sustained its…
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ReligionMormons and Masons have their secrets. We don’t.
There’s nothing esoteric about the Christian faith. There is no secret mystery into which you must become initiated in order to be admitted. It’s not…
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NewsCanadian colonialism dressed up as aid
Red tomatoes and purple onions pile in front of her. Behind is sugar, bagged by the kilo. Bottles of Fanta and 7-Up stand on a…
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DocumentaryRevolutionary: Michael Behe and the mystery of the molecular machines
Documentary 60 minutes / 2016 RATING; 7/10 Revolutionary is a fantastic documentary about what a quiet professor did to get Darwinian evolutionists very, very upset with…
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HistoryThe untimely death of Emmett Louis Till: The power of graphic pictures
Pictures have a power that words simply cannot match. That became evident in the tragic death of Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old Chicago teen who…
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InternetFacebook…to God’s glory
Recently a colleague commented on the fear that some have about social media, and their resulting reluctance to open Facebook accounts. She said it reminded…
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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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NewsRestaurant chain won’t compromise on the 4th Commandment
The Chick-fil-A restaurant in the brand-new stadium of the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons is going to be closed on all but one of the…
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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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NewsMedia bias and Australia’s marriage debate
This month and next Australians are being given the opportunity to have their say on same-sex “marriage.” The Liberal-National (LNP) coalition ran their election campaign…
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Saturday selections – Sept 9, 2017
A baker’s half dozen worth of articles from Reformed and other sources that were just too good not to share… A new translation of Schilder’s…
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Religion – Roman CatholicJorge’s Heresy
People might not think they know Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina. As a matter of fact, when asked, most will probably say they’ve never heard…
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Culture ClashesAre some cultures are better than others
We know all people are equal because every one of us is made in the very Image of God (Gen. 9:6). So wouldn’t it be…
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EconomicsThe rich keep getting richer… and they’re not the only ones
Capitalism helps everyone. That might be hard to believe right now, with the worldwide economy in the doldrums, and with many fingering capitalism as the…
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Politics4 bad arguments for Traditional Marriage…and 1 good one!
The current Marriage debate has many people worrying about the institution’s survival. In Canada and the US, the battle has been fought, and seemingly lost….
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MagazineJuly/Aug 2017 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: Raising readers: the power of reading aloud / Jordan Peterson is not PC / James’ epistle on pornography / What grieving people wish…
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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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News
Saturday selections – Aug 25, 2017
A baker’s half dozen of the best articles this week from Reformed and others sources…. Thou shalt not bail How many people are coming to…
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ParentingParents, are you pushing or leading?
Do your children feel led or pushed? Are you as a parent dominated by love or frustration? The two questions are tightly connected. Leading is…
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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…
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News
Saturday selections – Aug 12, 2017
The best articles this week, from Reformed and others sources…. What is the Shia Sunni divide? Did you know some observant Muslims pray only three…
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NewsDr. Jordan Peterson on…
On outwitting the obstructionists At a talk at Harvard in mid-April earlier this year Dr. Jordan Peterson shared advice on how we can bring back…
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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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NewsHave the MTV Awards set the stage for a transgender/feminist throw down?
At this year’s MTV Movie and TV Awards, actress Emma Watson was the proud recipient of what she called the “first acting award in history…
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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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ReligionWill the Islamic State disappear?
About four years ago the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) appeared to have come out of nowhere, creating havoc with its unspeakable brutality…
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Media biasFAKE NEWS: Media gets it wrong about the Bible getting it wrong
This past week, newspapers and other media outlets published articles about how a recent find had disproven the Bible. The Telegraph, The Independent, Express, and…
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NewsWhy euthanasia restrictions fail – “safeguards” become “barriers to access”
Canada’s doctor-assisted suicide law is barely a year old, and already the safeguards in it are being challenged. The most recent challenge was this June…
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NewsWhat if speeding tickets were paid to charities?
As Kuyper said, “There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not…
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Articles – BooksRaising readers: the surprising power of reading aloud
Of all the skills our children need to master, reading is at the top of the list. Children who read fluently do well in school,…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionMOLECULAR MOTORS: Design on a microscopic scale
One of the most famous molecular machines is the rotary bacterial flagellum made famous by Michael Behe in his book Darwin’s Black Box (1996). This miniature…
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Adult non-fictionWhat Grieving People Wish You Knew about what really helps (and what really hurts)
We have all struggled with what to say to someone who has lost a loved one. Whether it be at the funeral, waiting to give…
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Recent Articles3 problems with transgender surgeries
This summer Pullman Regional Hospital in eastern Washington State announced they might offer transgender surgeries and asked the public for feedback. They got hundreds of…
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Science – GeneralWONDERFUL WHALES: Design on a gigantic scale
When we look at nature, we can hardly miss the design that is everywhere so apparent in living creatures. We recognize it every time we…
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Recent ArticlesTransgenderism 101: Share the truth with compassion
Transgenderism is the latest political cause du jour, dominating media headlines, saturating academic deliberation, the subject of new laws and radical educational policies across the…
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Book ReviewsHonoring God’s name in Christian fiction
“I didn’t expect the person killing me to yawn with boredom.” As opening lines go, this has to be one of the best. It’s from…
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NewsPregnant student banned from grad walk – did both sides get it half right, or, in other words, wrong?
Should a pregnant student be allowed to walk with her class at graduation? That wouldn’t even be a question in any secular school, but it…
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NewsDid the Church fathers take Genesis literally?
In this 49-minute lecture, Dr. Todd Wood answers the objection that “scientific creationism” is only a recent phenomenon. As he shows by going to the…
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Church historyWhat sort of man was John Calvin? We can get a feel for him from his letters
It started with a conversation discussing various matters, when the subject of John Calvin came up. I was absolutely flabbergasted when my interlocutor said that…