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Exiled to Tulsa, an old gangster starts a new life that looks like his old life.

The propulsive story of 10 days in June 2015 when Obama and his chief speechwriter Cody Keenan composed a series of high-stakes speeches to meet a succession of stunning developments.

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has deemed five congregations to be “not in friendly cooperation with the Convention” for having women serve in the role of pastor, against SBC teaching. The decision is appealable.

“Our neighbors see the value of Christians working together,” says one steering committee member of Better Together: A Third Way. He hopes all sides of the same-sex marriage issue inside the CRC would see the value of working together.

Not much has changed since David’s day. There is still a famine of hope.

The Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates finds the large-scale biannual events to be too costly and not popular enough to continue. Council voices in favor of the events urge CRC not to lose emphasis on relationship.

At its February meeting the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates endorsed an allocation of next year’s ministry shares with 29.5% going to congregational ministries,  27% to the CRC’s governance offices, 19.5 % to Resonate and so on.

The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church met by video conference Feb. 15-17.

Meeting separately Feb. 16, the boards that govern Christian Reformed Church ministry in the U.S. and in Canada heard reports, discussed nominees, and made plans for continued ministry work in each country.

A treaty was made between the Haudensaunee and the Dutch in 1613. To commemorate this treaty, the Haudensaunee made a two-row wampum treaty belt.

Pádraig Ó Tuama reads and discusses brilliant poems in this illuminating podcast.

he Desert of Compassion provides daily Lenten sustenance inspired by sacred Scripture, present-day teachings, and personal experience.

What’s in a name? Something very important, it seems.

The wise woman did not mock, embarrass, or belittle the man. She waited for the right time to express her opinion to him.

Our family has gotten into the habit of streaming worship rather than attending in person. As adults, we meet regularly with our small group, but what is the downside for our kids?

The CRC’s Council of Delegates is recommending Synod 2023 appoint Resonate Global Mission’s current acting Canada director as the agency’s new director.

Part of the goal of the series, says the president of the group behind it, is to highlight the conservative theological stances of many Black Christians.

Filled with two freshly made meals and accompanying produce and dairy, Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church’s bi-weekly food boxes are meeting a need in its Trenton, Ont., community.

Cor Pool, known as a kind and compassionate person who loved sharing the love of Jesus, died Jan. 22. He was 71.

These choices are based on our entries to the Evangelical Press Association and the Associated Church Press awards competitions.

In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni crafts an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also for imagination, exploration, and escape.

The sequel to Black Panther honors the late Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa, and offers insights into the grieving process.

An inspiring memoir of resilience by a young survivor of the war in Ukraine, as told through her diary entries—a harrowing and ultimately hopeful survival story.