The government of Quebec announced in August that it intends to introduce a law this fall to outlaw public prayer in the province. As Jean‑François Roberge, Quebec’s “Secularism Minister” explained in a statement on X: “The proliferation of street prayers is a serious and sensitive issue in Quebec. Last December, our government expressed its unease […]| Reformed Perspective
Some years back, Justin Trudeau made it a requirement that all Liberal MPs has to support abortion. MP Lawrence MacAulay has, to this point, been known as pro-life, but he indicated, via a series of tweets, that he would follow his party leader Justin Trudeau’s new requirement for his MPs. MacAulay wrote: “I’d like to […]| Reformed Perspective
by James Herriot 260 pages / 1992 & 2104 James Herriot is best known for a series of semi-autobiographical books he wrote about his veterinary practice in the Northern England country of Yorkshire during the 1930s through the 1950s. Sadly, the books included frequent abuses of God’s name. Fortunately, his eight children’s stories, collected in […]| Reformed Perspective
by W.G. Van de Hulst 47 pages / 1978 & 2014 Little Rosie is sick so Mother takes her off to bed. But wait, what about her teddy bear Bruno? The little goof has slipped right out of her tired little hand onto the floor. There he lies, sitting up against the doorpost with his […]| Reformed Perspective
A HISTORY OF ABORTION IN CANADIAN COURTS ***** In 1988 Canada’s Supreme Court’s gave their Morgentaler decision which struck down all restrictions on abortion in the country. Shortly afterwards the Supreme Court again dealt with abortion in the Borowski and Daigle cases. Together, these three cases have been called the “abortion trilogy” and a close […]| Reformed Perspective
Allegations of mass graves outside of Canadian residential schools was one of the top news stories in the world in 2021. Ground-penetrating radar was said to have found evidence of the remains of as many as 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. But these soil anomalies have not been […]| Reformed Perspective
Casting Crowns’ “Nobody” ‘Cause I’m just a nobody trying to tell everybody All about Somebody who saved my soul Ever since You rescued me, You gave my heart a song to sing I’m living for the world to see nobody but Jesus How to apologize… … in 7 segments. It’s a lesson most of us […]| Reformed Perspective
Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. They smile, they joke, they like each other. Boy and girl have sex. If they are really conservative, they wait for the third or fourth date. There is no message in the modern media, outside of Christian publishing, that encourages people to wait until after marriage to engage in […]| Reformed Perspective
In his book “Duties for Parents,” J.C. Ryle encourages parents to take seriously the admonishment in Proverbs 22:6 to “Train up a child in the way he should go” because, as the verse continued, “when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Ryle explained that this promise applied both for good and for […]| Reformed Perspective
Great illustrations of the government’s limits Big government presumes that its bureaucracy is omnicompetent, able to manage for its citizens the job market, healthcare, education, trash collection, and so much more. And in making much of its own capabilities, it diminishes its citizens – we must be incompetent if we need their active intervention in […]| Reformed Perspective
One mom shares how signing up has helped her high schoolers stand up for others High school is busy. Course work, extracurriculars, sports, catechism classes, homework, part-time jobs, and decisions about the future make for a full schedule. Amid all this busyness and these big decisions, it would be easy enough for a student to […]| Reformed Perspective
It struck me, just recently, that I’ve been regularly promising to praise God’s Name “among the nations.” This pledge, to talk about God outside of church, out in the world, with non-Christians, comes up again and again in the songs we sing each service (Ps. 18, 57, 108, etc.). And, just recently, God gave me […]| Reformed Perspective