Saturday selections
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NewsSaturday Selections – November 14, 2020
Flash mob singing Handel’s Messiah (5-min) We’re going back ten years to one of the first flash mob performances, with a chorus of 100 surprising…
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What cobras can teach us about incentives Prov. 27:14 teaches that good intentions are not enough. And yet many a government policy is implemented, not…
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Robot hummingbird spies on half-billion butterflies (3 min) How do you get the inside scoop on 500 million wintering Monarch Butterflies? Send in a very…
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Is Canada systematically discriminatory? The Christian Heritage Party’s Vicki Gunn gives an answer to that question that you might not have been expecting? Chinese Calvinist…
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What color is the balloon? (2 min) “The funny things about truth is, it’s true…whether you believe it or not.” Teens did surprisingly well in…
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3.5 billion miles of DNA in just little ol’ you (6 min) We each have enough linear length of DNA in us to stretch to…
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What is hate speech, and why should we be leery of banning it? (5 minutes) Most everyone agrees that some sorts of speech need to…
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NewsSaturday Selections – September 26, 2020
A Christian take on Jordan Peterson the man, and the phenomenon (5 minutes) There’s much to admire about Jordan Peterson…but we don’t want to leave…
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NewsSaturday Selections – September 19, 2020
Chickens are fearfully and wonderfully made too! (4 minutes) This incredible video shows how a fertilized egg becomes a chicken and it is amazing! Should…
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NewsSaturday Selections – September 12, 2020
Who has measured the heavens with His fingers? (2 minutes) This video unpacks what’s contained in an area of space that you can cover with…
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NewsSaturday Selections – September 5, 2020
Well-intentioned racism is racism still (5 minutes) Uncle Tom is a new documentary about how American black conservatives are ridiculed as being traitors to their race….
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 29, 2020
50 Christians around the world sing Amazing Grace together This is something special, a glimpse of what it might sound like when “from every nation, from…
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Stirring up trouble on behalf of the unborn (20 seconds) This week a pro-life group flew a “Black Lives Matter” banner over the site of…
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Thomas Sowell on the benefit of the 10th Commandment While Thomas Sowell doesn’t mention the Bible, the point he makes here is a biblical one….
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 8, 2020
Our Kids Online: Porn, Predators & How to Keep Them Safe A new documentary making the rounds is an eye-opener and can be rented for $5…
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Why this valedictorian regrets finishing on top (6 minutes) It took him a whole year to learn this lesson, and he’s happy to share it….
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 25, 2020
Don’t agree with me? I know why! It must be because you want people to die! When the economy was shuttered it was presented as…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 18, 2010
Andrew Peterson’s Is He Worthy (5 minutes) When the words and music are perfectly paired… Learn how to defend the unborn (15-minute read) Apologist Greg Koukl…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 11, 2020
Miracles happen… John Barros has been walking back and forth outside an Orlando abortion clinic, reaching out to the mothers, long enough to wear a…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 4, 2020
Reformed College ad causes a wonderful fuss When a Reformed college put out the recruitment ad below – starring their small town’s newly built washrooms…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 27, 2020
Is Critical Theory Biblical? (6 min) If you haven’t heard of Critical Theory, you’ve likely encountered aspects of it: wokeness, white privilege, identity politics, and…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 20, 2020
Homosexuality vs. transgenderism This video below is fantastic, but there’s a lot packed in here, so the argument is worth writing out as well. What…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 13, 2020
Dandelions: more amazing than you knew! (4 minutes) I’ve shown this to all my kids – same reaction from all of them: “Wow!” When someone…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 6, 2020
Stepping up by stepping away Warren Barfield was once best known for his songs The Time is Now, and the one below, Love Is Not a Fight. But then,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 30, 2020
Dolphin sonar is incredibly designed! (4 min) The many different components of dolphins’ echolocation system allows it such a level of precision it can tell…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 23, 2020
Surfin is illegal in the USA: A Beach Boys parody (2 min) There’s no better way to kill the funny than to discuss a joke….
