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Happy New Year, friends! The start of the year usually means university application season for a lot of high schoolers! Building off the Nov/Dec issue of Reformed Perspective, we thought it might be helpful to have a conversation thinking through all the post-secondary options. Is formal education still worth it? Is the work force better? Sharing our own experiences we chat through some of these questions. Be sure to let us know your thoughts.
If you want to read more on this topic, check out the November/December issue of Reformed Perspective here: https://reformedperspective.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RP-Nov-Dec-2024.pdf
 
0:00 - Introduction
2:00 - Lucas’ Experience
5:22 - Jon’s Experience
7:35 - Mark’s Experience
14:00 - Historical Change
21:00 - The Unsure High School Senior
38:00 - Christian vs. Secular
45:00 - Advice for Parents
59:00 - Learning and Service
 
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Happy last Monday of 2024! Join us for this conversation on how to align your faith and finances when it comes to investing. We hope this episode provides a good introduction to value-based investing and helps you think through what this means for you and your impact on the world. Be sure to let us know your thoughts as we hope to do a feedback episode for this topic.
On behalf of us here at Real Talk, thanks for your support and listenership in 2024. Stay tuned for another exciting year of podcasts - we’ve got lots in the works. Wishing you all a blessed 2025!
 
0:00 - Intro
5:41 - Value Based Investing
12:30 - Is VBI a new idea?
15:40 - Missed Opportunity
19:00 - Who started the VBI movement?
22:00 - The Process
28:00 - Holding Power
37:00 - Provate Equity
42:00 - Sustainable Profit
48:00 - Targeted ROI
55:00 - ESG
1:02:00 - Kingdom Advisors
1:09:00 - Crypto
1:13:00 - Consumers 
 
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We have a really encouraging episode for you today. Joining us for this conversation are some of the fine folks at Reformed Book Services: the manager, Jennifer deBlieck and Jed & Trudy Schuit. We chatted about their history, the explosion of growth they experienced, and recent developments. We also discuss the revival taking place across Canada through the distribution of solid resources. Be sure to check out their website, and if you’re in Ontario, definitely make the trip to see their store, check out their new resource library and grab coffee from Cafe 1517. You won’t be disappointed!
Lastly, if you were encouraged by this episode and all the work Reformed Book Services is doing, we encourage you to consider supporting them. You can donate here.
0:00 - Intro
5:00 - History
13:00 - Growth
20:00 - Value Add
29:00 - Educational Activities
32:00 - Cafe 1517
38:00 - Future
46:00 - Revival
 
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2025 is drawing near! A new year often brings new resolutions and new goals. One of those goals for Christians is often having a better and more consistent devotional life. Joining for this important conversation is returning guest Dr. Mark Kelderman and his wife Donna, the compilers/authors of multiple devotionals. We chat about the purpose of devotions, how it differs from Bible Study, why doing devotions really matter and how to stay consistent in this vital practice. We hope this episode encourages you as your plan and commit yourself to drawing near to God in 2025.
 
0:00 - Intro
5:30 - Seasons of the Heart
7:44 - Compilations
12:25 - What is the purpose of devotions?
15:30 - Learning or Meditating?
23:19 - Family Devotions
35:00 - Couple Devotions
45:00 - Meditation
52:00 - Sticking to a plan
1:00:00 - How do we discern devotionals?
 
Check out the Kelderman’s devotionals here:
Seasons of the Heart:
Canada - https://reformedbookservices.com/products/9781601782724_-seasons-of-the-heart-a-year-of-devotions-from-one-generation-of-women-to-another
US - https://www.amazon.com/Seasons-Heart-Devotions-Generation-Another/dp/1601782721
Drawing Near to the Heart of God:
US - https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/drawing-near-to-the-heart-of-god-a-year-of-devotions-from-a-rich-tradition-kelderman.html
Canada - https://reformedbookservices.com/products/9781601789594_-drawing-near-to-the-heart-of-god-a-year-of-devotions-from-a-rich-tradition?_pos=1&_sid=59e86fbd7&_ss=r
 
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If you love BBC’s Planet Earth but dislike how God the Creator is never mentioned, this episode is for you! Joining Tyler and Jon for this conversation on creation and evolution is Dr. Gordon Wilson, the Senior Fellow of Natural History at New Saint Andrews College. He has created the nature documentary The Riot and The Dance and has done extensive work in defending creationism by dismantling the claims of both evolutionary theory and theistic evolution. Using his book, Darwin’s Sandcastle we talk about how Christians, especially students going off to secular university can be confident in the truth claims of the Bible and not be afraid to tackle the theories of the day with kindness and grace. We hope this episode informs and inspires you to love God’s good creation and rest in his sovereign power over all the earth.
 
