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I didn’t really give it much thought when I first encountered the question back in the late 1980s. Our local ministerial was discussing computer-driven Bible translation work. Computer software was taking years off the time involved in codifying an unwritten…Read More→
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His warm smile and gentle spirit belied the horrors he experienced as a young teen in Hitler’s Third Reich killing camps. But when he offered to inscribe his book if I purchased it, I caught a fleeting glimpse of the…Read More→
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My first experience with study Bibles came as a young teen when my Scofieldian pastor encouraged me to buy my own copy of the Scofield Reference Bible. Having never owned anything more than a KJV text-only Bible, I was delighted…Read More→
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Back in the day when I was a just-getting-started young pastor, being labeled a Calvinist was a sure route to ministerial obscurity. Everyone knew that reformed pastors neglected evangelism while perfecting their five-point anti-Arminian tirades. True Calvinists were to be…Read More→
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Two books published in time for the 25-year anniversary of the death of Francis Schaeffer remind us of the profound influence he left on 20th-century evangelicalism–an influence evident in the work of many privileged to sit under his teaching. Francis…Read More→
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To my knowledge, Kirk Wellum has never written a book. He has read plenty of books–good books–and he regularly encourages others to do the same. An experienced church planter, pastor and principal of Toronto Baptist Seminary, Kirk blogs about the…Read More→
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As far back as I can remember, Christmas morning has always carried with it the hope that someone will give me a book. I simply cannot imagine life without a good book or two on the go. And though no…Read More→
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One snowy, Winnipeg morning, while walking to the bus, editor Byron Rempel-Burkholder found himself “mulling over the relationship between spirituality and geography.” This raised several questions: Did living in Canada affect his Christian identity? In a land of many physical…Read More→
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When Glenn Tomlinson began searching out the origins of his childhood church, he didn’t intend to write a historical biography of the founder of Toronto’s first Baptist Church. But his 10-year quest, demanding work on both sides of the Atlantic,…Read More→
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As the first non-white person to ever seriously contend for the office of president of the United States, Barack Obama exemplifies the rising political fortunes of African Americans. This newfound influence is not only being felt on the political front;…Read More→