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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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Punch Lines
January 25, 2013
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Columns,
Point of View
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The Future of Newspapers?
January 25, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media
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Otto Selles
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Books from the Banner Desk
January 25, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Book
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Kristy Quist, Tuned In Editor
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Zero Dark Thirty
January 25, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
On Screen
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Kristy Quist, Tuned In Editor
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In Search of Japan’s Hidden Christians: A Story of Suppression, Secrecy, and Survival by John Dougill
January 25, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Book
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Sonya VanderVeen Feddema
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Pain Versus Gain
January 25, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media
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Lloyd Rang
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Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock by David Margolick
January 21, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Book,
For Book Clubs
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Sonya VanderVeen Feddema
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Great Music of 2012
January 21, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Music
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Kristy Quist, Tuned In Editor
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A Tale of Two Houses
January 21, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
On Screen
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Kristy Quist, Tuned In Editor
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Around the World
January 21, 2013
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Columns,
Discover
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Sandy Swartzentruber
There are more than 7 billion people living on earth.

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Do We Need to Change Our Church Order?
January 11, 2013
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Columns,
Vantage Point
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Rev. Larry Van Essen
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Letters to the Editor: February 2013
January 11, 2013
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Columns,
Reply All
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Les Misérables
January 11, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
On Screen
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Otto Selles
Victor Hugo’s powerful story of grace and redemption comes to the big screen

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Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons
January 11, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Book,
For Kids
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Sonya VanderVeen Feddema
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Y by Marjorie Celona
January 11, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Book,
For Book Clubs
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Jim Romahn
Why did Yula leave her newborn baby on the steps of the YMCA at dawn?

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Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom by Blaine Harden
January 7, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Book
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Sonya VanderVeen Feddema
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Miracle by Third Day
January 7, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Music
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Paul Delger
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Religion Q&A
January 7, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
On Screen
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Kristy Quist, Tuned In Editor
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Northern Redemption by The Abrams Brothers
January 7, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Music
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Jenny deGroot
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Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?
January 7, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Book
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Dave Baker
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Jodi Cole Meyer on Month Five of the Excess Experiment—Curbing Excess Waste
January 7, 2013
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Columns,
Mixed Media,
Interview
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Kristy Quist, Tuned In Editor
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A Valentine’s Embrace
January 7, 2013
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Columns,
Still
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Rev. John Lee
It wasn’t the Valentine’s Day I would have chosen.

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Thank Heaven for Colleagues!
January 7, 2013
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Columns,
Editorial
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Pastors do not prepare their sermons in isolation.

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Punch Lines
December 31, 2012
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Columns,
Point of View
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