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Clark H. Pinnock’s life journey is over. The influential and often controversial evangelical theologian died unexpectedly August 15, 2010 of a heart attack. He was 73. In March this year the long-time professor of Systematic Theology at McMaster Divinity College…Read More→
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Get this. A Canadian study published in the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science concludes that religious people deal better with stress and mistakes than people who don’t believe anything in particular. The authors conducted experiments to examine…Read More→
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ChristianWeek is grateful. Earlier this year we were one of more than 130 Christian charitable organizations who applied for grants to a unique consortium of eight foundations and philanthropists who pooled their resources to help Christian-inspired charities “weather current economic…Read More→
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Evangelical Christians have long been suspicious of interreligious dialogue, concerned that participants will sell out the gospel out of some need to appear to get along. We’ve often been apprehensive about unholy compromise, afraid that even the most pious believer…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—Leaders from a wide range of Canadian churches are sending a letter to Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper urging him to personally endorse a “vision of the world without nuclear weapons” and to “publicly and prominently [recommit] Canada to…Read More→
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WINNIPEG, MB—An exotic assortment of religious leaders in colourful array—Shinto, Hindu, Christian, Jewish, Baha’i, Muslim, Buddhist—stepped solemnly into a light rain, stooping to enter a teepee and toss a red-wrapped tobacco packet offering into a sacred fire. The symbolic actions…Read More→
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WINNIPEG, MB—Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz can’t understand why everyone isn’t happy that the local chapter of Youth for Christ (YFC) is building a Centre for Youth Excellence “to provide youth with constructive recreational opportunities and other programs” that “help youth…Read More→
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WINNIPEG, MB—Peter Loewen is a man with countless stories, a perpetual smile and a sparkle in his eyes that belies his 84 years. His passion is the Bible. Over the past several decades the retired farmer and feed business owner…Read More→
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The critics have not been kind to author Marci McDonald, but her publisher is laughing all the way to the bank as sales of The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada soar in the aftermath of its…Read More→
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BURLINGTON, ON—Crossroads Christian Communications founder David Mainse is excited about the future. At 73, Mainse is crisscrossing Canada on a farewell “thank you” tour, meeting with clusters of pastors and holding public meetings for viewers and supporters of the long-running…Read More→