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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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Bless your heart, preach it!
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There isn’t really any way to prepare one’s heart for a horrific tragedy.
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Back in the South African apartheid era, I helped organize anti-apartheid efforts in our local community in Michigan.
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I appreciate your dedication to bringing the Word every Sunday.
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In 2010, Apple founder Steve Jobs admitted that his children had never used an iPad:
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In a time when even the smallest difference seems to cause tension and divide humans,
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Told from the perspective of a young girl who describes herself as “the most beautifulest,
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While Jessica visits a friend in Paris, they are caught in the 2015 terrorist attack on the Bataclan theater.
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I’ve always known that you can’t get cleaned up for church, so to speak;
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Is it right to use funds gained through gambling for things of God’s kingdom?
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A friend recently asked me, “Is Reformed theology for black people?”
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In the recent high-profile cases of film studio executive Harvey Weinstein and other men in high-profile positions,
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In my retirement I am pastoring a Presbyterian congregation.
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The tone of my own encounters with North Koreans was quite different when I visited there six years ago.
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When a major event effectively puts an end to electricity in the world, society begins to collapse.
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Christian independent artist John Tibbs pays homage to his Midwestern United States roots with the extended play Heartland.
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As a child growing up in the CRC hotspot of Cutlerville, Mich., Sunday was the day of rules.
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This challenging, informative children’s picture book is based on the true story of former child refugee Benjamin Nzobonankira.
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Lu. is about the journey of a young woman after her life with her boyfriend and dreams of success begin to fall apart.
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Since doing justice involves systemic issues, it often enters the sphere of political laws and policies.
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Quick question: what do a skunk’s stripes, a sheep’s wool, a walrus’s whiskers, and a porcupine’s quills all have in common?
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While I appreciate the desire to include everyone, sometimes our services suffer because of inexperienced or unskilled musicians.
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Many people have heard about the need for foster parents. But probably fewer have thought much about the needs of foster parents.