"The body of Christ, given for you,” the elder says quietly, offering the communion bread to Rob.
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We all begin as tiny, fragile eggs.
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There’s nothing like a lazy sprawl on a reclining deck chair on a sunny August afternoon, a tall glass of lemonade in one hand and
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Two youngsters were closely examining bathroom scales on display at the department store.
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The heavy prison door slammed behind him. Suddenly the cold, clammy cell triggered feelings that frightened him.
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It’s the middle of summer, and chances are the weather outside is HOT.
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Ask almost any Christian Reformed person what he or she knows about the Canons of Dort or the Belgic Confession, and you’ll probabl
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Helping Calvinists recover from the notion that we’re “the one true church”READ MOREIt was an afternoon in the late 1970s, and I was attending a meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churche
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"So when are you ‘flock-worthy’?” a friend asked me.
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On the next few pages you will find the annual presentation of candidates for ministry in the Christian Reformed Church.
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Lost it at synod this year.
No, it’s not what you think. I wasn’t mad. I was overjoyed. But it showed too much.
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More than 150 church planters and other leaders from both the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America gathered recen
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One morning this spring, Canadians George and Toni Fernhout sat down for a long meeting with community-development officials in the villa
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Richard Rodriguez was a guest this spring at Calvin Theological Seminary to discuss his autobiography Hunger of Memory.
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Two Calvin College professors have earned Fulbright Awards to do international research in 2010-2011.
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Have you ever built a house? Most people buy existing homes, but some get the opportunity to build one from the ground up.
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Late at night you can often find Rev. John W.
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Something for nothing? We all know that’s unlikely.
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The merger between the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC) seemed as if it happened in t
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Citing concerns that synods are already getting too rushed, delegates declined to mandate a discussion time at future synods.
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Through email news releases, Twitter, Facebook, webcasts, and the magazine you’re holding, The Banner and CRC Communications worked
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Synod’s poet laureate, elder Rod Hugen, wrote an ode following one rookie elder’s experience at synod.
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For three couples, Synod 2010 was a team effort.
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For Elizabeth Jennings, serving as a youth observer at Synod 2010 was a chance to follow in the footsteps of her mother, Rev.