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As I write, an LP album is playing in the background. Yes, you read that correctly – at 60, I still have a record player and a few albums! This one, Eric Robertson: Piano Hits, brings me back to 1982….Read More→
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I read The Case for Christ soon after it appeared in print in 1998. Its author, Lee Strobel, chases down the biggest story in history. In the words of the book’s subtitle, it is “a journalist’s personal investigation of the…Read More→
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I am profoundly disturbed about the “problem of evil.” Indeed, it would be the one single factor that would cause me to question the existence of a loving God. I often wonder why there is such pain and suffering in…Read More→
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During the summer of 1978, when I was twenty-one years of age, and between my first and second years at Bible School, I traveled from my home in Newfoundland to Montreal, where I connected with an Aeroflot jet en route to the…Read More→
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As Christians, we are to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. “This,” Jesus said, “is the great and foremost commandment” (Matthew 22:38, NASB). Part of our divine calling is to think. In the words of John G. Stackhouse,…Read More→
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Opening your front door, you’re met by two clean-cut young men. They stand out because of their conservative dress. They wear white dress shirts, dark trousers and suit coats, and colourful ties. A name tag gives their surname, appropriate title…Read More→
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Bruce Cockburn has been part of the folk/rock scene since the 1960s. My interest in his music dates to my university days in the 1970s. He has entertained and, especially, challenged me time and again. Many Christians have been struck…Read More→
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To set the context for what follows, I’m a Protestant, to be specific, a Pentecostal, by both birth and choice. My late parents pastored with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador. I held ministerial credentials with my faith tradition…Read More→
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I must admit that when I watch Don Cherry on Coach’s Corner, spirituality is not the first word that springs to mind! But obviously I have been overlooking a little-known but important part of his life. He remembers the day…Read More→
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Sandra Mae Brown is a survivor of child abuse. Born in Botwood, NL, she now resides in St. Catharines, ON. She has three children and eight grandchildren. She loves spending time with her family, and likes going on road trips…Read More→