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 16, 2020
What’s the Reformed perspective on the UFO videos? (1-hour podcast) Last month the Pentagon declassified three videos of what they termed “unexplained aerial phenomena.” The…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 9, 2020
A whale of an evolution tale (10 minutes) The evolution of whales has been touted as “one of the best examples of an evolutionary transition.”…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 2, 2020
An unborn baby kicking up a storm (30 seconds) Our value doesn’t come from what we can do – it comes from in Whose Image…
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Saturday Selections – April 25, 2020
Earth Day? Nah. (2 min) It was Earth Day this past Wednesday and once again the world celebrated creation even as it denied the Creator….
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Saturday Selections – April 18, 2020
Are you tolerant? (4 minutes) This is as funny as it is informative! Environmentalism has killed its millions Earth Day, April 22, is upon us…
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Saturday Selections – April 11, 2020
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra: quarantine edition In this rousing, at-home rendition, the RPO plays Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” better known to many by the lyrics Henry…
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Saturday Selections – April 4, 2020
3 things to remember when you’re feeling anxious (3 min) “It’s striking that the most frequent command in the entire Bible is to not be…
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Saturday Selections – March 28, 2020
John MacArthur on the coronavirus crisis (17 minutes) While the coronavirus quarantine led to the canceling of the Ligonier conference, it freed up some time…
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Saturday Selections – March 21, 2020
How is the moon’s design evidence for creation? (6 minutes) The unique characteristics of our moon – its size and distance from us relative to…
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Saturday Selections – March 14, 2020
The only question that matters in the abortion debate Greg Koukl shows how to simplify the abortion debate Christian myths and other famous quips (26-minute…
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Saturday Selections – March 7, 2020
Caterpillars feed on exploding seed pods! (3 minutes) Wait for it….wait for it….. Don’t leave kids to their own devices Should we trust kids with…
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Saturday Selections – February 29, 2020
Could giraffes fit on the ark? Answers in Genesis has made a 30-second commercial for their Ark Encounter in Kentucky. It’s based on all the…
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Saturday Selections – February 22, 2020
Roe vs. Wade trailer Coming soon, a film about the politics, ignorance, and deception behind the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision (this is the…
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Saturday Selections – February 15, 2020
Newsies learn to clickbait (4 minutes) Who knew that fake news could be so toe-tapping? Canadians waiting longer to receive healthcare Free healthcare comes with…
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Saturday Selections – February 8, 2020
Long story short: Homology (8 minutes) One of the main arguments Darwin used for his theory was homology – that very different animals have some odd…
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Saturday Selections – February 1, 2020
World’s largest pro-life march, in 60 seconds This past week hundreds of thousands came to march in Washington D.C. to highlight the need to protect…
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Saturday Selections – January 25, 2020
The Gospel vs. Sorcery in Papua New Guinea (30 minutes) In Papua New Guinea the fear of “sanguma” – sorcery – is such that it…
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Saturday Selections – January 18, 2020
Pine tree fire vaults (2 minutes) God has designed these trees to preserve their seeds until after a forest fire passes. BBC: Most scientists can’t…
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Saturday Selections – January 11, 2020
If conversion therapy is bad why is “sex reassignment” good? It’s been said that our culture wars are really just a battle over the dictionary….
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Saturday Selections – January 4, 2020
A Mighty Fortress is our God (8 minutes) This is a pretty amazing performance of Martin Luther’s most famous hymn. Gender identity and the infamous…
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Saturday Selections – December 28, 2019
John Piper: You are not addicted to pornography (5 minutes) “The fact is 99 percent of those who give way to lust in pornography or fornication or…
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Saturday Selections – December 21, 2019
Worldview 101 (4 minutes) Chuck Colson on why worldview matters – it’s only by understanding our own Christian worldview that we can compare and contrast…
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Saturday Selections – December 14, 2019
Hummingbirds are way cooler than you knew… (3 minutes) Did you know their tongues aren’t straws so much as skinny unfurling claws? This is freaky…
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Saturday Selections – December 7, 2019
FREE E-BOOK: Why sex is the best argument for creation The folks behind the fantastic documentary Is Genesis History have created a short 115-page e-book with…
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Saturday Selections – November 30, 2019
Is surrogacy the same as adoption? (4 minutes) This short video offers three ways in which surrogacy is different than adoption: 1. Adoption seeks to…
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Saturday Selections – November 23, 2019
The power of words One of the greatest challenges of marriage is how you speak to your spouse. Science says Adam and Eve are impossible…or…
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Saturday Selections – November 16, 2019
How do starlings flock in murmurations? (4 minutes) These living clouds are jaw-droppingly astonishing. God is awesome! Rosaria Butterfield on “gay Christianity” (25-minute podcast) This…
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Saturday Selections – November 9, 2019
Humans don’t earn their value In this video, Amy Hall makes the vital point that our value is not earned. But she pulls up just…
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Saturday Selections – November 2, 2019
Male and females are different (6 minutes) The Bible tells us that God created us male and female (Gen. 1:27) and gave us different roles…
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Saturday Selections – Oct 26, 2019
The Mischevious Protestant’s guide to Catholic Rome (10-minute read /6-minute video) Did you know there are two statues of Martin Luther (at least) in Rome?…
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Saturday Selections – October 19, 2019
Beauty, Darwin, and design (8 min) “Charles Darwin once wrote that the sight of a male peacock’s tail made him physically ill.” Why did its…
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Saturday Selections – Oct. 12, 2019
Why not give in to peer pressure? After all, everybody’s doing it. (2.5 min) This is an old commercial on the power of peer pressure….
