I frequently field questions about The Banner’s varying ways of writing about death, so here’s the scoop.
Columns
Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Editorials, the Discover page (especially for kids), the Vantage Point, the Other Six, 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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Like us, Abraham Kuyper watched a violent white supremacist insurrection in the United States. We can learn from Kuyper, but only if we heed his warnings without repeating his mistakes.
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An album from Keith & Kristyn Getty (“In Christ Alone”) collects hymns and lullabies for the close of day.
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How a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.
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Small-time football coach Ted Lasso is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.
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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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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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The hero of A Time to Kill, one of the most popular novels of our time, returns in a riveting and suspenseful courtroom drama.
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Biblical perspectives and solutions to combat hustle and hurry.
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A beautiful, aching novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos—and how their destinies are entwined across decades.
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Every 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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하나님은 편애하거나 편파적이지 않습니다. (로마서 2:11; 에베소서 6:9). 하지만 하나님이 민족적, 인종적 차이까지 무시하지도 않습니다. 우리는 양 극단에 치우치지 않도록 해야 합니다.
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Walk the path of love with one of the warmest, most beloved spiritual leaders of our time, the bishop who delivered the message at the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle.
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Malcolm Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
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A weekly podcast helps listeners discover history’s greatest sermons, such as those by D.L. Moody, Charles Spurgeon, John Calvin and others.
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Does being overwhelmed by my job mean I’ve mistaken my calling or am doing something wrong?
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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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The 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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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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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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Justin Bailey seeks to infuse apologetics with an appeal to the imagination, the aesthetic, and the affective.
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Bethel Music’s Cory Asbury hits it out of the park with his third full-length album of worshipful pop.
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Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine tells a moving and ambitious story about a young Jewish girl who must play her own role in her people's epic history—no matter the sacrifice.
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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.