October 2016
Even though there are often pieces online that don't appear in print, some people like to make sure they read--or can read again--articles from a specific issue. Use this page to make sure you don't miss a feature, the news, a column, or an Our Shared Ministry article from this issue. Use the search function at the top to find something specific going back to 2005 but if you want to find something older, The Banner archives are maintained at Calvin College's Hekman Library.
Features
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What if I told you that there are important Bible stories you’ve almost certainly missed?
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The disciples were more than two hours into their executive committee meeting when someone finally made the motion to appoint the seven.
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Many old-timers like me will remember when the Ten Commandments were read each Sunday in worship, usually before a confession of sin.
News
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Son View House, a residence accommodating student leaders and other Christian students attending Brock University in Thorold, Ont.
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The U.S. State Department warned that religion-based terrorists as well as some governments across the globe are threatening the liberties of religious minorities.
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In Memoriam: Rev. Ik Chang
1930-2016READ MOREIn Memoriam: Rev. Leonard Sweetman, Jr.
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World Renew has appointed Bob Laarman as director of Disaster Response Services (DRS)
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Rev. Esteban Lugo resigned as director of the Race Relations ministry of the Christian Reformed Church,
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Second Church in Allendale, Mich., offers a family-friendly Halloween alternative.
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Reading Scripture in English and conversing about it with others is difficult for non-English speaking immigrants who attend Bible studies.
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For Rev. Ed Den Haan and the Bridging Group of First Christian Reformed Church in Guelph, Ont., it was an exciting day when “our neighbors came to church yesterday.”
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Plans for some of the regional gatherings announced by the Christian Reformed Church have changed, according to CRC executive director Steven Timmermans.
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Synod 2016, the general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church, is a few months past.
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In Winnipeg, Man., just as in many other North American cities, racism, gang activity, and crime have driven a wedge between the police force and civilians.
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For a week in the middle of July, a Christian Reformed Church contingent of four—church members Israel Cooper and Thea deGroot and CRC staff Bernadette Arthur and Shannon Perez—participated in the fourth annual Reconciliation Trip
Our Shared Ministry
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Cordarrell Sims joined two other inmates in performing the popular praise song “Agnus Dei” during worship at Celebration Fellowship inside the Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich.
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Seventeen-year-old Assétou lives in a remote village in Burkina Faso, 60 kilometers from its capital city of Ouagadougou.
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Kuptong knows a thing or two about a crushed spirit.
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With the help of several partners, Calvin College is taking an interdisciplinary approach in improving the health of a watershed in the West Michigan area.
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With fall ministry season in full swing, many Christian Reformed congregations are taking advantage of the newly launched CRC Digital Library to support their church's ministries.
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For most students, Mondays are accompanied by groans and hurried wishes for the day to be over.
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A recent conference at Calvin Theological Seminary gave some of the seminary's new faculty members a chance to join a well-known Reformed theologian in connecting their areas of expertise to the ministry of the church.
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Pastor Church Resources, formerly called Pastor-Church Relations, is expanding programs of healing and prevention for ministers, church staff, councils, and congregations.
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“Look at your denomination and at those around you, and you will notice a lot of drifting and shifting. Drifting is generally unintentional and shifting is generally intentional.”
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When Roland Vanderburg prepared to live and serve in El Salvador, he was warned not to carry two of anything—because the people there are so enterprising that they would want to buy one of them from him.
Columns
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Does Scripture support the practice of limited tenure for elders and deacons?
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What’s wrong with imposing Christian morality on our society?
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Monday morning. Fourth grade. Dreaded memory verse time.
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I was born and raised in Malaysia, though I’m ethnically Chinese.
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Many bands don’t survive long enough to release a sixth studio album.
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It’s October, and that means Halloween is coming soon.
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Fifteen years ago, I said goodbye to my son. He’d only been with us for 11 months, but he was part of our family.
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Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong understands poverty and discrimination, having experienced both while growing up in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the early 1900s.
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I don’t know what to do. My wife died three years ago. Last year a friend’s wife was widowed, and I feel drawn to her.
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One day my family and I were walking with friends in a wooded park when our two-year-old daughter fell into a stream.
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Isaiah 66:1 tells of God giving “peace like a river.” I like that.