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Saturday Selections – Oct. 5, 2019
Man embraces woman who killed his brother, urges her to give life to Christ The brother of Botham Jean – a man killed by his…
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Saturday Selections – Sept. 28, 2019
South of Royal: You remain faithful While their indie-synth-pop stylings might not be to everyone’s tastes, South of Royal’s lyrical, biblical depth is impressive. The…
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Saturday Selections – Sept. 21, 2019
Real men know when to cover an offense (4 minutes) When we’re sinned against, we have two options: to lovingly confront the sinner, or, to…
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Saturday Selections – Sept 14, 2019
The lie of realism (10 minutes) “The reason I write fantasy novels is because I am a realist.” – Nate Wilson explaining how God’s Creation…
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Saturday Selections – Sept 7, 2019
Is college worth it? (5 min) If you want to be a nurse or architect, college is vital. But if you don’t know why you’re…
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Saturday Selections – August 31, 2019
Real men are courageous Driving your car fast might get you an adrenaline rush, but it doesn’t make you brave. Real courage involves doing the…
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Saturday Selections – August 24, 2019
The Joel Osteen sermon that changed Oprah’s life (13 minutes) While we prefer to focus on what’s good and right and true (Philippians 4:8), Joel…
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Saturday Selections – August 17, 2019
What to expect when your kids head off to college “Hundreds of years of bad philosophy are about to immerse your child.” World magazine’s Andrée…
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Saturday Selections – August 10, 2019
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Jane Goodall have a plan to save the planet Once again key figures in the environmental movement are treating children…
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Saturday Selections – August 3, 2019
A very unique way to share the Gospel (5 min) Here’s an inventive way that one church is reaching into its community. Josh Harris, author…
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Saturday Selections – July 27, 2019
Seal bearing name that appears in the Bible was discovered (3 min) It’s tiny, but it’s big – this recent archeological find is a seal…
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Saturday Selections – July 20, 2019
The programmer? (6 min) Our DNA is more remarkable than any man-made computer program. So who programmed it? When your kids complain, “That’s not fair!”…
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Saturday Selections – July 13, 2019
Fined $8.2 million for pro-life work, this pastor wouldn’t pay Randy Alcorn’s name is well known in Christian circles for the many books he’s written….
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Saturday Selections – July 6, 2019
Parents: don’t squelch your kids’ interest in Creation (1 min) Global warming hopelessness In response to climate-change cataclysmic predictions, some wonder: “Why save for the…
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Saturday Selections – June 29, 2019
John MacArthur: Calvinism vs. Arminianism (6 min) How can God be sovereign over everything and we still be responsible for our sin? John MacArthur gives the…
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Saturday Selections – June 22, 2019
Preparing parents for the sex talk This 11-minute video from a conservative Christian group has some great thoughts for parents to consider, including quotes like…
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Saturday Selections – June 15, 2019
Bigger than big! (5 minutes) God has crafted our universe on the grandest of grand scales! Pinterest permanently bans investigative pro-life group Live Action and…
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Saturday Selections – June 8, 2019
Dude Perfect’s does more than bottle flips If you and your family don’t already know about Dude Perfect, these guys provide some good clean and…
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Saturday Selections – June 1, 2019
Six ways not to read the Bible (4 min) Dr. Dane Ortlund shares 6 ways that we do, but shouldn’t, read the Bible. When GMO children…
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Saturday Selections – May 25, 2019
Ordinary amazingness (2 min) It’s a dandelion. And here, too, the Creator has crafted his magic, putting it on display for all who have eyes…
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Saturday Selections – May 18, 2019
Caterpillars feeding on an explosive treat (3 min) BBC Earth is all about getting viewers closer and deeper into Nature than we’ve ever been before….
