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05 December, 2016
The saints of old and persecuted Christians today

The first time I told another Evangelical I was taking a course called “The Lives of the Saints: Then and Now,” the response to my enthusiasm for my subject was less than enthusiastic. An arched eyebrow. A slight tilt...

04 December, 2016
Why I recently bawled over a Christian novel

A few days ago I cried — the real, big, splashing version of tears — over a book for the first time in a long time. It was a Sunday afternoon, and we were banished from our house because of an open house hosted by our...

30 November, 2016
How to simplify Christmas, maybe

The other night, our church hosted a discussion about how to simplify Christmas. We invited a local expert — a busy mother of eight with years of experience fine tuning Christmas — and we sat around and shared ideas.

30 November, 2016
Beware theological malpractice

Why not accept that great new idea someone just shared with you?

22 November, 2016
Ann Voskamp and the myth of perfection

I admit it. I was one of the few people, it seemed at the time, who didn’t quite love, love, love the New York Times bestselling book by Canada’s best known farmer’s wife: One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. I loved th...

22 November, 2016
Teach us to want: An invitation to holy desire

IN A CULTURE OF GREED, ARE OUR DESIRES ALWAYS WRONG? PHOTO BY MYLES TAN

18 November, 2016
‘Tis the season for charity gift catalogues

Here’s an expanded alphabetical list including the ten listed in our Nov/Dec 2016 print edition. You won’t want to miss them this Christmas! Simply click a headline to visit that charity’s online gift catalogue.

16 November, 2016
How we order our hearts

The trouble with do-it-yourself transformation

16 November, 2016
The FT Interview with Larry Worthen

Larry Worthen is executive director of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada, an organization that has stepped up to try to protect the conscience rights of Canadian doctors who have religious objections ...

14 November, 2016
What does it mean to be the church in exile?

Less than a week before the U.S. presidential election, the presidents of EFC affiliate institutions met in Mississauga for the annual Presidents Day gathering. One of the speakers was Dr. Lee Beach, author of The Chu...

11 November, 2016
Creating a redemptive reality for the sexual minorities in our care

Gender fluidity is confusing and challenging to churches. How should we respond?

09 November, 2016
The “Huron Carol”

The beloved song has a complicated history

02 November, 2016
Too many victims

Child neglect and the response of our churches

01 November, 2016
Why it’s so important to pray for the persecuted Church

Many people today think of the persecuted Church as some foreign entity in a distant land. But the persecuted Church is the body of Christ – they’re a part of us.