Four Canadian innovations made dryland agriculture feasible on the Canadian prairies and the northern plains of America. In 1886, Angus MacKay of Indian Head, Saskatchewan, invented summer fallow to contend with drought. Charles Saunders of Ottawa developed early ripening Marquis wheat to avoid frost a few years later, in 1904. In 1918, the Koole brothers…
Rather than “Tiptoeing through the TULIP(s),” I prefer to snip the TULIP. The acronym TULIP is an oversimplification and distortion of the nuanced teaching of the Canons of Dort. Despite the impression of a venerable Dutch heritage, the acronym TULIP makes no sense in the Dutch language, which spells the famous flower as tulp. TULIP…
The year 2017 is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. But there is another upcoming anniversary that is also significant, 2018 and 2019 will mark the 400th anniversary of the Synod of Dordt (1618-19).
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