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Saturday Selections – May 11, 2019
The world is rated R (50 minutes) It is a parental impulse to shelter our children. But is our end goal to give our children…
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Saturday Selections – May 4, 2019
The 16 most amazing nests built by birds The amazing tailorbird crafts camouflage for its nest by using grass or spider silk as thread, and…
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Saturday Selections – April 27, 2019
Real men exercise David Murray’s Christian Man Academy offers men, young and old, straightforward advice on what it means to be a godly man. And in…
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Saturday Selections – April 20, 2019
Preferred pronouns or jail? This is American but has ready application for most other Western nations. Raising motivated kids (20 minutes) In this first installment of…
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Saturday Selections – April 13, 2019
Is it a sin to be angry with God? (2 min) R.C. Sproul gives a clear answer to this question. The 8 deadly sins of…
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Saturday Selections – April 6, 2019
5 ways dads can encourage our daughters This isn’t all that long but it’s worth reading through slowly and considering how to put these into…
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Saturday Selections – Mar. 30, 2019
Marijuana increases the risk of psychosis Marijuana is often presented as a near harmless indulgence. But a recent study finds that daily use increases the…
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Saturday Selections – March 23, 2019
#1 reason & #2 reason you shouldn’t worry about global warming In reason #1, Del Tackett and Dr. Larry Vardiman discuss how, when you understand…
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Saturday Selections – March 16, 2019
Turning pro-choicers into pro-lifers in seconds? (2 min) Ray Comfort has another 30-minute pro-life film, coming out on May 9. It will be freely available…
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Saturday Selections – March 9, 2019
How a bird is built (5 minutes) The creation of a bird is “an elaborate dance, it’s like a ballet taking place on a stage…
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Saturday Selections – Mar. 2, 2019
The Kara Tippets documentary is coming soon When an regular Christian mom was diagnosised with terminal cancer, she decided to share what she was learning…
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Saturday Selections – Feb. 23, 2019
Doing Jordan Peterson one better Jordan Peterson has inspired many a young man struggling with aimlessness. But Peterson isn’t Christian, so his answers can…
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Saturday Selections – Feb. 16, 2019
The Top 10 Scientific Problems with Biological and Chemical Evolution (20-minute read) This is a long but fascinating introduction to the enormous problems with evolutionary…
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Saturday Selections – Feb. 9, 2019
Unplanned trailer This one looks interesting: Unplanned is the true story how Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson ended up defending the unborn. It’ll be in…
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Saturday Selections – Feb. 2, 2019
New government regulations shut down church program feeding the homeless Everyone understands that because government laws impact thousands and even millions, the government won’t be able…
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Saturday Selections – Jan. 26, 2019
For C.S. Lewis geeks only A new introduction to The Screwtape Letters has been found, and it turns out this manuscript didn’t first fall into Lewis’s hands, but…
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Saturday Selections – January 19
Defending the unborn can be as simple as asking the other side to explain themselves Marie Kondo and her “life-changing magic” Marie Kondo and…
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Saturday Selections – Jan. 12, 2019
Parents, should we pay our children to do their chores and homework? This isn’t a specifically Christian article, but it makes a point worth considering….
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Saturday Selections – Jan. 5, 2019
Is our galaxy in the center of many others? This is a tentative finding that the Institute for Creation Research urges Christians to hold onto…
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Saturday Selections – Dec. 29, 2018
Mutations show devolution, not evolution (3 min) Beneficial mutations do happen, but they happen via a loss of information. And such information-losing mutations offer no explanation for…
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Saturday Selections – Dec. 22, 2018
Young love: what are you waiting for? When we get married isn’t always under our control. But there is a trend in the world, and…