The Banner

Regular readers will know this as the part of The Banner that serves as a platform for leaders of our denomination to share their thoughts and views.

During Synod 2016, delegates discussed the Doctrine of Discovery,

Ruth Huizenga, born into a Christian Reformed family, had always seen herself as a good girl

In the early 1960s, all of America looked to NASA as they raced against the Soviet Union to put people into space.

Miroslav Volf, a leading ethicist, takes on the arguments that religion creates more problems than it solves

Audrey Assad first gained national attention with an above-average debut album

A brave, determined woman, Maria Toorpakai Wazir was hounded out of her homeland in northwest Pakistan by the Taliban,

We were first-tier candidates back then, young marrieds, newly-arrived Arizonians.

I have five sisters.

Our denomination has plenty of differences.

Q Many people like to quote Jeremiah 29:11 as a personal promise from God to themselves.

Martha Pewee had been in the United States for about 10 years with her husband,

The United States Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s,

Hearing Cliff and Angela Tuininga recall all of the places in the world represented by the refugees their church

At Calvin Seminary, each student has a story of calling.

Timothy Keller’s objective in writing Making Sense of God was. . .

Captain Fantastic is built around a simple enough plot about a family living in the Pacific Northwest.

A group of worship leaders and songwriters called All About Worship created their first album

Despite inclement weather, more than 100 people gathered at Rehoboth (N.M.)

Rev. Shawn Sikkema joked that a good attention-grabbing headline for this story could be “Former megachurch pastor and wife now live among homeless.”

Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) is troubled.

For the last 20 years, Dr. Greidanus, an orthopedic surgeon, has organized and raised funds for Operation Esperanza.