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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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Two years ago we had Jake and John-Michael on the podcast to share all about the documentary they were working on. Well since then the documentary was released, and Into The Light Ministries was formed.
We are so grateful to have these wonderful gentlemen back on to share all that has happened and what is next for Into the Light, specifically their new series on Parenting and Pornography. Be sure to give this one a listen.
Be sure to prayerfully consider supporting Into the Light Ministries and all they’re doing to share God’s good design for sexuality.
Check out the Documentary here: https://www.intothelightdocumentary.com/documentary
Support Into The Light here: https://www.intothelightdocumentary.com/donate
Want to get in touch with Jake and JM, email jvalk@intothelightministries.ca
 
0:00 - Intro
3:42 - Into The Light Recap
11:00 - Pornography & the Nations
14:53 - Staying Hopeful
18:37 - Testimonies
21:00 - Next Steps
28:50 - Where/Who Are the Resources coming from?
32:35 - The Outline
43:00 - Safe Tech Tutorial Series
48:29 - How to Support
 
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We have an exciting episode for you this week! Joining us for this discussion about generosity and stewardship are two successful local entrepreneurs, Al Schutten and Peter Kranendonk, along with Ray Pennings, the founder of Cardus, a non-profit think tank. We discuss lessons learned in business, principles in giving and responsibility in stewardship. Be sure to let us know your thoughts on this conversation!
 
0:00 - Intro
6:00 - Lessons Learned
25:00 - The Pressure of Time
27:00 - Strings Attached
34:00 - Sanctified Common Sense
35:20 - Time Management
41:40 - Misconceptions
54:24 - Pressure
1:08:00 - Principles for Giving
1:13:00 - Being Part of a Church
1:17:00 - Interacting with Non-Profits
1:22:00 - Generational Wealth
1:27:00 - Advice to Young People
 
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We’ve got a fun episode for you today. Based on a recent Reformed Perspective article all about advice to young women, we thought it would be helpful to put the content into podcast format. Joined by three of the many article's contributors we chat all about how young women can best serve God where they're at. And of course, these principles apply to young men and really all people in all stages of life. Give it a listen and let us know what you think!
Check out the full article on pages 14-19 of the May-June Reformed Perspective magazine: https://reformedperspective.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/RP-May-June-2024.pdf
 
0:00 - Intro
5:00 - The background to this topic
8:20 - Mentoring
12:00 - Seek First His Kingdom
16:30: Your Identity is Found in Christ
48:00 - Being a Good Steward
52:00 - “Tolerance”
1:09:00 - The Value of being a SAHM
1:13:00 - Contentment
1:15:00 - Prayer
 
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