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Calvin Seminary students feel called to ministry in some form, and their time at CTS is helping them figure out what that might look like.

What would have happened if Barnabas didn’t respond to God’s nudge to befriend and disciple Saul, the infamous Pharisee and enemy of the church?

Novel album doubles as a Bible study of the book of Hosea.

A journalist investigates the evangelical obsession with guns in America.

Solitude and silence help us experience an intentional encounter with God.

Two decades ago, I wrote about the church behind bars. Ten years later, I wrote again. Now, with another decade passed, I offer not just a reflection—but a call to action for the church outside the gates.

Immerse yourself in reading, from a novel about an Albertan homesteader to a memoir that asks whether you can ever go home again.

This unique 30-day devotional reminds you that God is greater than your troubled heart and more present than your anxious thoughts.

Four retirees spend their time solving cold case murders for fun, but their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

The Bible story of Ruth is imaginatively brought to life in this biblically faithful chapter book that helps kids 8 and older engage with God’s word.

My experience tells me that supersizing is not the likeliest route to good health, physically or spiritually.

The board of independent Canadian monthly newspaper Christian Courier sent editor Angela Reitsma Bick off with a litany at a celebratory conference Oct. 18.

For three years three Southwest Ontario churches have hosted each other for fall youth-led worship services, encouraging each other with connection.

Across congregations, campuses, and mission fields, youth and young adults are reimagining what it means to be the church in today’s world.

A weaving of biblical insight, behavioral science, and personal reflection prompts, Being Fully Known tackles the negative self-talk and limiting beliefs that leave women stuck in lives that are not their own.

Time is more complex than it appears. According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, time can actually change depending on speed and gravity.

God opened my eyes to his glory by drawing my attention to people I met on walks in my city.

Christians sometimes vigorously debate what is appropriate to do on Sundays. Is it permissible to go shopping or eat at a restaurant? To play sports? To do homework?

Translated from Filipino, this imaginative book features produce harvested from the Philippines and around the world. How Do You Eat Color? offers dozens of different—and delicious—opportunities to eat something new.

A journalist on a yacht witnesses a passenger thrown overboard but is told it didn't happen. She seeks answers, putting her life in danger.

Twelve-year-old Yolanda Sahagún, an aspiring nun raised by strict Mexican immigrant parents, likes to envision her family of nine siblings as the von Trapps from The Sound of Music. And like them, Yoli, too, is coming of age as war looms.

Anyone with a middle school understanding of biology knows that, if these cardiologists get their way, the human beings from whom we would be taking organs are not, in fact, dead.

Researchers at the University of Lausanne, Oxford University, and the Pew Research Center map secularization and religious change across more than 100 countries.