Check out The Riot and the Dance here
 
Check out Darwin’s Sandcastle here:
Canada 
USA 
 
0:00 - Intro
6:52 - The Riot and the Dance
19:00 - The Christian student’s 3 stages
29:00 - Darwinism shortfalls
39:00 - Where should we start?
55:00 - What should our default stance be when discoveries are made?
1:04:00 - How then do we best prepare our Christian students?
1:12:00 - Is evolutionary theory crumbling?
 
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We got a great episode for you! Joining us is Pastor Keith and Laura Davis from Bethel URC in Calgary the founders of Summit Conferences. We talk about the impact Summit has had on youth and young adults in the Canadian West. The West is quite different than Ontario just given the physical space between Churches. Listen in as we chat about how Summit connects youth and the importance of supporting the next generation of the Church.
Whether a youth, young adult, or are just interested in learning more be sure to check out Summit here: https://www.summitrefcon.ca/
 
0:00 - Intro
10:50 - Summit’s History
24:30 - The Youth that Come
28:00 - Study Weekends vs. Summit
35:00 - Growth 40:00 - Inclusion
49:00 - Conference Themes
1:05:00 - Integrating Singles
1:08:00 - The Future of Summit
 
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Back with an all-new, exciting episode for you. Joining us is returning guest, Rev. William Boekestein. He recently released a book called Finding Your Vocation: A Guide for Young People Seeking a Calling. Using this book as a guide, we get into it all. We discuss what vocation is, how calling feeds into that, and what skills we all need to cultivate no matter what kind of work we do. We also discuss that in order to work well, we need to understand the importance of true and meaningful rest. 
We hope this episode informs and inspires you as much and helps you think about your vocation and calling in life whether you're just starting out or you're retired. This episode is for all! 
Be sure to check out Pastor Boekestein's book here!
 
0:00 - Intro
02:05 - Filling the Need
04:50 - Vocation Definition
07:25: Is Only Work Related to Vocation?
12:50 -  Sanctification in Work
17:00 - Conversion and Vocation
22:54 - Needing to be Good at Something
25:30 - Wisdom with Technical Distractions
28:35: Cultivating Character
33:00 - Developing Skills
45:00 - Ambition
48:00 - Passions
53:00 - Calling and Vocation in Ministry
59:00 - Options
1:03:30 - Gender and Vocation
1:06:00 - Balancing Commitments
1:11:00 - Doing Excellent Work
1:18:00 - Theology of Rest
1:28:00 - Retirement
 
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Joining us for this important conversation on critical theory is Dr. Neil Shevi. Neil has done a lot of thought work in trying to understand this ideology that is antithetical to Christianity. We talk about trigger words like intersectionality, CRT and marxism. We hope this episode informs your thinking and inspires you to seek first the Kingdom of God and not the ideologies of this world.
Check out Dr. Shenvi’s work here and if you want to learn more, read his book Critical Dilemma.
 
0:00 - Introduction
6:00 - How did critical theory arise?
11:00 - The tenets of contemporary critical theory
17:40 - Intersectionality
29:00 - Destruction
34:00 - Positive truths in Critical Theory
45:00 - Wokeness as religion
50:00 - Groups fighting each other
59:00.- How does the Church deal with this?
1:03:50 - Should we take some of it?
1:23:20 - The Church and Oppression
1:30:00 - Reverse-racism
1:35:00 - Right-wokeness
 
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The anticipated feedback episode on homeschooling is here! We asked and you provided. Thank you to all who sent in their thoughts. We tried to summarize the themes and touch on as many points as possible. We hope this episode helps you think through this topic a bit more, seeing covenant schools and homeschooling as both valid options.
As always, don’t hesitate to reach out with your thoughts.
 
0:00 - Intro
3:59: Baptismal Vows
10:00 - “Blood, Sweat and Tears”
19:56 - Finances
34:04 - Individualistic
39:09 - The Three-Legged Stool
45:00 - Versions of Homeschooling
 
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Tyler is back with a new episode for you! Joining him is Dr. Ewan Goligher, Christian clinician in the ICU. He is someone who is faced with the reality of death on a daily basis. Dr. Goligher along with his pastor, Kyle Hackman recently wrote a Catechism on dying well. We use this as the basis for this conversation, so we encourage you to follow along. We hope this episode encourages you to live well even when considering the end of life.
Check out the catechism "Death and Dying: A Catechism for Christians" here: https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/death-and-dying-a-catechism-for-christians/
 
0:00 - Introduction
5:00 - How should Christians View Death?
9:30 - How Can we Prepare?
12:30 - Fighting the Feeling of Being a Burden
17:30 - Accessing Care properly
26:00 - How do we View Medical Intervention?
33:00 - Purpose of Palliative Care
35:00 - Physical and Spiritual Health
42:30 - Dying in Faith
47:30 - MAID
 
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