Magazine, Past Issue
Mar/Apr 2026 issue
WHAT'S INSIDE:
- We’re excited to share the winners of this year’s brick building contest. Once again, we received hundreds of entries, and once again we hope that what’s featured here in the magazine will motivate you to go online to watch the contestants’ videos, which are a must-see! Check them out at ReformedPerspective.ca/bricks2026.
- Reformed Perspective’s Bucket List Book Club (the RPBLBC for short!) had its first two Zoom call meetings of the year (with 100+ participants) and it is never too late to join in. Go to ReformedPerspective.ca/BLBC to find out how to join our next Zoom call, and get more information on other books we’ll be reading this year.
- We have two feature articles this issue – the cover article on putting sports in its proper place, and "Blessed are the caregivers" on a role most of us will take on at some point in our lives, but, as with the Hoogerdyks, it may come when we aren't expecting.
We have three options for you to read the magazine. First up is the flipbook edition, with its turning pages. Below that, you can click the cover to view the pdf in your browser, or click here to download the PDF (14 mb)
INDEX: A business tithe on sales / Blessed are the caregivers / Can you build it better? Yes, you can! / Retirement: What are you retiring from? What are you retiring to? / The case against the draft / The beauty of 52 Sundays, or why we gave two years to bringing the Heidelberg Catechism to video / Carried / When sports is an idol / Life skills every high school graduate needs to know / Come and Explore: made in God's Image / In a nutshell / Proverbs: a different sort of devotional / Good, great, and gift: RP's 3 levels of best books / Why Reformed theology writes better fantasy / Great books for boys 10-13 / Business success channeled into kingdom growth / Anne deJong is taking a palette knife to the Rockies / When there is smoke... / Crossword / A theology of cleaning / How to catch Ice Age man using digital reindeer / More than the magazine / In Christ
News
Saturday Selections – Mar. 14, 2026
Tips on telling what's real and what's AI-generated
These tips have an expiry date, what with the way AI-videos are getting harder and harder to spot, but they are certainly helpful right now.
5 ways AI is impacting our kids
- Kids are embracing AI – it has become their go-to for answers.
- AI is shaping their worldview – they are getting fed answers that are the sum average of what the world believes.
- Our kids are experimenting with virtual companions – kids who have had a hard time fitting in (and that describes most of us at some point or other) used to turn to books, or maybe solitary hobbies to check out. But at some point even the most introverted would feel the need for companionship and make an effort, and hopefully find it, maybe in their family, neighbors, or church. But now kids can make friends with an AI that will always be agreeable. One study says 75% of teens are using AI companions regularly, and 20% are using them for some sort of romantic interactions.
- Kids are using AI to bypass learning, having it do assignments for them.
- Our kids aren't questioning the ethics of AI, and need our guidance to do so.
Why euthanasia feels intuitive...
"Having been raised in this society, my instincts intuitively accept euthanasia. I do not want others to make my decisions for me and I do not wish to become dependent upon them. In fact, I would feel a significant degree of guilt were I to need others to care for me, to be inconvenienced on my behalf, or to have them put their own dreams on hold in order to ensure my provision. There is an abhorrent way in which it all just makes sense, in which my instincts accept it as good, or as acceptable, at least. Of course, I utterly reject euthanasia. I support efforts to outlaw it on a national level and efforts to counsel against it on a personal level. But I still get it."
The one life dream that makes a girl blush
The pressure is such that what was ordinary and typical not so long ago, is a secret to be shared only with your most trusted...
5 myths about Hell
The topic of Hell has been showing up in a lot of our social media a lot more this last half year after Christian commentator (and former actor) Kirk Cameron publicly questioned whether Hell was eternal. Mark Jones tackles 5 common myths about Hell, including that one.
For more, Real Talk did a great podcast on Hell with Dr. den Hollander.
The butterfly that shouldn't exist (10 min)
Creation testifies to its Creator – if you know any skeptics, share this video with them and ask them what it shows. This is only a ten-minute dive into just one of the critters God has crafted, and it leaves any viewer with no excuse but to know there is a God above, and He is a Genius!
Today's Devotional
March 15 - Called to be a blessing for the world
“Now the Lord saidto Abram, “Go from your countryand your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you."” - Genesis 12:1
Scripture reading:Genesis 11:27-32
How are you a blessing to those outside the church as an individual and as a Christian congregation, living for the other by being a person and a place where heaven and earth meet?
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Today's Manna Podcast
Amen, come Lord Jesus
Serving #1146 of Manna, prepared by Rev. Richard Aasman, is called "Amen, come Lord Jesus".
