Category Archives: Christianity & Culture

Exploring some really big questions

This article first appeared in ChristianWeek on July 9, 2010.  __________ Does the universe have a purpose? Will money solve Africa’s development problems? Does science make belief in God obsolete? Does the free market corrode moral character? Does evolution explain … Continue reading

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Book Notes…. The Urban Saint: The Harry Lehotsky Story

Paul Boge is a good story teller, and the story he tells in The Urban Saint is a very, very good story. I recently read and reviewed the book (to be published in a future issue of Faith Today) and found … Continue reading

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How two rebuffed evangelists founded a movement

This article first appeared in ChristianWeek on December 1, 2009 (Vol. 23 No.18) _______________ Not only is The Salvation Army Canada’s largest non-governmental direct provider of social services, it is arguably the world’s most trusted and respected charity. Be it a flood, … Continue reading

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Francis Schaeffer: 25 years after

This article first appeared in ChristianWeek on March 1, 2009 (Vol 22 No 24). ____________________ Two new books explore the continuing influence of Francis Schaeffer Two books published in time for the 25-year anniversary of the death of Francis Schaeffer … Continue reading

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Bent Hope: A Street Journal

Bent Hope: A Street Journal Tim Huff Castle Quay Books, 2008 ISBN: 1894860365 ____________________   Though names and locations have occasionally been changed to protect identities, the stories Tim Huff recounts in Bent Hope are “snapshots of real times and … Continue reading

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