Is Earth sacred? While we may have an obligation to be stewards of creation, is there a danger for Christians of falling into nature worship given some of the language used by those who refer to nature as “sacred”?
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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Sam Mattas, a Higgins boat coxswain in the Pacific during World War II, is finally headed home to Hot Springs, Ark. But he brings more than surface wounds home.
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When her father is murdered right in front of her eyes, a young woman abandons everything to join the criminal underworld and infiltrate the police force undercover—all to find and destroy the one who took her father from her.
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Kao Kalia Yang’s sensitive prose and Rachel Wada’s evocative illustrations bring to life this tender true story of the love between a Hmong father and daughter in a refugee camp.
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As a pro-life activist my whole adult life, I never thought I’d live to see the end of Roe v. Wade, if that’s what this is.
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An atmospheric Celtic folk/prog rock album expresses feelings of separation and loss during the Pandemic.
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A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future.
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From National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins comes a sweet and innovative picture book about a first-generation immigrant child living in America.
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How can God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, even as a test of obedience? Isn't that cruel and a case of child abuse?
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Of course Black lives matter, and it is important in the church of Jesus, in the historical and present context of North America, to say so unequivocally.
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God’s love for people who have been marginalized, discarded, and taken advantage of reverberates throughout the Bible.
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Idolatry is indeed a threat—a temptation that Christians ought to resist through the Spirit’s leading.
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When we are surveyed, we feel like a number about to be made into a statistic, and often we are.
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A secretary and a spy try to stop Hitler’s rise to power.
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From the award-winning author of The Great Trouble comes a story for middle-grade readers of espionage, survival, and friendship during World War II.
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What do we do when the pain and struggle are ongoing, and the happy ending doesn’t appear?
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An empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from the late Congressman John Lewis, venerable civil rights champion, at the end of his remarkable life.
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You are born to be so many things. My wish for you—no matter where your journey leads—is for you to always … Be You!
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Founded in 1996, Seattle’s Mars Hill Church was poised to be an influential, undeniable force in evangelicalism—that is until its spiraling collapse in 2014.
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Spiritual director Alice Fryling explores how to navigate the journey of retirement, lifestyle changes, and new limitations of aging.
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Hitmaker Jordan St. Cyr releases his first full length recording, including “Fires” and “Weary Traveler.”
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They did not choose to leave their land. They were forced to. Violence pushed them out, and a search for survival pulled them forward.
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A reviewer makes a case for watching Oscar nominee Drive My Car at home.
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We will always fight over something unless we face and resolve our underlying issues. As far as I can tell, we have collectively ignored them.