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Canadian pride distilled into a 34-minute audiobook.

There’s nothing very remarkable about Sigsbee Street. It runs for just seven blocks through the near southeast side of Grand Rapids, Mich. Sigsbee School, an elementary school in the Grand Rapids Public School system, is its most notable feature. 

As a Reformed Christian, I believe God cares deeply about how we steward the Earth as faithful people of God.

It is not God’s wrath or judgment that leads to repentance, but rather God’s kindness. How many people have ever changed for the better through experiencing other people’s judgment?

The newly re-formed Newsboys deliver a powerhouse pop album.

A picture book sensitively introduces young children to the reality being played out in the lives of millions of refugees.

A genre-bending novel that mixes elements of Madeleine L’engle’s sci-fi with Frank Peretti’s spiritual warfare fiction. 

The Christan Reformed Church released a statement Aug. 8, grieving the loss of life in recent shootings and calling members to “take an active stance against false narratives” and “stand up against racism and acts of white supremacy.”

We live in a spiritual warfare that has become intricately complicated and multi-layered. But the essence of this warfare, the main battlefield, is still about truth versus falsehood.

Across the nations, guides draw us toward the mountain of God. Sometimes those guides lead us from their youth, with humble hearts fiercely dedicated to living justice and loving mercy.

If you want to know everything Synod 2019 did, you will need to read the full Acts of Synod, all 50,000 words of it. This Guide contains an overview of the major touchpoints.

The inspiring true story of a boy who grew a forest from 20 bamboo saplings. 

An enjoyable though ultimately shallow film about a young writer trying to break into a late night show.

How could you sleep at night knowing the other schools in your area are more open and welcoming to all the king’s children than your school is, even if those other schools don’t acknowledge each child’s royal status?

My evangelistic challenges don’t end with casual friends and strangers. I’m better at sharing the reasons for my hope with people close to me. Still, some of the people I care most about care hardly at all about Jesus. They’re good people. They often love their neighbors in ways I fail to. They just don’t engage with Jesus or his church.

A heartwarming picture book captures the universal love and joy parents feel as they celebrate the arrival of a new child.

Katy Perry’s former backup singer and American Idol alum releases engaging Christian debut. 

On the heels of the California food festival mass shooting in Gilroy, two more senseless shootings occurred within roughly twelve hours of each other over the weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.

Gary Bekker, who served as director of Christian Reformed World Missions from 2001 to 2017 and recently left the directorship of Raise Up Global Ministries, will retire this month.

For the 720 registrants at Inspire 2019, energy and uncertainty were in the air, anticipating inevitable change for the Christian Reformed Church. “Incarnational mission” was one of the themes explored.

“The Holy Spirit is so active that it can offer people what you as a preacher would never in a million years think would come out of that sermon.”

Larry Nassar’s first accuser speaks out in a compelling Christian memoir. 

How does a church emerge decades after a mission field is closed? Is it possible that the seeds of good news were planted during the decade when the mission was active—only to lie dormant and sprout much later?