This week, a full-edition program featuring author Tim denBok, talking about his newly-published book "Where is the Evangelical Church?" The book is subtitled: "A Plea to the Evangelical Church to Respond to the Plight of the Preborn."

Feature: Excerpts from a speech on so-called "SOGI" (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) issues in the education system.

In the news:

Bullying: ARPA is out with a new resource on bullying in schools.

Fall Tour: ARPA's annual fall tour started yesterday. We take a look at why you should show up at one of the 20 stops.

M-103: Parliament's Heritage Committee has started hearings on this spring's so-called "anti-Islamophobia motion", M-103.

Speeding Ticket Revenue – An idea from the US would direct traffic fine revenues to charity. Reformed Perspective editor Jon Dykstra discusses with us.

News:

A Win for Christians – An Ontario Christian school wins at the Human Rights Tribunal against a complaint challenging the schools support of traditional marriage.

Parental Rights - Edmonton Public School Board declines to consider a motion guaranteeing children’s “right to privacy”.

Public School Board Elections - Why you should get involved.

Pushback to Pro-life Messaging - Town Council in BC asked to ban pro-life displays at public parades.

Stomping on your Toes: Are Ontario political parties intentionally angering social conservatives?

Political scientist David Koysis brings us an analysis of the turmoil in Ontario’s conservative ranks.

News:

Mike Schouten Update: An update on the recovery of We Need a Law’s Director a few weeks after a cycling accident that resulted in very serious injuries.

Flag Displays: Public pro-life activism kept going strong through this past summer.

A Birthday Cake and a Mechanical Bull: Participating in their local summer parade, this ARPA chapter got imaginative in order to spread the pro-life message.

Funding Pro-Life internships: CCBR makes up a huge shortfall in summer job funding for internships.

Feature: ARPA lawyer John Sikkema talks about the need for and possibility of a court challenge to Ontario’s proposed “Safe Access Zones Legislation”.

News:

Supreme Court appearances: ARPA is preparing for two Supreme Court appearances between now and the end of the year, TWU and Wall. More below.

Fall Tour: Plans are coming together for ARPA’s annual fall tour. This week, we unveil the theme for the tour, and talk about some changes to where the tour will be going. More below.

Education Funding: We received a question on the Lighthouse News answering machine this week, about the wisdom of Christian schools taking government money. ARPA responds.

Feature: Statistics Canada eliminates distinction between “marriage” and “cohabitation” in latest Census; what does this actually mean?

News:

List of TWU Intervenors has Changed: Supreme Court will hear 26 intervenors in TWU Law School case in response to pressure from LGBTQ lobby.

RU-486 in Rural Communities: An update on the availability of the so-called “morning after pill”. It turns out that dispensing it isn’t as simple as first thought.

Bible Project: ARPA is more than half-way to its goal of funding the distribution of a Bible to every federal and provincial politician in the country.

It's the middle of summer. Parliament is in recess and there's not much happening politically across the country.

One thing you should know is that ARPA has been granted intervenor status before the Supreme Court of Canada in Trinity Western law school case. That approval was given in the last week of July - the case is scheduled to be heard in late November, with a judgment expected next spring.

But beyond that, it's been pretty quiet on the news front. Which gives us an opportunity for a special, full edition of the program.

And this week, we're featuring a sermon that looks at our culture and our social responsibility, in the light of Psalm 2. The Psalm reads, in part:

"Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,

against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,

'Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us....'

He who sits in the heavens laughs...

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth...

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way." (ESV)

The sermon was preached back in February. It's by Pastor Edgar Unrau of the Calvary Baptist Church in Chemainus, BC.

We've edited it for length; you can hear the full version online, here.

VeraCrux - A new website promoting a Christian worldview on the humanities launches.

News:

Protecting pastors – A Calgary MP launches an official e-petition on a bill that would decriminalize the disruption of religious worship services.

Feminist Foreign Policy – Ottawa hands out millions more in foreign aid tied to abortion services, in violation of the laws of the countries they’re “helping”.

Human Rights – Where do they come from? A Christian conference explores the answer.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Drawing parallels between his stand for truth in Nazi Germany and the challenges facing the 21st century church.

Appealing to logic: a Socratic approach to the abortion issue from noted international pro-life speaker Stephanie Gray.

News:

Cutting ties: a public school Board in Alberta cancels its sponsorship of a Christian school over the use of “offensive” Bible verses.

Overstepping authority: town workers in Ponoka, Alberta tried to shut down a pro-life flag display in spite of valid permits.

Transgenderism trumps family: a new survey shows how far some millennials are prepared to go in support of “transgender rights”, and the numbers are bad news for the family.

Appealing to logic: a Socratic approach to the abortion issue from noted international pro-life speaker Stephanie Gray.

News:

Cutting ties: a public school Board in Alberta cancels its sponsorship of a Christian school over the use of “offensive” Bible verses.

Overstepping authority: town workers in Ponoka, Alberta try to shut down a pro-life flag display in spite of valid permits.

Transgenderism trumps family: a new survey shows how far some millennials are prepared to go in support of “transgender rights”, and the numbers are bad news for the family.