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Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Shiao Chong's monthly Editorial, 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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The guests kept coming, and I kept mixing.
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I went through a divorce while I was a member of a CRC
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Q Isn’t telling people they are sinners in need of repentance an act of love?
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When I was young and sitting in church we used to sing, Faith of Our Fathers
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I am troubled that the framework set forth in “Rape Culture and Christian Colleges”
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Here is a poem that I learned at an evangelical “Bible camp”
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In seventh grade, John* told me he liked me.
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Isn't it amazing that God made every creature on earth?
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Are children’s bulletins worth making?
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If current trends hold, church attendance may continue to decline.
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I’ve tried to get my fellow church members to get excited about evangelizing
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David Hoekema and I served on the same synodical committee on War and Peace.
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Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
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I often advise university students to apply Philippians 4:8:
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How can my church approach worship planning
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I got to thinking about the profound meaning of mission.
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a student asked me whether I am in favor of “big government or small government.”
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“Blessed are the peacemakers,” said Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount,
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Growing up in evangelicalism, I often heard preachers talk about “the time of God’s patience.”
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At Easter we celebrate our Lord Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.