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Spike Lee’s latest film pushes viewers to consider their own allegiances.

Mekai Bailey, a busy 7-year-old, listens to Kids Corner every night to calm himself down at the end of the day.

Each year during August, 34 Calvin student athletes travel to the mountainous Gainey Ranch in Montana for a weeklong retreat on Christian leadership.

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Porn is a problem. But why do we watch it? There are three key predictors.

We need to discern between right and wrong, good and evil. That is not optional. Neither is holding people accountable for their actions.

Ralph Baker, who served with Christian Reformed World Missions among the Tiv people in Nigeria for 35 years, died on June 29 at the age of 94.

Much of what we “know” about hell stems from the imagination of poets and artists. But how much is true?

Hay cinco temores universales. Eso es lo que aprendí hace más de una década mientras guiaba una conversación de un grupo de estudiantes como pastor de campus. 

“We welcome, and have for decades, individuals who wish to study in a Christian environment,” said Bob Kuhn, president of Trinity Western University, in Langley, B.C. 

Members of Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Big Rapids, Mich., are living into the calling of the Great Commission — going out and making disciples — starting with their own zip code. 

When annual synods take important actions, do future synods remember those decisions and the context for them?

Surrounded by a preacherhood of all believers, we have more than enough resources to deeply engage God’s Word through creation—if we’re willing.

Lecrae and Zaytoven turn their attention to the young people of America, promoting education and empowering them to make positive choices.

Okeowo’s portraits of ordinary people fighting extremism are both painful and inspiring.

Out of all the doors Amir* and Hassan* could have knocked on, they chose David Kromminga’s. That was exactly the door they needed.

Chris August’s latest offering of soulful pop explores dependence on—and relationship with—God without being preachy.

Parker Palmer’s new book is not intended to be a guide to or a handbook on aging. Rather, it is a prismatic reflection on his own life experience, so much of which is universal and can encourage others on the journey.

One of our greatest hopes for our friends in Bethania is that they might believe, think, and act outside the myth of scarcity—and live instead into the liturgy of abundance.

One of the most important theological distinctions—a distinction with vast implications for how we understand God, our world, and ourselves—is the difference between the God who pushes and the God who pulls.

Those of us who have been raised in the tradition of Western Christianity can learn from our fellow Christians in the Eastern Orthodox tradition how to savor the mystery of our faith.

It is tempting for a long-married couple to think of sexual (romantic) intimacy in isolation from the rest of the relationship. 

From delivering Canadian Aboriginal Ministry Committee curriculum to sponsoring walks and crafting their own discussion groups, churches across Canada are approaching the work of reconciliation with Indigenous neighbors.