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People we should knowJames Ussher
The world loves to laugh at Christians – we all know that – and nothing makes skeptics laugh harder than the idea that the world…
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Book excerptsEdith Cavell: a brave guide
Some 150 years ago, on December 4, 1865, English woman Edith Cavell was born. And 100 years ago, on October 12, 1915, during the First…
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HistoryThe case against the draft
Across the Western world, military recruiting is sputtering. In 2022 and 2023, the United States Army missed its enlistment targets by tens of thousands, prompting…
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Amazing stories from times pastCarried
Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have…
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PoliticsCanada’s law was based on God’s Word
Canada’s law was largely based on God’s law. That’s a claim many would dispute – they don’t want to give God credit for the freedoms,…
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Recent ArticlesGenesis: theology and history!
A common objection to understanding Genesis 1 as history is that we should instead take it as theology. We’re told that God wants us to…
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Amazing stories from times pastOn conmen and other masters of deceit
God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices (Eccl. 7:29) There are vagabonds and there are villains; there are crooks and there…
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AssortedWrite down your story
Sharing your history is sharing His story …things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We will not hide them…
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People we should knowWibrandis Rosenblatt: “Bride of the Reformation”
I can vividly recall how, as a child, I visited people with my father. In Holland I would ride in front of him as he…
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People we should knowChang Shen: grace to persevere
Like as the armèd knight Appointed to the field With Thy Word will I fight And faith shall be my shield. Anne Askew (1521-1546) *****…
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HistoryDon’t overlook the blessings of today
You stir in your bed as the strains of an orchestra tickle at the edge of your still sleeping consciousness. The volume increases little by…
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Amazing stories from times pastHis eyes are darker than wine, and his TEETH WHITER THAN MILK – Gen. 49:12
There are a number of references in the Bible to teeth. The word “teeth” is used on a number of occasions: to indicate blessing, as…
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Book listsGet to know John Calvin
How can we get to know this beloved father in faith a little bit better? If you are Reformed you have heard the name of…
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Book ReviewsShackleton: Antarctic Odyssey
by Nick Bertozzi 2014 / 125 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was obsessed with reaching the South Pole. He tried to be the…
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Book ReviewsI survived the Nazi invasion, 1944 (8 books recommended)
by Lauren Tarshis art by Alvaro Sarraseca 2021 / 158 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift Max and Zena are two Polish Jewish children who, at the time…
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Book ReviewsThe Miracle Seed
by Martin Lemelman 2023 / 80 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift In 70 AD, after besieging Roman forces destroyed Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple, they went on…
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Book ReviewsThe Illiad
by Homer and adapted by Gareth Hinds 2019 / 272 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift The Illiad is a Greek epic that depicts just a part of…
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Book ReviewsTiananmen 1989: our shattered hopes
by Lun Zhang, Adrien Gombeaud, and Ameziane 2020 / 115 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Gift I asked my 13 year-old and her friend whether they’d heard about China’s…
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Book ReviewsFever year: the killer flu of 1918
by Don Brown 2019 / 96 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Gift In the Spring of 1918, even as the First World War was winding down, a more deadly…
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Book ReviewsThe Wolf of Baghdad: Memoir of a Lost Land
by Carol Isaacs 2020 / 208 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Gift For more than 2,000 years, Jews have lived in Baghdad and as late as the 1940s a…
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AssortedOn being separated
“For this reason the Father loves Me because I lay down my life in order that I may take it up again. No one has…
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Book ReviewsWings like a Dove: The Courage of Queen Jeanne d’Albret
by Christine Farenhorst2006 / 208 pages In this historical biography, her first, author Christine Farenhorst brings us into the life and times of Jeanne d’Albret,…