May 2010
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Features
A Proverbs 31 Life
It's not just for womenREAD MORE"Grace is deceitful and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30” (ASV).
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Neal Plantinga once asked us to imagine a world in which theology was a cause for casual conversation, the way people might discuss the m
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Every spring I get a call from Jeannette. I’ve never actually met her, but she phones me faithfully once a year.
Young and Undocumented
A Christian's experience of moving to the United States from MexicoREAD MOREJuan*, now 27, moved with his family to the United States from Mexico more than 13 years ago.
News
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When the Christian Reformed Church’s Board of Trustees made changes to the denomination’s administrative structure early last
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After its meeting April 23, the board of trustees of Calvin Theological Seminary hopes to announce its nominee for the next president of
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On Saturday mornings in downtown Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, you’ll find a small group of girls and women gathered for bre
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Rev.
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Mindful that the Christian Reformed Church in North America was itself started by immigrants, the CRC should now advocate for immigration
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Clean water is a critical need in Haiti—and Stuart Dykstra is committed to helping the Haitian people find it.
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Kay Bierling, a member of First Christian Reformed Church in Denver, Colo., was recently reminded what a small world we live in.
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Every Wednesday night, dinner is served for 200 people at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Wyoming, Mich.
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Teacher Barry Latham gets 40-45 miles per gallon with biodiesel fuel that he and his chemistry students make from used cooking oil.
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Rev. Joel De Boer said being sensitive to people is required whether he is pastoring or putting out a fire.
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Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to meetings of classis, a regional grouping of churches.
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Rev.
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November 15, 1915 – January 20, 2010
Rev.
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April 5, 1933 – January 3, 2010
Rev.
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Soldiers in Kabul, Afghanistan, are warmer because of the generosity of the Crown Point (Ind.) Christian Reformed Church.
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The boy’s basketball team of Western Christian High in Hull, Iowa, won its sixth state title in February.
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South Olive (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church is spending 2010 celebrating its 125th anniversary.
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Convinced that only males should be ordained, two Christian Reformed churches in Michigan are seeking to join a like-minded classis (regi
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Vern Ehlers, a 16-year member of the United States House of Representatives and a former physics professor at Calvin College, announced h
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John Calvin might have liked Christian hip-hop music, according to Jesus Bayona.
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A report coming to Synod 2010 recommends that when an abuse allegation is brought against a leader of a Christian Reformed church, pastor
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For 20 years, six Christian Reformed churches have joined other churches in northern New Jersey to help the Good Shepherd Mission in Pate
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When heavy snow closed a major Ontario highway in January, motorists were diverted into Strathroy, Ontario, where local inns quickly fill
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Quilters from ClearView Christian Reformed Church in Oakville, Ontario, are spreading love in their community one stitch at a time.
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Redeemer University College student Ryan Talsma was recently named Male Athlete of the Year for the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
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One way that environmental engineer Derk Maat lives out his Christian calling is by turning waste into energy.
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Although they come from different countries all over the world, participants in the Basic English Service at Church of the Servant Christ
Columns
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Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
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I’ve thought a lot about God’s covenant promises since becoming a grandmother six years ago.
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Mission/Calling
Q I volunteer at my church as well as work and attend to my family.
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It’s a fine challenge to be a bi-national denomination.
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Climate Controversy
The April Banner reported the signing of a climate change declaration written by evangelical leaders from aro
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Got a photo of something funny related to Reformed history, culture, or tradition? Got a funny story or joke?
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In his Banner article “Got Religion?” (January 2010), Rev.
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It stands to reason that sex education begins at birth.
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“You’ve got to see Avatar,” wrote my friend.
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Do you know any shepherds? No? If you lived in Israel in Bible times, you’d see shepherds and sheep all the time.
Our Shared Ministry
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Shigenori M., a 65-year-old tenant farmer, lives in rural Japan where the social pressures against Christians are great.
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Asteroid Banneker, discovered in 2005 by Calvin professor of physics Larry Molnar and approved for naming last winter, draws its moniker
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An anonymous donor recently gave $14,000 to Hillcrest Christian Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Mich., to help meet Hillcrest’s ann
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When I was a child, my family lived very far from my grandparents.
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In the late 1960s Morris Greidanus, now a retired CRC pastor, called on students at the University of Toronto to do something different a
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Life in the bateyes—low-income sugarcane villages in the Dominican Republic—is harsh.
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About 70 students from North America and elsewhere around the world will be taking seminary classes this summer as part of the “Glo
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Last fall the Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria (CRCN) commissioned Rev.
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For 60 years people have been blessed by the Today devotional published by Back to God Ministries International.
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Abarbed-wire-topped barrier erected by the Israeli government snakes across the West Bank to separate Israelis from Palestinians.
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Rangit Biswas was 21 years old in 1975, when he enrolled in his first certificate-level course at the College of Christian Theology Bangl
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Eight pastors and two of their spouses gathered recently in Grand Rapids, Mich., to learn more about the Christian Reformed Church as par