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The Simple Depth of Christmas

One of my favourite Christmas carols is “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” I have always enjoyed it, but last year, something happened that strengthened its place in my heart. Last Christmas, my church put on a community Christmas dinner. As part of the program, of course, we sang some Christmas carols. As you would expect, it was a lovely time. We all sat around our tables after dinner, singing these familiar hymns about Jesus. As we sang, one of my daughters, who was just shy of three years old at the time, came and snuggled up on my lap. Having...

Steve Lambert

Should We Say “Don’t Be Political?”

Wyatt Graham

I recently spoke to a teacher who, on the very next day, would enter into a classroom in which he was asked to use preferred pronouns for his students. By using preferred pronouns, this teacher would find himself either affirming or denying a way of life in Canada. Would he affirm that Canadians can and should define their identity based on choice of will? Or would he avoid using pronouns because he disagreed with current political trends? That is the real question. And it is a political-theological question. No, I do not mean voting for a politician or party but...

“Proverbs Aren’t Promises” Is True

Paul Carter

Peter Krol recently wrote (or actually re-wrote) an article called “Why ‘Proverbs Aren’t Promises’ is Misleading”. In the opening paragraph he admits that he is really directing his argument against those who intensify this admittedly ubiquitous argument beyond all reasonable bounds: “Though it has roots in careful thinking about the genre of wisdom literature, this advice often goes too far and misses the point of the proverbs.” Thus, contrary to the very clickable title, it would seem to be those who go too far with their interpretation and who intensify the principle beyond appropriate limits that are the target of his...

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