When considering saving for retirement, how much is enough or too much? How much should we worry about retirement income in light of Jesus’ words “Do not worry about tomorrow”?
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Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Shiao Chong's monthly Editorial, and the Vantage Point and letters from Christian Reformed Church members and our readers. Our online-only columns are As I Was Saying and Behind the Banner.
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Eventually, Kathy would decide it was time to go to bed. She’d walk over to the couch and say to Soren, “Let’s go say good night to Derek.”
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READ MOREEvery day was full of their screaming, complaining about doing math, running around in the home, bickering with each other about toys.
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READ MOREDoes being overwhelmed by my job mean I’ve mistaken my calling or am doing something wrong?
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Libertas Christian School made headlines this past November for maintaining a staunch opposition to statewide mask mandates in Michigan.
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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READ MOREThe Bingham girls and their siblings attended a segregated school to which they were transported daily in the back of a pickup truck, rain or shine, 20 miles each way.
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God created the world to work in certain ways and follow certain rules. The sun rises and sets. Seasons come and go.
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In my view, the term “pro-life” should encompass the protection of all human life from all causes—not just abortion.
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A couple in our church is unsure about infant baptism and has asked for their child to be dedicated instead. Is that OK?
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Emotions run high in the U.S. among Trump supporters and even higher among those who favor Biden, at least in the city where I live.
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There are still those who believe that those with depression or other mental illnesses should “pray it away” rather than take medication.
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READ MOREThe sunlight zone is the part of the ocean that is closest to the shore and gets the most sunlight.
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To some extent, the sky's the limit, if you choose to take to the skies. However, most of us stick to what is comfortable and safe and secure.
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From where I stand, I can see a chicken farmer, an entrepreneur, someone who uses a wheelchair, a university professor, an elderly widow, and a homeschooling mom.
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The congregation started to rise—just a few at first. No one really knew how people would respond to this new idea: a reminder of our baptism that involved standing up, breaching the intimacy of touch, and having water placed on our foreheads. How comfortable would people be?
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” Frodo laments in The Fellowship of the Ring.
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‘Evangelism’ has often been reduced to a simple formula that ‘the other’ is invited to accept and believe.
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Indigenous and Native peoples of North America used every part of the buffalo when they killed one. This got me thinking of spiritual matters.
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READ MOREWhat do I say to young adults in my family when they say they have left the church because they were hurt by the church?
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Loving our neighbors means prioritizing the wellbeing of others over our own interests, regardless of the social gap between us.
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READ MOREA rock perched on a cliff has lots of potential energy, as does a spring that is tightly wound.
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As a Reformed Christian, I cling to the unconditionality of God’s grace, by which my sins are forgiven.
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As a middle-Eastern Jewish carpenter living on the road, Jesus certainly wasn't the light-skinned, rosy-cheeked man with kempt, flowing, brown locks traipsing through the pages of my childhood Bible.
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