I am touched when I see teenagers raising their hands in contemporary worship, singing at the top of their voices, with tears flowing down their cheeks.
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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Can someone who is divorced and remarried serve as an elder?
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Esther Ahmad describes her youth in Pakistan, chronicling her escape from radical Islam and her conversion to Christianity
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A funny and personable food travelogue show hosted by the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond.
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A warm and funny memoir about a young woman battling a lifelong autoimmune disorder.
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It’s a time to remember, honor, and pray for persecuted Christians.
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How out of place this broken tree was, how odd that the owners of the garden—known for their skill—hadn’t removed it. It seemed almost a disservice to their handiwork, a marring of their reputation to have left this hollow shell where it stood.
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My father thinks it’s God-ordained, but my mother disagrees. Who is right?
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A therapist and pastoral care professor illuminates and enlightens in a book about narcissism in the church.
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A sci-fi spy movie that’s more riddle than story
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Pastor and survivor Ruth Everhart shines a light on the prevalence of sexual abuse and misconduct within faith communities.
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Music and books to enjoy yourself or to give to someone you care about.
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I affirm that, indeed, God is love and that we come to know something of God through experiencing and witnessing love.
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A country singer/songwriter processes her losses and traumas through the seven stages of grief.
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This sweet and inspiring picture book is based on the true story of a school in India designed to teach illiterate grandmothers how to read and write.
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A CRC elder from Muslim Iran reflects on how Persian poets such as Rumi have woven Jesus Christ into their art.
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Because everything is so connected, each job is equally important.
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With the flu season almost upon us, and predictions of tightening restrictions, how are we, the church, preparing for this Christmas season?
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When the Great Depression takes almost everything they own, Ellie’s family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed forests of Echo Mountain.
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Catchy, up-tempo pop tunes and ballads invite the listener to move closer to Jesus.
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A superb narrator enhances this audiobook of the #1 New York Times bestseller about light-skinned Black twins and the divergent pathways they take.
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Faith formation is more than just acquiring knowledge. It is about transformation.
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My pastor-friend and his congregation have separated. But from the outside looking in, it seems to me that the process toward him, even from the Classis level, was unreasonable, punitive, and unkind.
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One seldom hears or reads a news story without reference to a robust debate on some issue.