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NewsSaturday Selections – August 13, 2022
Fantastic fireflies! (8 min) Most everyone would say fireflies are super cool, but we really have no idea. God has crafted a creature that has…
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Articles – MoviesHere’s the problem with just closing your eyes during the sex scenes
Several years ago, Kate Beckinsale was conned into signing a movie contract that required nudity—something she didn’t want to do. With her acting career in…
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DocumentaryIncredible Creatures That Define Design
Documentary 62 min / 2011 Rating: 7/10 The folks who brought us the 3-film series Incredible Creatures That Defy Evolution are back, and with a fun…
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Book listsVirginia Lee Burton: Queen of nostalgia
A mom reading Katy and the Big Snow to her daughters might remember her own parents reading the same book to her. Since they first came…
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 6, 2022
The Great Escape? (8 min) Might God be using technological innovations to grant His people freedom from government tyranny? That’s not quite how this fellow…
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InternetIs our curiosity controlling us, or are we controlling it?
Curiosity can be downright lethal… and not only to cats. In our Internet age, curiosity can quickly take us where we must not go. But…
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ParentingChildren’s games that mom & dad can play without going batty
I grew up with board games of all sorts, playing 5-6 hour “train games” with my brother and his friends, or Settlers of Catan back when…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 30, 2022
State or parents: whose child is it? (2 min) The case made for home school here is one Christians – even those of us with…
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ParentingThe high cost of fatherhood: being a blessing to your children is hard work
Sociologists and politicians on the right of the political spectrum often tell us that one of the biggest problems facing society is the lack of…
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Book ReviewsMedallion
by Dawn L. Watkins 1985 / 213 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give This will be a fun one for Grade 4/5 boys. Young Trave plans to be king one…
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ParentingChores are good for our kids, and the earlier the better
Something parents have long suspected but few children have believed has been verified by research: chores are good for kids. The research that backs this…
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Adult biographiesOnly When It’s Dark Can We See the Stars: a father’s journal as his son battles cancer
by John van Popta 2022, 194 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Why Lord? That’s the question 12-year-old Julian van Popta, his parents, and his siblings had to…
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DocumentaryMicrocosmos
Documentary / Nature 80 min / 1996 Rating: 9/10 Have you ever wondered what it’s like for bugs when it rains, getting hit by water…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 23, 2022
Wikipedia’s bias (8 min) One of Wikipedia’s founders now describes it as propaganda for the leftwing. The passive husband A passive husband can come off…
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Book ReviewsThe Arrival
by Shaun Tan 2007 / 128 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift I am an immigrant of sorts, having moved across the border to the US, and while…
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InternetThe smartphone stack
You’re out with some friends having a nice dinner. But one has been talking on his phone for the last ten minutes, and a second…
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Apologetics 101The don’t and do’s of answering fools
In Proverbs 26:4-5 God says we shouldn’t argue with fools…except when we should. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 16, 2022
Dude Perfect Jr.? These kids are likely to inspire your own with all their ballon-popping trick shots. The myth that sports stadiums create new jobs…
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DocumentaryDarwin: The Voyage that Shook the World
Documentary 55 minutes, 2009 Rating: 8/10 This must be the most expensive documentary ever made by creationists and it is certainly the best looking. Creation…
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Recent ArticlesWhat is Grace?
Through sheer repetition, some Christian words seem to blend into each other and we forget their distinct meanings. That’s why the word grace is sometimes used…
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AssortedHolding on to wisdom: What would a younger you tell you to do?
