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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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Are we denying Christ by going on a family reunion cruise
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Kent Annan is the co-director of Haiti Partners, a nonprofit developing education in Haiti,
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“Strange” is an apt word for this doctor, whose origin story bends both matter and mind.
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Partway through Bon Iver’s latest album, a pitch-shifted voice booms over top of a noisy clamor.
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Abraham Kuyper, the Dutch theologian and statesman, has been very influential in Reformed thinking.
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In 2018 many of us will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the adoption of the Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, and Canons of Dort
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“shall transact ecclesiastical matters only.” Does that mean they are prevented from addressing climate change
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Brent Van Staalduinen’s expertly crafted debut novel begins with a thief robbing a thrift store at gunpoint and then pocketing a little silver box from an allegedly magic cubbyhole.
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During World War II, a young man from Virginia named Desmond Doss passed up a possible deferment and joined the army, in spite of being a conscientious objector.
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Just when we think we’ve heard every take on Handel’s classic, along comes a new recording by Emmanuelle Haïm.
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Young Sefia is in danger. She has a strange object called a book
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The way society and the church lift up stories of love and marriage is beautiful . . . but it is also dangerous.
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Singer-songwriter Tanya Godsey’s third album, Love Lines the Last Horizon, opens with a prayer that sets the lyrical tone for the entire album.
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Owen Suskind stopped interacting with the world at the age of three.
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Gina Ochsner’s second novel is a captivating, tragicomic story about family and community relationships in a contemporary Latvian town.
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Children raised in Christian settings usually hear the Lord’s Prayer from an early age, internalizing its language and cadence without necessarily understanding its meaning.
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It is a mistake to believe that your past no longer affects you.
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Think about some of your favorite fall activities. Maybe you enjoy hayrides on a farm and munching crunchy apples.
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Q What are some conversation starters that might lead to deeper spiritual discussions with my friends?
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On March 28, 2010, Kate and Andy Grosmaire’s lives were tragically altered when their 19-year-old daughter, Ann, was shot by her boyfriend, Conor.