January 2008
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Features
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At a recent event, J.K. Rowling was asked whether the character Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Magic, was gay.
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Have you ever seen counterfeit money?
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These books introduce you to the theory and practice of the spiritual disciplines:
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How do we deal with evil?
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Depending on when you read this, you could be filled with the hopeful glimmer of a shiny list of New Year’s resolutions or thorough
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Wicca is the modern term for the practice of witchcraft.
News
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Chad Huisman, 15, of Kentwood, Mich., became the first Cadet in the 55-year history of the Calvinist Cadet Corps to earn the highest awar
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Professor Denise Isom loves her work at Calvin College and her Grand Rapids, Mich., church, Messiah Missionary Baptist.
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When flames ripped through a house in West Valley City, Utah, Oct.
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As 2007 wound down, regions across the United States held celebrations marking the end of the 150th anniversary of the Christian Reformed
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Reporting to a recent meeting of Classis Toronto (a regional group of churches), official church visitors from the classis stated that Fi
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Sherman Street Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., celebrated its 100th anniversary with a potluck in August, an arts eveni
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Rev. Edward Bossenbroek
1914 - 2007
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A Mother’s Day card sent from a soldier to his wife sparked a new military ministry at Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, Grandv
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A group of artists in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is taking a close look at human dignity through their art.
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Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to classis, a regional grouping of churches.
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Redeemer University College has come a long way from its humble beginnings.
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When Redeemer University College’s James Payton attended a conference recently in Macedonia, it was at the invitation of the Macedo
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A small Sunday school class in Mission, British Columbia, surprised themselves when their commitment to buy a few goats for a community i
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Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Mich., and Western Michigan Christian High School in Muskegon, Mich., both brought home the s
Columns
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There are only so many times you want to tell yourself a blatant lie. There are only so many times you want to fall for such a lie.
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When I was a child about 5 years old, I would go to my grandfather’s small Baptist church.
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The walrus said to the oysters, “The time has come to talk of many things: of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax &mdas
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Relationships
Q. Our daughter and her boyfriend are living together.
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Blog with Me
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There are lots of wonderful things to see in our world. But which ones are the most amazing of all?
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The Banner invites letters in response to articles that have appeared in this magazine.
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I like the Banner editor’s list of hopes for the future of the Christian Reformed Church a
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One evening after GEMS (girls’ club) I chatted with a counselor and two mothers, while one of their daughters waited nearby.
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Recent popular books have ratcheted up the tension between Christianity and competing worldviews.
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What’s on the minds of the next generation of Reformed Christians?
Our Shared Ministry
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Seventy children were decorating crosses on the last day of a 10-day gospel outreach program in Soroti, Uganda, when a wild-eyed man appe
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Rev.
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Presented by the Christian Reformed Church, Sea to Sea 2008 is a binational cross-continental cycling trek beginning June 28 in Seattle,
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What is the Christian church like in the Middle East today? How does it relate to Middle Eastern immigrant churches in North America?
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Some 400 students from across North America will come to Calvin College later this month to learn about international development and to
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Not far from my home is a large billboard showing the face of a man with a bright shiny smile.
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The money raised by the Sea to Sea 2008 Bike Tour will support the fight against global poverty.
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Gayle Harrison
I am committed to ride in the Sea to Sea 2008 Bike Tour to break some stereotypes.