I’ve written on marriage and headship in the past but when a friend asked me for my “expert take” on a marital matter he had…
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Adult non-fictionTop 3 marriage books
Over my years in the ministry, I’ve taught many marriage preparation classes. From time to time, I’ve also counseled couples with marriage problems. In my…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 9, 2022
Great moments in unintended consequences (4 min) When governments don’t have even a basic understanding of economics, many unintended consequences can result. What I learned…
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DramaTo save a life
Drama 120 minutes; 2010 Rating: 7/10 To Save a Life is about teen suicide… and also premarital sex, abortion, underage drinking, cutting, bullying, divorce, divorce’s impact…
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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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Human RightsA Christian perspective on freedom of speech
This was first published in the June 2010 issue To say American author and columnist Ann Coulter is “outspoken” is rather like saying Solomon was…
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Adult biographiesPrairie Lion: The Life & Times of Ted Byfield
by Jonathon Van Maren 2022 / 256 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give God works in history through people, some of whom have a particularly significant impact. In Canada,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 2, 2022
A fish that shoots its prey (2 min) God’s craftsmanship is on display in the Archer Fish and Velvet Worm (and it might get you…
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Book ReviewsThe Revolt: a novel in Wycliffe’s England
by Douglas Bond 269 pages / 2016 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give I was never a fan of Church history in school, but I’ve come to realize that…
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Recent ArticlesEnvironmentalists: How to tell the bad ones from the good
In 1997, while completing a science fair presentation, 14-year-old Nathan Zohner devised a way to test for bad environmentalists. The first part of his presentation…
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Documentary180: from pro-choice to pro-life in minutes
Documentary 2011, 33 minutes Rating: 7/10 The trailer for 180 showed people being interviewed on the street declaring their support for “a woman’s right to choose.”…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 25, 2022
Economics 101 in 7 great quotes (6 min) David Bahnsen’s company manages more than $3.5 billion in client assets but, in Reformed circles, he might…
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PoliticsPolitical tactics 101: reframing the aggressor
The concept of self-defense is easy to understand and its validity is recognized by most people, whether Christian or not. If somebody is attacked, it…
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Pro-life – AbortionPro-life memes and cartoons to share
Through the years Reformed Perspective has created a number of pro-life comics and memes, and this is where we are going to collect them, so that they…
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DramaThe Hobbit: the film trilogy
AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY 2012 / 169 min (also a 182-min version) Rating: 8/10 THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG 2013 / 161 min (also a 186-min version) Rating: 8/10…
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MagazineJune/July/Aug 2022 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: Rev. Christopher Gordon’s The New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality (watch the Real Talk episode with Pastor Gordon here)/ Reviewing Matt Walsh’s documentary What…
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Adult non-fictionThe Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
by Andy Crouch 2017/ 220 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT Did you just binge multiple seasons of that show everyone is talking about over the weekend? Do…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 18, 2022
Can our kids be salt and light in government schools? (2 min) Maybe… if they were trained. But in a government school who is training…
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MarriageThe surprising secrets of highly happy marriages
**** Marriage is meant to mirror Christ and the church. One can scarcely imagine a higher calling than this, yet all marriages fall far short…
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DocumentaryLife’s Story: the one that hasn’t been told
Documentary 2004 / 58 minutes Rating: 7/10 This is a gorgeous investigation of how Creation evidences its Creator. Life’s Story was filmed in more than ten…
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AssortedTruth requires you to love and love requires you to be truthful
Contrary to popular opinion, love and truth don’t stand in opposition to one another. In fact, you can’t really have one without the other. To…
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DocumentaryWhat is a Woman?
Documentary 2022 / 95 minutes Rating: 9 /10 What is a woman? That’s the question that confounded US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson earlier…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 11, 2022
Discovered: new mode of flight! Have you heard of a beetle with feathers? It wasn’t so long ago that scientists thought that the beetle in…
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Recent ArticlesWhat a cross-continent trek taught one pioneer about Sunday rest
My town of Lynden, Washington has a mother, Phoebe Judson, who founded our city, arriving here in 1871. She promoted Sunday closure. Here’s why. In…
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DocumentaryAmerican Gospel: Christ Crucified
Documentary 2019 / 176 minutes Rating: 9/10 In the early 1600’s, our forefathers assembled at Dordrecht to clearly correct the errors of the Remonstrants, publishing…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 4, 2022
The Left rediscovers biology (3 min) At the risk of ruining the joke, this video is deeper than its creator knows. When we reject God’s…
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Human RightsHow mom and dad can fight Big Brother
Governments in BC, Alberta and elsewhere have shown they want to use government schools to teach children that their gender is something they can choose….
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Internet20 Scriptures to guide our online speech
Scripture has a lot to say about how we wield our speech, and those passages are all the more important now that technological advances have…
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NewsNancy Pelosi steals communion
A man, given a handsome offer by his king for a piece of property he owned, refused to sell. It was not that the man…
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In a NutshellTidbits – June 2022
If you ain’t Dutch… Readers from a Dutch background are undoubtedly familiar with the slogan, “if you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much.” Those same readers…
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NewsNews that inspires action!
