In the past several weeks, issues surrounding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons and the church have been at the f
Vantage Point
This is an opinion column in which readers share their thoughts about an issue of interest to the church, challenge others, or reflect on something near and dear to their hearts.
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Responding to “A Call from the CRC’s Young Adults”
The “disconnect” is bigger than you might think.READ MOREIn the June 2011 Banner, Chelsey Munneke summarizes a discussion held by passionate young people, which offers a “diagn
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We emphasize the significance of the local church.
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Terrorism, unrest in the Middle East, spiking oil prices, and Qur’an burnings.
U.S. Budget Cuts Could Harm Poor
U.S. budget cuts may result in much less help for people who have low incomes.READ MOREI attended a meeting recently in Washington, D.C., that left me deeply disturbed.
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In my humble opinion, our leaders should end their crusade to prod our denomination onto the Global Warming Bandwagon.
Why Christians Should Care About the Environment
Do we love our neighbors by polluting the world we all share?READ MOREAs Christians we believe the Earth is a creation of God, a precious gift on which we depend for the necessities of life.
The Muslim-Christian Chasm
Let’s not gloss over the serious differences between Christianity and Islam.READ MORESeveral issues ago Banner Editor Bob De Moor wrote about his church’s positive encounter with two devout Muslims (“In All
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A friend told me about several couples whose babies had a serious genetic condition that results in severe deformity and death.
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I am a convert to social justice. For a long time I found it easy to make excuses not to help the poor.
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We discussed the Belhar Confession at our regional classis meeting recently.
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My initial reaction to the opinion piece in the September issue of The Banner (“Is Separation Always a Sin?”) was that it was
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In 1963 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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"The body of Christ, given for you,” the elder says quietly, offering the communion bread to Rob.
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A recent Banner article answered a question from a person who received an advance on her inheritance to meet a current need (November 200
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In his Banner article “Got Religion?” (January 2010), Rev.
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For more than half a century our denomination has maintained a close bond with the Christian Reformed Church in Cuba. As the Februar
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When synod encouraged Christian Reformed churches to study the Belhar Confession—in view of the CRC’s potential adoption of i
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The findings from the recent survey of Christian Reformed churches and their members (see “Who We Are Today,” p.
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On Sunday mornings the community of First Christian Reformed Church, Vancouver, gathers to worship the triune God, Creator and Redeemer o
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In the editorial titled “Shoes” (June 2009), the editor of The Banner supports adding the Belhar Confession to the creeds and
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At Synod 2009, several delegates said that adopting the Belhar Confession as one of our doctrinal standards will help us face racism, one
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While I agree with Rev.
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When sending missionaries to another country, Christian Reformed World Missions gives them instructions about that country so their prese