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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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This two-part series, starring Douglas Henshall and Kate Ashfield, tells the story of a major car accident that forever changes the lives of those involved.
The Most Overlooked Women of the Bible: What Their Stories Teach Us about Being Seen and Heard
Mary E. DeMuthREAD MOREThe Bible is replete with women who felt on the outskirts of life, unseen and voiceless. In their stories, you not only learn more about them but understand that you are seen and heard.
Hunting Magic Eels: Recovering an Enchanted Faith in a Skeptical Age
By Dr. Richard BeckREAD MOREWe live in a secular age, a world dominated by science and technology. Increasing numbers of us don't believe in God anymore. We don't expect miracles. This book points the way back.
Being Your Denominational Magazine
Responding to Synod 2025’s Banner decisionsREAD MOREMuch of the Christian Reformed Church’s mandate to The Banner, established in 2015, hasn’t changed, but here’s what has and what you can expect to read and not to read because of that.
Eleanore of Avignon
By Elizabeth DeLozierREAD MORERich with unforgettable characters and captivating historical drama, this is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her city from the Black Death.
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Assuming the driver had seen me, I pulled past the exit just as she drove onto the road, right into my path.
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Christianity isn’t American or Ghanaian or Chinese.
Why I Help People Take Drugs: Reflections of a Christian Addiction Medicine Physician
By Meera Bai Grover, MDREAD MOREIn the midst of a devastating opioid crisis, this book by a Christian doctor working at a supervised consumption site could provide valuable lessons to help the church develop a meaningful response to addiction.
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Brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock, played by Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates, rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption.
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From award–winning chef Alexander Smalls and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison comes a “vibrant visual narrative” of family, traditions, and the little moments shared at the dinner table.
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As popular as it is, few people seem to know or even care about the origin and authorship of the Serenity Prayer.
Let It Begin
By Big Daddy WeaveREAD MOREBig Daddy Weave’s first album since 2019 honors a bandmate who died.
Cory and the Seventh Story
By Brian McLaren and Gareth HigginsREAD MOREHow Cory the raccoon and his best friends try to restore peace in their village through the narrative power of storytelling.
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We were determined to find the ducks that were quacking in the middle of the forest. But that’s not what we found.
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Power-over is coercive, controlling, and manipulative. Power-with is collaborative and authoritative.
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We need not a new approach, but a return to the ordinary tools by which Christ has always formed his people.
Plague Thieves
By Caroline FernandezREAD MOREOrphaned and homeless in London 1665, all Rose and Lem have left are their wits, each other, and three bottles of Thieves Oil—a medicinal blend Father created that can protect people from the sickness.
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A 92-year-old WWII veteran escapes his nursing home to return to Normandy for D-Day.
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In Strange Religion, award-winning author and New Testament teacher Nijay Gupta traces the emerging Christian faith in its Roman context, showing how the first Christians dared to be different.
Specters in the Glass House
By Jaime Jo WrightREAD MOREAn ominous butterfly house. A sinister legacy. An untraceable killer. Don’t miss this award-winning faith-based novel.
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As I write this article, I’m wearing the handmade friendship bracelet Maddi gave me. She made it herself. She even tied it on my wrist for me. It’s been with me ever since.
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Immerse yourself in reading, from a book about creativity and justice to an enthralling novel about restoring an old lighthouse.
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We must demand accountability for those who have been notified of abuse allegations, only to rationalize, cover up, and even deny them.