“Can we watch World Watch now?” That’s what one of my six blond-haired children is bound to ask on most weekdays after the dinner dishes…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 28, 2022
Great moments in unintended consequences “But I didn’t mean to!” is a child’s frequently invoked defense become parents will generally buy it, at least so…
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InternetParents, you are your child’s best protection from online horrors
“You cannot raise your children as your parents raised you, because your parents raised you for a world that no longer exists.” – Author unknown…
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Parenting8 tips for traveling with the family
My favorite travel anecdote came from Reader’s Digest years ago. An older woman felt overwhelmed while packing to go to Florida with her husband. She…
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Christian educationTruth & Lies in American Education
Documentary 2022 / 69 minutes Rating: 7/10 “[Education] is the battle that is going to affect all the other battles. We’re all involved in different…
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Book ReviewsNobody knows how to make a pizza
by Julie Borowski 2019 / 30 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give The picture book’s title makes a claim that my daughter just couldn’t believe: “Come on Dad, you know…
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Media biasMisleading us for years: looking back at bias in the US and Canada
Editor’s note: for those who might have thought the radical bias of today’s mainstream press media was only a very recent thing, this 2004 blast…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 21, 2022
Why free trade is win-win So long as two people make an exchange voluntarily, it’s going to be win-win. If I trade $10,000 for your…
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DocumentaryFree film: The God Who Speaks
Documentary 2018 / 92 minutes Rating: 9/10 All of us at times have wondered what it would be like if God spoke to us directly,…
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HistoryThe Canadian Revolution of 1982
When we speak of a political “revolution,” we usually think of a violent event that replaces one political system with another. Among the best known…
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Apologetics 10110 tales to help us clear away transgender confusion
We live in a time when the obvious is not so. How exactly can we explain to someone who doesn’t get it, that saying you’re…
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Book lists130+ wordless wonders for creative kids, wanna-be readers, and reluctant ones too
If you can remember waaaay back to when you first learned to read, what probably sticks with you is that feeling of triumph. It takes…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 14, 2022
US creates 1984-ish Disinformation Governance Board Meanwhile, in Canada, the government’s Bill C-11 would give the government enormous power over the Internet. So, like our American…
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NewsA secular defense of the Sabbath, and how it falls short
Fast Company is a secular business magazine, as likely to pass on presentation tips from industry leaders as it is to pass on marketing tips…
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Book ReviewsIn the Hall of the Dragon King
by Stephen Lawhead 1982 / 370 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give This is an old-fashioned fantasy tale, with a loosely Christian underpinning. Quentin is a young man…
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DocumentaryThe Bible vs. the Book of Mormon
Documentary 66 minutes Rating: 8/10 Which is the true sacred text: the Book of Mormon, or the Bible? That’s quite the question, and this is…
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HistoryThe Pope who hated black cats
People like or dislike different kinds of animals. I’m a bird person. They fascinate me. Others are cat people. And historically, we know that some…
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In a NutshellTidbits – May 2022
A gentle answer to a rude question Christian comedian Phil Callaway recently told a story about a lady who thoughtlessly questioned whether he should ever…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 7, 2022
The relationship between Mohammed and Satan (7 min) When someone claims to have a revelation from God there are three possibilities for us to consider:…
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AssortedIs recreational marijuana sinful?
God says we should honor the governing authorities (Romans 13:1-6) in as far as they don’t require us to violate God’s law. So, before today,…
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Book lists200+ free e-books worth checking out
We live in an age in which so many wonderful resources are available for free. Of course, with the sheer numbers being passed along here,…
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Adult non-fictionReflections on “12 ways your phone is changing you”
The phone has had a huge impact on our way of life. This was true already, back in the 1920s, when the coming of the…
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FamilyFree film: The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
Family / Drama 96 minutes; 2008 RATING: 6/10 In the summer of 1970 three boys develop a friendship with an elderly man, Jonathan Sperry, who…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 30, 2022
Meet one of Canada’s anti-abortion influencers (6 min) Though this profile is by a decidedly left-wing outlet, it still can’t help highlight how impactful pro-life…
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Book ReviewsMaker Comics: Draw a comic
by JP Coovert 2019 / 124 pages Cartooning was a fascination as a kid, so I’ve read a few different books on how to do…
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Economics – Home FinancesIs gambling wrong? And if so, what about buying stocks?
