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The recent worship wars are God’s gift to the church.

What?

Both Rev.

Finance

We look forward to the holidays, a time of goodwill and good times, a time of love and togetherness.

The only scooter in our house was at least 20 years old and broken.

Dinner, Anyone?

Last week as I went to sign out Saving Money with the Tightwad Twins: Practical Tips for Women on a Budget, the librarian said I had a $9

Fifty years ago I was a young, inexperienced 5th- and 6th-grade teacher in a rural Christian school near Lynden, Wash.

“Santa” was good to me last Christmas (see editorial, Dec. ’06 issue). I got goats for HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa.

One of the final chapters in Harry Emerson Fosdick’s autobiography The Living of These Days is titled “Ideas That Have Used M

Mentioning the seven deadly sins brings a lot to mind—just ask a teenager.

What happens when a highly educated and influential Muslim hears the gospel and is given the opportunity to respond in secret via cell ph

The picture of John Calvin winking on the cover should be the giveaway: The Reformed Handbook sees things a little differently.

The Common Cup coffee house in Rogers Park, Ill., looks and feels like many neighborhood java joints in the Chicago area.

Calvin Theological Seminary recently received its largest single gift ever—more than $2 million—and it’s all going to s

It seemed like a painful ending.

As difficult as it may be to imagine, another year is rapidly coming to a close.

In his thirtieth letter to Rev. Jimmy Lin, 67-year-old “Mr.

A culture dating back six millennia. One-fifth of the world’s population. For much of its history, closed to outside influences.

Facing the future of the Christian Reformed Church was the topic that brought 250 people to a conference in Grand Rapids, Mich., in Septe

Harderwyk Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich., recently celebrated its 125th anniversary, while Providence CRC, also in Holland,

While the whole denomination celebrated its 150th anniversary, First Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., also celebrated it

So many gifts, so many people, so many generations.