March 2008
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Features
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“Daddy? What’s SEX?” asks
5-year-old Michael.
On Being Reformed
What does it mean to you to be Reformed?READ MOREEven Christians long familiar with Reformed theology can find the answer difficult to articulate.
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I spent some of my childhood years in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The Secret Lives of Saints
Compassion for Doubting ThomasREAD MOREI am a (fairly late) convert to the Christian faith.
News
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Roselawn, Ind., has a thriving food pantry because five couples from Community Christian Reformed Church in Roselawn responded to a chall
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From First Christian Reformed Church, Randolph, Wis., to Rev. Kenneth Prol of Trinity CRC, Richfield Springs, N.Y.
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Living Stone Christian Reformed Church of Rochester, Minn., will spend Good Friday with People of Hope Lutheran Church, presenting the Ea
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When Burton Heights Christian Reformed Church disbanded in 2005, its pastor couldn’t leave the diverse urban neighborhood he had ch
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A wide range of Christian theologians and leaders called for increased efforts to work with Muslims for peace and justice, releasing a st
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Twenty-five years after first sketching “The Cardinal” as a college student at Concordia College, Kurt Kolka continues reachi
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As of late January, relief workers from the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee were distributing food, water, and other necessitie
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Rev. John C. Ribbens
1922 - 2007
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Rev. Alvin H. Venema
1926 - 2007
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Benjamin Kornelis, professor of music at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, has been selected as the 2008 Commissioning Project Recipie
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The congregation of New Hope Christian Reformed Church in Tacoma, Wash., will keep its building, following a ruling by the Honorable Bruc
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Jeremy Sinnema, a member of Manhattan (Mont.) Christian Reformed Church, along with friends Michael Spencer and Travis Swanson, have turn
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Health concerns among Native Americans are getting new attention at Rehoboth (N.M.) Christian School.
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Madison Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Paterson, N.J., has committed itself to reaching out to people affected by HIV/AIDS.
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The girls soccer team from Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, N.J., won the non-public B state final for the first time in t
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When Alison Nirula, age 6, and Charis Wildeboer, age 5, saw Embrace AIDS, a DVD about the impact of the disease, they were touched.
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An Ingersoll, Ontario, woman who started a Friendship Club in her church has been honored as the Citizen of the Year in her community.
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California megachurch pastor Rick Warren, speaking at a White House discussion on HIV/AIDS, said the church has been a latecomer to addre
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Three years after the “great wave of destruction,” the local Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka is closing its committee
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Bible translators in the Native American community of Zuni, N.M., are making the first movies in the Zuni language.
Columns
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The teacher in the book of Ecclesiastes says, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.”
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Finance
QDo I really need an estate plan? Aren’t they just for people with a lot of money?
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Blessedness of Mourning
The Banner’s February cover story (“Blessed Are You Who Mourn”) suggests that in saying
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Harry Potter Redux
To call the Harry Potter books “an excellent addition to children’s literature” because they
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The Hebrew prophets had a habit of causing a stir.
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Eight-year-old Melody was lamenting the fact that once Christmas was over, the local church wouldn’t be bringing food to her house
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Are people smarter than animals?
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Some stories don’t end. They just stop. I don’t like those. A sad ending’s fine.
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Celindy would like to take her heritage to church.
“Ukrainians can! Koreans can! The Dutch can! Why not me?”
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Depending on the year, Easter could be in March or April.
(True or False?)
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Our congregation in Pella, Iowa, went through a nasty split 10 years ago.
Our Shared Ministry
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Oasis Community Church in Moreno Valley, Calif., is quite literally an oasis in the middle of a strip mall.
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The Back to God Hour’s Spanish ministry team traveled to Cartagena, Colombia, to participate in the Latin American Congress of Chri
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Christian Reformed Home Missions serves the churches, ministries, and members of the Christian Reformed Church through partnerships that
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An increasing number of couples in Japan are asking Christian pastors to lead them through their marriage vows, says Lawrence Spalink, Ja
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Jim Triezenberg’s vivid photos of life in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, show motorbikes buzzing down bumpy city streets, people preparing f
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Family reunions are interesting events.
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It seems like Christmas all year round at Calvin Theological Seminary, thanks to the generous gifts of many people and churches.