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Engaging Culture Seminars

by RZIM Canada on January 24, 2012

  It is vital for people who hold to faith in Christ to be able to converse effectively with others about what they believe and why. We’d like to help! Join Dr. Andy Bannister and the RZIM team for a series of four Saturday morning seminars that offer a helpful introduction to evangelism and apologetic training. [...]

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Why Trust the Bible?

by Andy Bannister on January 24, 2012

The Bible’s Power and Influence In some countries today, the Bible is forbidden. Bringing a Bible into Saudi Arabia, for example, or North Korea, or China, or Libya, or Burma — along with many other countries — can result in expulsion for the westerner or arrest and torture if you’re native to the country. It [...]

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Why Are Christians So Negative and Judgemental?

November 1, 2011

A common accusation thrown at Christians is that they are anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-contraception. Many people have a perception that the church is negative — anti-everything — and Christians utterly prejudiced. How might we respond? A good place to begin is by acknowledging that Christians have often made mistakes in this area. Not so much in [...]

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Doesn’t Religion Just Cause Evil, Suffering, Division and War?

September 26, 2011

A common claim made by many atheists is that religion causes evil, suffering, division and war. For example, at the Munk Debate in Toronto last November, Christopher Hitchens argued this very point against Tony Blair. Religion, Hitchens claimed, causes sectarianism, division, strife, disagreement, war, poverty and a host of societal evils. In his best-selling book, [...]

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Hasn’t Science Disproven God?

September 1, 2011

A common claim made by many of our atheist friends is that science has replaced religion. Atheist authors like Sam Harris claim that “the success of science comes at the expense of religion” whilst Richard Dawkins says the “God Hypothesis” can be scientifically tested and proven false. In short, they claim that there is a [...]

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Truth Unlocked: Keys to Reaching Your Muslim Neighbour

May 2, 2011

Through a series of straight-to-the-point interviews with scholars — including RZIM Canada Director, Andy Bannister — experts and former Muslims, this exciting six-session DVD explores opportunities and challenges the presence of so many Muslims in our communities. The DVD provides an introduction to the Muslim faith, culture and world-view; explores the differences between the Muslim [...]

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Isn’t It Arrogant To Say That Only Christianity Is True?

April 11, 2011

A common accusation flung at Christians is that we’re arrogant. “How can you believe that you’re right and Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims — all the thousands of other religions — are wrong?” Isn’t it the height of arrogance to claim that Jesus is the way to God. A way, possibly. But the only way? Many [...]

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Winter 2011 Issue of inCONTEXT Newsletter Available

March 3, 2011

The Winter 2011 issue of the RZIM Canada newsletter, inCONTEXT is now available. Everybody on our mailing list has been sent a copy, but if you’d prefer to download it as a PDF, download links can be found below.       Front Page (1.4 MB PDF)       Back Page (0.3 MB PDF)   

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RZIM Announces Alliance with Christian Book Distributors (CBD)

February 11, 2011

We’re pleased to announced that RZIM has entered into an alliance with Christian Book Distributors (CBD) who will take over the ministry’s e-commerce site and product distribution. CBD is the largest religious catalog company in the world, sending out over 65 mailings of unique catalogs to millions of customers each year. RZIM will be able [...]

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God and the Big Questions of Life

February 10, 2011

Travel broadens the mind. Whether it’s moving from the UK to Canada, as I did last year, or even travelling within Canada, it’s always a privilege to see new places. I’ve been very fortunate these last few years: from sunset on Everest, to the crazy streets of Kathmandu, from the crumbling remnants of communism in [...]

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