When faced with important decisions, it’s good practice to think of all the relevant factors involved and then decide if there are any non-negotiable factors.

The Christian Reformed Church offers a breadth of ministry today that is practically unheard of for a denomination of our size.

The effects of the Doctrine of Discovery are still being felt today. How do we move forward as a united people?

We’re discovering that God is at work outside of our services, programs, and strategies.

Social capital and the “good ol’ boys” network gave us power to float through people, doors, and walls.

What do you do when you’re home for weeks and months, stuck with nowhere to go? The answer was overhead.

Both Scripture and Christian tradition challenge the idea that God takes the sides of nations, civilizations, and political parties.

이는 보수에서 진보까지, 무정부주의자에서 음모론자들에 이르기까지 모든 정치적 성향의 사람들에게 위험합니다.

A stone struck Paul so hard on the head that he was knocked unconscious.

Apart from having faith that God can and will preserve his Word, there are four arguments that build a rock-solid case for why we can trust the New Testament.

I remember Tini. She was a teenage girl who lived with us during the war. When I was old enough to understand, my mother told me who she was and why she was with us. I had always wondered why this friend from my toddler years had suddenly left us.

When I think of the times of celebration or holidays, I think of family, friends, and a good meal together.

What happens when it seems even pointless to pray because we know that healing probably won’t come?

As we cry out to God to fix our broken world, communities, and systems, we can slip into the trap of starting to see people not as fellow image bearers, but as the opinions their group espouses. 

Like a scratched record album, her life is stuck on “repeat” and can only move forward when the needle is bumped, and we remind her of the events of the past.

I get my news mostly from social media, Facebook in particular. As we head into the U.S. elections, how do I know whom to trust?

In Jesus, the “not yet” breaks into the “now” as we share in his resurrection and life abundant.

Did you know that there are more than 7,500 kinds of apples grown around the world?

This is a danger for people of all political stripes, from conservatives to progressives, from anarchists to conspiracy theorists.

In its simplest form, our classification puts human beings into two categories: friend and foe.

In the past, The Banner used to have an entire page of reader-submitted jokes.

I am left with a feeling of great discomfort when I think of the awkwardness of that moment, his inability to read my cues, my inability to tell him no.

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