One of the things I’m (re)learning is that fasting is one of the most helpful disciplines for listening to God and discerning his will during difficult or divided times.
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A beautiful, full-color guided journal to practicing prayer through the language of the psalms.
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Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands.
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The report also raises the alarm on a degrading situation for Christians amid attacks on Christian schools and hospitals in India.
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Gateway Community Church in Abbotsford, B.C., partners with BC Housing to run an emergency shelter. It isn’t all success stories, but volunteers say they still experience hope.
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Everywhere we look, no matter the time of year, the wonders of creation remind us that God is always near.
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Beginning in the summer of 2024, Calvin University will pilot a free academic transition program called Wayfinder in the 49507 area.
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A new faith-based series explores the challenges of a female paleontologist in Wyoming Territory of the late 1800s.
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A Belmont University professor in Nashville has a particular interest in exploring what is happening in contemporary worship.
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La doctrina reformada sobre la claridad de las Escrituras enseña que lo que se necesita para la salvación está claro en las Escrituras. No enseña que todo en la Escritura es claro y fácil de entender.
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Christian, oh Christian … What lies are you believing?
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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Our telescopes create more questions than answers. But they certainly elicit a response.
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The 10 most-accessed articles on thebanner.org between January and December 2023, in order of most views to fewer. For links and 15 more of our most popular articles from the past year, visit thebanner.org/2023-top-25.
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I learned a lesson recently: the art of asking, in the face of seemingly impossible obstacles, “What can I do?” This takes my focus from the barriers to what is possible.
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The Reformed Church of America’s Commission on Christian Unity meeting with a delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA in October included CRC pastor Anthony Elenbaas.
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Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Cornwall, Ont., began sponsoring refugee families in 2015 and has grown organically through those connections.
In Memoriam: Rev. Jerry L. Alferink
1945-2023READ MOREDescribed as compassionate, affectionate, and generous, Jerry Alferink was a pastor and chaplain who loved preaching. He died Dec. 29 at age 78.
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Becky Kennedy, wildly popular parenting expert and creator of @drbeckyatgoodinside, shares her groundbreaking approach to raising kids.
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Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones) enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary (Jamie Foxx) to save his family business
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A book for the tiniest ones all about being grateful, based on Psalm 92—from the team that brought you the bestselling Jesus Storybook Bible.
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La gratitud es la postura principal y predeterminada al servir en el reino de Dios. Pero eso no significa que será fácil.
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Jason Gray releases a vulnerable album about human frailty and God’s love.
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In her second work of fiction, biblical scholar Paula Gooder tells Lydia's story—who she was, the life she lived and her first-century faith—and in doing so opens up Paul's letter to the Philippians.