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This year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. Forty years after that gunshot in Memphis what are we to think about the man and the legend? In an era when bombastic ranting from many…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON–The Peoples Church, one of Canada’s most prominent evangelical churches, has backed off from plans to cut ties this fall with the private Christian school that bears its name. While logistical challenges and red tape are the official reasons…Read More→
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I’m always amazed by the media love-in whenever Statistics Canada releases census numbers on Canada’s population, especially when it comes to our ethnic/racial composition. We journalists like to think of ourselves as the ones that hold up the mirror so…Read More→
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In politics, as in life, one needs to have friends that run the full spectrum of views. From the most rabid conservative to the most ideological socialist, knowing people who hold very different perspectives allows us to keep our mental…Read More→
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To truly understand and appreciate the current presidential nomination races in the United States, it helps to go to the U.S. and talk to ordinary Americans. The main theme of the races is “change,” which seems to reflect the near…Read More→
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The Canadian Church faces plenty of challenges: impending schism for Canadian Anglicans, empty churches in Quebec, a triumphant secularism and the privatization of faith, to name just a few. But they pale in comparison to what the church faces in…Read More→
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You can learn a lot about someone by taking a look at that person’s home, desk or office. Most of us, on a subconscious level, tend to express ourselves in our surroundings. My office features a messy desk (I subscribe…Read More→
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What are we to make of the recent New York Times pronouncement of the death of the religious right in the United States and the withering away of evangelicals in the political arena? To hear them tell it, the Earth…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—One of Ontario’s largest private Christian schools is “growing up” by loosening its ties to the prominent evangelical church that founded it. Peoples Christian Academy (PCA) was started in 1971 by evangelist Paul Smith and The Peoples Church in…Read More→
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When will politicians in Ottawa care more about protecting children and less about their political futures? Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to end the Parliamentary session in September meant the Age of Protection Act or Bill C-22—which would have raised…Read More→