April 2009
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Features
Comforted in the Darkness
Offering an Easter cuddle in the face of deathREAD MOREPeople don’t tend to knock when they come into my office.
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What an impertinent question! Why would you even ask such a thing? The church is the body of Jesus Christ.
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Some Christians are “Big God” people; others believe God’s a bit smaller and a little less powerful.
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I live in the South—a simple place with smiling folks who Hodding Carter described as “polite right up to the point they get
News
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Madison Humphrey was one of many happy second-graders who helped celebrate the 125th anniversary of Roseland Christian School with a coat
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Banner pals Carol Smith from Modesto, Calif., and Sandy Santjer from Rapid City, South Dakota, are still handwriting letters to each othe
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Sunday school kids from Cragmor Christian Reformed Church have gone into the farm business—big-time.
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Furniture delivery volunteers from Covenant Christian Reformed Church in Cutlerville, Mich., often meet people who own just a suitcase an
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A community garden in Jenison, Mich., is a living sermon for Kara Kaluske.
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“But I’m always going to have a car payment!”
“It will take thirty years to pay off my house!”
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Members of Sanostee, N.M., Christian Reformed Church have to drive a lot of extra miles for their nursing home ministry.
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1971 – 2008
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Lucas Christian Reformed Church in McBain, Mich., celebrated its 125th anniversary recently.
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For years students from local middle and high schools hung out after school on the back steps of Pleasant Street Christian Reformed Churc
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A cross-border ministry is matching seminary students in Mexico with Spanish-speaking prisoners in the U.S.
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Two of Sonya VanderVeen Feddema’s passions, children’s literature and refugee concerns, recently converged in the publishing
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Sarah Thomas, a member of New Life CRC in Red Deer, Alberta, and her friend Hannah Muzsik are working hard to put cancer to rest.
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Every January you can find a group of dedicated volunteers from DeMotte, Ind., somewhere in Central America, building something.
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The denomination’s budget and many reports and issues related to synod dominated the agenda of a recent meeting of the Board of Tru
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In a unique partnership between church and school, Sunnyside (Wash.) Christian Reformed Church and Sunnyside Christian School are develop
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Leaders of a Congregational church in Cleveland, Ohio, say they will not sign marriage licenses until gay and lesbian couples are allowed
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The Christian Reformed Church of Australia (CRCA) has many congregations in the Melbourne area, where wildfires burned out of control the
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A Hispanic Christian group plans to hold monthly prayer vigils on Capitol Hill in hopes of pushing the U.S.
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The Presbyterian Church (USA) has tapped a 13-member committee to investigate the place same-sex unions should have in Christianity and w
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Digital podcasts and streaming video might bring Christian audiences inspirational messages in the future, but they aren’t bringing
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Where is God in a world filled with such unspeakable pain?
Columns
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In recent years I’ve seen several literature-to-film adaptations I enjoyed and could recommend, even as a lover of literature.
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Creation
Q As a fifth-grade Sunday school teacher, how can I teach Genesis 1 without sett
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Teenagers make adults anxious.
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Bowling was not my first choice.
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Evolution
I respectfully disagree with Sigmund Brouwer’s claim in his article “Evolution in the Classroom” (Feb
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Please also see “Bob’s Blog” on this site for further discussion on the Christian Reformed Church and homosexuality.
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Talking About Homosexuality
Regarding the Editorial and IMHO of the March 2009 issue (“What’s to Discuss?” and
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The Bible is full of examples of people who had mentors in their walk of faith. Paul mentored Timothy. Moses mentored Joshua.
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One morning after breakfast we were just finishing up our Bible reading and prayers—my 5-year-old son finished his prayer with &ldq
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Maybe you’ve seen a room like this in the movies: it’s deep inside a building, there are lots of dials and gauges, and engine
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The Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) in Toronto is a graduate school started by, funded by, and for folks in the Reformed Christian
Our Shared Ministry
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Former Calvin College physics professor Vernon J. Ehlers introduced a resolution in the U.S.
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Fred wants his children to develop a heart for mission outreach.
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How do we avoid destroying the temple of God?
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Signs of God’s Faithfulness
t has been a long, hard winter. Longer and harder than any I can recall in recent years.
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Going to the doctor can be scary, especially when you’re only 10 years old.
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It’s early morning, and the temperature has already reached 100 degrees in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Christian Reformed Home Missions serves the churches, ministries, and members of the Christian Reformed Church.
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In order to reach out to a broader audience, Back to God Ministries International has endorsed moving to “ReFrame Media” as t
