February 2010
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Features
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Which Disability is the most prevalent in North America: Down syndrome or spina bifida? Autism or cystic fibrosis? None of the above.
Be Perfect?
Does God really expect perfection from Us?READ MOREAre you a perfectionist? Is your boss one? Perhaps you have a perfectionist parent or sibling?
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Have you ever listened to a broadcast of a NASA launch?
How (Not) to Talk About God
What one church learned by practicing “Pub Theology”READ MOREEvery once in a while, it’s good to ask yourself, “When was the last time I had a real conversation with someone who doesn&rs
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In a community as widespread and diverse as the Christian Reformed Church in North America, reading a survey about its members can be a l
News
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The Christian Reformed Church awarded its second annual Green Grants to a church in Michigan and another in British Columbia.
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A convicted felon living in Kentucky or Virginia has no voting rights, but one living in Maine or Vermont has full voting rights, even in
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In October, representatives of the Christian Reformed Church and Mennonite Church Canada held a symposium on war and peace in Winnipeg, M
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With income falling short of budget projections (see Banner, January 2010), the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee has been forced
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August 23, 1914 – October 1, 2009
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Giselle, a second-grader, is growing up in Jersey City, N.J., where many kids live in single-parent homes and after-school hours can be t
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Kristabel Stark, a senior at Whitinsville Christian High School, was one of 12 national finalists for Wendy’s High School Heisman t
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Third Christian Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, Mich., continues to support Martha’s Table, an ecumenical ministry to Kalamazoo&rsquo
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United States Marine Sergeant Cory Gritter, a member of Graafschap Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Mich., was hit in both arms and
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When Rev. Ken Vander Wall, Christian Reformed campus pastor at William Paterson University in Paterson, N.J., visited Washington, D.C.
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Although they’re a long way from their home countries, two African pastors are joining together to lead a small Christian Reformed
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On a cold early winter evening, 32 people gathered in the fellowship hall of Crestview Christian Reformed Church in Boulder, Colo.
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After Pat Lavallee’s husband died, she lost her house near Williamsburg, Ontario, in a fire and was forced to live in a trailer in
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The Institute for Christian Studies (ICS), a Christian graduate school in Toronto, Ontario, recently received a $4.2 million gift from th
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Christian Reformed churches in West Michigan will sponsor and host delegates from around the world who are participating in the Uniting G
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Money from the Christian Reformed Church’s 2008 Sea to Sea bike tour has helped build a playground at a shelter for women and child
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As the Olympic torch made its way across Canada for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, one Ontario congregation delaye
Columns
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In Europe, Africa, and North America, the increasing visibility of the Muslim world is challenging both Christianity and secular societie
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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Church
Q If elders and pastors no longer regularly visit congregation members in their ho
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Epiphanies
I found the visual graphic of the fist on page 7 of the January 2010 Banner both startling and unsettling.
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We wish we’d had enough room to run the full versions (below) of these two letters in the February 2010 print Banner.
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I’ve been pondering something that popped up in our church’s senior high catechism class (yeah, that catechism and it’s
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Send Us Your Photos!
Now that John Calvin’s 2009 whirlwind world tour is over, The Banner is pleased to inaugurate a brand-
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The findings from the recent survey of Christian Reformed churches and their members (see “Who We Are Today,” p.
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Did you know that the earth is a “closed system”?
Our Shared Ministry
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Imagine trying to study the Bible in a language that is not your own. It would be tricky for some and impossible for others.
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After decades of civil war and authoritarian rule, Cambodians are reluctant to trust anyone, especially those in positions of authority,
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Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Tamrat Layne recently testified in a town hall meeting at Calvin Theological Seminary about how God chang
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Note: Because sharing the names in and location of this story would put many people at risk, we cannot give details.
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About a year ago I visited Cuba with my husband, Larry Bos Sr., and a friend named Bill Boer.
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Steve Brauning is grateful for the gift of ministry shares when he considers what the support of CRC congregations in North America has m
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The year was 1960. It was a time of great optimism and hope across North America.
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Following graduation in 2012 from Calvin College, history major Ross Pursifull will head from stateside military training to possible ove
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Bessie Vander Valk was 20 years old when she became convinced that God was calling her to go to Cuba to share the gospel.
