August 2007
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Features
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Beginning in the early ’70s and all through the ’80s, I pastored a church in the burgeoning charismatic movement.
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When I began my ministry I had certain preconceived ideas about people who were homosexual.
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A few months ago Banner editor Bob De Moor asked why so many young adults have left the Christian Refor
News
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Rev.
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Driven by the call of Micah 6:8, 400 deacons, champions, and supporters of the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee gathered in May
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The 100th anniversary celebration of First Christian Reformed Church in Denver is an all-year affair.
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“Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” could have been the theme when close to 1,000 people came together in British Columbia&r
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A sermon series on the gospel of John inspired the creativity of many members of Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church.
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A 66-foot-long submarine sandwich in honor of 31 junior and senior high school graduates stretched along two walls at Immanuel Christian
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Twelve hundred worshipers from 11 congregations gathered at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, in June to celebrate the Christian Refor
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Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Lansing, Ill., adopted Kyananjula in Uganda, a village so decimated by the AIDS epidemic that there a
In Memoriam
Rev. Dante A. VenegasREAD MORE
Rev. Dante A. Venegas
October 5, 1933 – April 13, 2007
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Rev. Edward A.
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Rev. Dick C. Bouma
September 9, 1927 – March 26, 2007
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In an open letter to the Middle East Reformed Fellowship, Yousif Al-Saka, general secretary of Presbyterian Churches in Iraq, appealed fo
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A victory ride around their community in a fire truck—flashing lights and all—helped Manhattan (Mont.) Christian School stude
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Single working mothers found a friend in Bridgeway Community Christian Reformed Church, Haledon, N.J., this past year.
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On May 13 members of Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church boarded a chartered bus bound for Smithers, B.C.
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Just seven minutes each—that was the time allotted to three ministers at the South Florida celebration of the Christian Reformed Ch
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The Roseland Christian School community in Chicago is grieving the death of former student Blair Holt, 16, as are members of Pullman Chri
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No church seems safe from the debate concerning the matters of family, marriage, and sexuality.
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The Banner and Reformed Worship garnered several awards recently from the Associated Church Press (ACP) and the Evangelical Press Associa
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On May 6, 600 people from Toronto-area Christian Reformed churches gathered to celebrate the CRC’s 150th anniversary.
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Bayonne (N.J.) High School valedictorian Jeremy Jerschina said that to speak from the heart as he addressed his graduating class, he had
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Victor Muller never imagined that when he gave a devotional book to a military friend leaving for Qatar in 2004, it would blossom into a
Columns
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I have a confession to make. I just broke a cardinal rule of being a Banner editor.
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The great revivalist preacher Billy Sunday once told his flock, “When I talk to you about card playing in your home, I am trying to
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While visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden, my husband and I spent the better part of a day strolling from an English walled garden to a J
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Authentic. Starbucks uses this word as bait to entice new baristas.
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Creation Care
Q: How can I encourage my church to get actively involved in promoting good stewardship of creation?
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One of the sweetest pleasures of my summer is to paddle down the Braden River in our double kayak with my girls Laurel and Lea.
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Synod 2007
As a confessionally committed pastor in the Christian Reformed Church, I’m grieved by Synod 2007’s action
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Plants Planting Plants
Imagine you’re a plant. You eat, you drink, you breathe, you grow, and you make seeds.
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There was a lady who was going to a new dentist for the first time. That is, he was new to her.
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Years ago Bob Hope said in an interview that when preachers get together it’s a lot of laughs, but when comedians do the same, it&r
Our Shared Ministry
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Need a cool idea for a service project?
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An engineering team from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich., took second place in a national competition for designing basic utility veh
Making Disciples
An interview with Leonard Vander Zee, the new editor in chief for Faith Alive Christian ResourcesREAD MOREThe Christian publishing giants seem to have it all: impressive market share, big budgets, and primo shelf space in Christian bookstores.
Meet Jeremiah
Meet Jeremiah NsengiyumvaREAD MOREJeremiah is one of the very first people to join the Hope Project for the Disabled, a ministry with physically disabled people in Tanzani
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I know this isn’t the humor page, but please indulge me for a moment.
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Curt Gesch, the disability advocate at Telkwa (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church, had a brainstorm.
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Calvin Theological Seminary students and staff gathered with Chuck Fridsma, a Christian psychologist and leader coach, for the seminary&r
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A small book printed long ago is making a big impact at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Questions and Answers
What is your favorite Bible story? When do you feel close to God? How is God working in your life?