Some Christians won’t invest in the stock market because they believe that investing in stocks is really no different than buying a lottery ticket. Both,…
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ParentingDon’t let the culture train up your children in the way they should go
Our family loves to watch the Olympics. As we’ve watched the last several years, we’ve been noticing how different each Olympics has been even from…
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DocumentaryEvolution’s Achilles’ Heels
Documentary 2014 / 96 minutes Rating: 10/10 I’ve watched this at least 5 times now, and many sections many more times than that. This is…
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DocumentaryIncredible Creatures That Defy Evolution I, II, and III
Dr. Jobe Martin was once an ardent evolutionist and only became a creationist after getting challenged by one of his students. While he was a…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 23, 2022
22 minutes on the 2022 budget CBC comedians offer the humorous take, but for a more substantive look at the problem with debt see: Psalm…
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Parenting5 tips for family devotions with small children
For Christian parents, reading the Bible and praying with our children each day is a critical part of raising them in the faith. Yes, it’s…
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Science – GeneralCanada’s beautiful beaver
An internationally recognized rodent has become our northern nation’s emblem, but more importantly, the curious nature of this creature highlights the creativity of its Creator….
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DocumentaryThe Privileged Planet
Documentary 60 minutes, 2005 Rating: 8/10 This hour-long documentary makes a compelling case that we live on a “privileged planet.” If the Earth was a…
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MagazineApr/May 2022 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: Samuel Sey on Critical Race Theory / How the Bible made the world a better place / Is God a hypothesis? / RP’s…
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AssortedSeniors: Florida does not exist
Some seniors have a phobia about aging. They see their retirement years as a curse of boredom and uselessness. Others see them as an opportunity…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 16, 2022
Jamie Soles’ new rendition of Psalm 94 (6 min) Jamies Soles might be best known for his children’s albums, but his new rendition of Psalm…
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AssortedLesson From My Mum: there is hope for western civilization
I learned an important lesson from a cheap house plant last week – that plant was a chrysanthemum (mum), and it comes with a background…
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Culture ClashesSamuel Sey on Critical Race Theory
This is an edited excerpt from Lucas Holvlüwer and Tyler Vanderwoudes’ Real Talk podcast Episode 43 where they discussed Critical Race Theory with special guest Samuel…
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AnimatedFree film: The John Newton Story
Animated / Drama 2021 / 30 minutes Rating: 7/10 We know John Newton (1725-1807) as the former slave ship captain who repented and then wrote…
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Book ReviewsEncyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective
by Donald J. Sobol 1963 / 88 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Idaville is a small town with an impressive record – no one, absolutely no one,…
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Religion – PentecostalWhat do Pentecostals believe about the miraculous spiritual gifts?
What do Pentecostals believe? That’s quite the question – how does one fairly and accurately describe the beliefs of a group that numbers in the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 9, 2022
The grounds of our assurance (3 min) D.A. Carson on how it is not the intensity of our faith that assures our salvation, but the…
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Adult biographiesGod’s Smuggler
by Brother Andrew Autobiography 1967 / 288 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT This is an amazing true story about God’s miraculous interventions to get Bibles to his…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionBiomimicry recognizes the genius (but not the Genius) behind the wonders of creation
A few years back, Vox media reported on the discipline of biomimicry, which encourages engineering teams to include a biologist to help them solve problems by seeing…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 2, 2022
Is having kids socially irresponsible? The myth of overpopulation refuses to die…but this video can help drive the stake. This is a practical argument that…
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In a NutshellTidbits – April 2022
Treasure your parents, pastors, and good teachers “You don’t live long enough to learn from experience.” – Jewish proverb “We frequently know more, not because…
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Adult non-fictionDoes God listen to Rap?
by Curtis Allen 2013 / 99 pages “Why wouldn’t He?” That’s the answer the author gives to his title question. Whether you agree or don’t…
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Parenting6 Duties of Parents
I suppose that most professing Christians are acquainted with the verse at the top of this page. The sound of it is probably familiar to…
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DocumentaryMetamorphosis: the beauty and design of butterflies
Documentary 2011 / 64 minutes Rating: 8/10 Did you ever stop to reflect that beauty is not essential to the survival of creatures, that it…
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Book lists7 (or is it 8?) great board books!
If you want to foster a love for reading in your children, it’s never too early to start reading to them. Even newborns will tune…