March 2018
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Features
News
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In their household, birthday parties are usually “over the top,” filled with family fun and birthday cake. This year, one birthday celebration was different.
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Langley (B.C.) Christian School made history when they won a double banner in one sport in early December.
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The property at 6555 West College Drive in Palos Heights, Ill., home to the media outreach ministry of the Christian Reformed Church for more than 40 years, was sold to adjacent Trinity Christian College in December.
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Herm Keizer, a courteous and courageous man of deep faith and integrity, has been described as the most well-known and decorated military chaplain in the history of the Christian Reformed denomination.
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Once a month on a Tuesday night at Good News Church, a Christian Reformed congregation in London, Ont., more than 250 meals are prepared.
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For the second consecutive year, Elmhurst (Ill.) Christian Reformed Church streamed the live performance of Too Hot to Handel: the Jazz-Gospel Messiah to correctional facilities across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Louisiana.
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Thanks to a newly installed community ice skating rink, Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Zeeland, Mich., is now a hot spot for cold-weather recreation.
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The evangelism committee at Ocean View Christian Reformed Church in Norfolk, Va., wanted to put funds earmarked for outreach to good use.
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Jan Friend was a man of deep compassion and empathy who served God and his country for 30 years as a U.S. Army chaplain.
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In Sioux Falls, S.D., pastors and ministry leaders who have come to the U.S. as immigrants attend training sessions to better minister to their communities.
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It was a time of building relationships, refueling, and realizing the value of networking with other dedicated and passionate youth leaders.
Columns
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Panic surged through Wall Street in October of 1929. On October 24, stock prices plunged briefly before several large banks intervened and the market rallied.
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Each Sunday at the Village Church we ask people who are celebrating birthdays to come forward and let us help them celebrate.
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Like many, for years I thought that God’s blessings included mostly things that he gave, such as happiness, health, and employment,...
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This photo is a panorama of 21 images stitched together in Photoshop. I chose to include the oil rig to make the foreground more interesting.
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Cuando la Iglesia Cristiana Reformada compró The Banner en 1914, eligió proteger la independencia editorial de la revista, asegurando que fuera más “la prensa” que relaciones públicas.
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If we feel good only when we are working and become restless when we are just being with family, friends, or ourselves, then we are out of balance.
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I understand your fear. Your church appears to be attracting unchurched people. The leadership has observed your love for lost people. Here are some steps you can take.
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I strongly counsel churches to first consult law enforcement for expert advice and training before making any such decisions.
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When the Christian Reformed Church purchased The Banner back in 1914, it chose to protect the magazine’s editorial independence . . .
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In their efforts to create meaningful worship services, worship planners sometimes overlook the needs of children.
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I was excited when I began to read your editorial . . .
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Soul of a Woman, the final album from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, reflects on the joys, pains, challenges, and triumphs of her life before she passed away from cancer...
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The Reformed tradition has often been accused of being overly cerebral and intellectual.
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In December 2012, Tain Gregory was in his third grade class at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., when a 20-year-old man shot and killed 20 children and six adults,...
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What’s gooey and slippery and oozes all over? If you guessed slime, you’re right!
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“For me, for all of us, water is a matter of life.”
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It has been a two-year wait for Wonder to finally be released in theatres.
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1914년, 북미주 개혁교회가 배너를 인수했을 때, 우리는 편집의 독립성을 지키며, “홍보물”보다는 “언론”으로서의 성격을 확립하고자 했습니다.
Our Shared Ministry
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I don’t recall the first time I heard this African proverb, but I often need its reminder.
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Si quieres ir rápidamente, anda solo. Si quieres ir lejos, vayan juntos.
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Last fall, Pastor Dave Vroege of All Nations CRC in Halifax, N.S., approached Disability Concerns to ask for help.
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"One of our small groups invited me out for lunch," said Pastor Albert Chu, "and it hit me: there were people from Singapore, China, Indonesia, the Philippines around me
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Samson finds peace in knowing that God cares for him. Despite all of the years he carried pain in his heart, he now feels free from the weight of trauma.
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Alberni Valley CRC Takes Long-Distance Journey; Financial Shalom: ‘A True Blessing to the CRC’; CRC Clergy Show Signs of Well-Being, Satisfaction
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On his many trips to and from the church he pastors in Soroti, Uganda, Martin used to miss opportunities to show God’s love.
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Ranchi, India, is located in the northeastern corner of the country where little is known or told about our the risen Lord.
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In December 2017, Jill Bates headed to Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, Mich., to have dinner with Women Who Care of Kent County...
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빨리 가고 싶으면 혼자 가고, 멀리 가고 싶으면 함께 가라