Editorial

Because of this year’s prayerful synod, I am hopeful for the Christian Reformed Church.

Billy Graham’s example of working across Christian divisions to fulfill God’s mission inspires us to do likewise.

It is time we determine whether our faith is shaping our politics or our politics has been shaping our faith.

The Christian Reformed Church needs an official position on gun culture.

When the Christian Reformed Church purchased The Banner back in 1914, it chose to protect the magazine’s editorial independence . . .

Ten years ago an artist drew a caricature of my two older daughters. Caricatures, by definition, exaggerate certain striking features...

I believe it was missionary theologian Lesslie Newbigin who said that the incarnation—God coming in the flesh in Jesus—was God’s great missionary act.

Since doing justice involves systemic issues, it often enters the sphere of political laws and policies.

This October marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

In my previous editorial, I suggested that biblical justice combines both the concepts of retributive justice and social justice.

Happy Independence Day and Happy Canada Day! 

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”

I often advise university students to apply Philippians 4:8:

At Easter we celebrate our Lord Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.

I’m old enough to remember the day The Bananer was surreptitiously distributed around the Calvin College campus with its masthead...