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Politics is a never-ending game of King of the Hill. It’s a push and pull, tug and shove process of promoting some policies and opposing others, of pacifying some people and exacerbating others. On and on it goes, with personalities…Read More→
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BURLINGTON, ON—When Promise Keepers Canada was being formed in the mid-1990s, Promise Keepers in the United States was at its amazing peak. Back in 1995 some 738,000 men attended rallies in 13 cities in the U.S. And both the Christian…Read More→
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Rest assured, the Bible will be front and centre whenever the Gideons come to town. The organization upholds a very high view of the Christian Scriptures, unapologetically proclaiming “an uncompromised belief that the Bible is the inspired, infallible, and inerrant…Read More→
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Car life and prayer life do not have much in common. Or at least they shouldn’t. Every seven years (or so) I renew my knowledge of cars. As a 12-year-old I could recognize and name every North American vehicle by…Read More→
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One of the perks of working with a national newspaper is the privilege of meeting many fascinating people—people who have something important to communicate and the ability to get their message across. One such person is Phil Wagler, lead pastor…Read More→
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Controversy attaches to the United Church of Canada (UCC) like cold to a Winnipeg winter. From time to time the church’s internal theological disputes leap into the realm of public debate, but the UCC has also earned its reputation as…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—Brian Stiller is happy to reminisce. The well-known evangelical leader is talking on his cell phone while getting a haircut on his last day as president of Tyndale University College and Seminary. “I began at Tyndale on June 26,…Read More→
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The editor of ChristianWeek spent the first half of July away from the office. I didn’t take any serious trips or visit faraway exotic places. This was mostly what’s being called a “staycation”—a great opportunity to rest at home, putter…Read More→
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Religious pluralism is an increasingly visible reality in contemporary Canada. Christian beliefs do not dominate our culture as they did in the century just past. And in recent decades, peoples from all over the world have come to live in…Read More→
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ITEM 1: An irreplaceable relic is stolen from a cathedral in Toronto, causing consternation for its custodians and dismay among the faithful who find in it an aid to faith and a touchstone for meaning. “The challenge for us is…Read More→