Empowering today’s youth to discern healthy sexuality amid the sex-positive movement.
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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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Should Christians receive a vaccine that uses aborted fetal cells in its production?
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It’s best to approach life like fresh bread intended to be made and eaten daily.
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Kevin DeYoung provides a pastorally sensitive introduction to the complementarian understanding of what the Bible teaches about the roles of men and women.
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Now streaming, a 2020 Indie film tells the story of a white woman who becomes an Ethiopian refugee.
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Written by a CRC pastor, this historical memoir will give insight and courage to anyone interested in justice for all regardless of race in our current politically polarized time.
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The New Testament makes this point as well when it compares the road that leads to eternal life as narrow and the one that leads to destruction as broad.
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In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love.
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A reflective live worship album invites listeners to remember God’s character.
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Even though that 2013 report named them, I wonder how much these fears have been openly acknowledged and transparently wrestled with by CRC leaders.
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This dual perspective—love for a country and the thought that I would never fit in—has served me well.
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Writer and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon reframes loneliness and offers us a language for the disquiet within.
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A broken survival expert and an orphan run from a fire and a pair of assassins.
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Attuned to the power of the written word, seasoned teachers contemplate sacred themes, exploring passages from books they love in light of passages from Scripture.
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I remember thinking, in the crowded sanctuary, lit purple and red with sweeping lights, “I am not this kind of Christian.”
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Jesus tells us to proclaim that “the kingdom of God has come near,” but what does that really mean?
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From a bestselling and award-winning husband-and-wife team comes an innovative, beautifully illustrated novel for 8- to 12-year-olds that delivers a front-row seat to the groundbreaking moments in history that led to African Americans earning the right to vote.
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A former soldier and head of the West Point history department challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy—and explores why some of the USA's oldest wounds have never healed.
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UK Indie folk group Orphan No More offers a soulful blend of lament and praise.
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I jumped out of bed and followed him out to our terrace on the 24th floor. Thick, black smoke was rolling out from the North Tower of the World Trade Center six blocks away.
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I’ve reached the third third of my life. What does faith formation look like after a life of going to church and being serious about my faith?
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Authors document the evolution of Critical Theory.
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A dark and harrowing Welsh detective drama with compelling characters and suspenseful stories.