When I was growing up, our family regularly read science articles by Dr. Margaret Helder in Reformed Perspective, a Christian magazine we subscribed to (now online here). I learned a lot then—facts and ideas as well as the basic concept that it was possible to be a Christian in science—and went on to become a […]
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Review: The Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief
People who go to the Mayo Clinic Pain Center are often at their wits’ end. Nothing else has worked, they are in great pain, and their lives have narrowed down to focus mostly on pain and health issues. Yet, with treatment, guidance, and pain management plans, many of them are able to feel better, reduce […]
Creation Conference Livestream, Aug 13-18
As bestselling author and former pastor Randy Alcorn pointed out several years ago But without the biblical doctrine of creation, there is not only no objective biblical authority, there is no doctrine of human sin and ultimate redemption. If there was no Adam, we did not sin in Adam, and did not need the last […]
Fond Memories: Our 5 Kids’ Top 30 Homeschool Resources
My five children (ages 13-22) have gone through a huge range of curriculum in almost two decades of homeschooling, so when I asked the at-home crowd what their favorites had been, there was silence around the table. They needed to think…and then they started to talk. Later, when I emailed my oldest daughter, I got […]
Recommendation: The BBC Historical Farm Series
Now that the weather is getting colder and there’s an end in sight to tomatoes and cabbages decorating our house, my thoughts turn to the hands-on history of the BBC series, Edwardian Farm, Victorian Farm, and Wartime Farm. We watched them several years ago, and since then the girls have been re-watching them through illnesses, concussions, […]