October 2020
Download a full pdf of this issue below or find links to every feature, news, column, review, and Our Shared Ministry article included in this edition. Not the date you wanted? Find issues back to January 2016 here or use the search function at the top to find articles going back to 2005. To find something even older, The Banner archives are maintained at Calvin College's Hekman Library.
Features
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We live in a time when a healthy financial life is increasingly difficult, particularly for young people.
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We believe there are biblical principles that point us toward a hopeful vision of Christian civic engagement.
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An interview with Rudy Carrasco, contributor to the new book Uncommon Ground.
News
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Instead of singing to fans on European stages this spring and summer, singer Ann Vriend in Edmonton, Alta., is building community from her front-porch stage every Sunday afternoon.
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While closed church buildings affected the typical distribution of print material in this COVID-19 time, one northern B.C. pastor had a solution. As an avid cyclist, Joel Ringma decided to deliver the magazines himself.
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Churches blessed with families welcoming a new baby at this time have had to consider how to enfold the new child into community.
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As community health responses to COVID-19 impose restrictions on gatherings and border crossings, three examples from Christian Reformed Churches in British Columbia show how pastors have been a ministry of presence to families needing a different kind of memorial.
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Vogel Center Christian Reformed Church in McBain, Mich., will host its third-annual harvest party Oct. 17.
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Neal Rylaarsdam, an approachable pastor who loved blessing others, died June 4.
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Members of Community CRC in De Motte, Ind., create warm blankets and more to share with Phil’s Friends, an organization committed to bringing support and hope to people affected by cancer.
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Some congregations in the Christian Reformed Church are finding creative ways to maintain contact with World Renew missionaries in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and its resultant restrictions on travel.
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Michelle DePooter-Francis, a commissioned pastor with the CRC and chaplain to the Ministry to Seafarers in the Port of Montreal, describes changes in the ministry and difficulties faced by those who work at sea.
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Members of the Neland Stitchers group at Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church, in Grand Rapids, Mich., are sewing and sharing face masks for use during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Columns
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Apart from having faith that God can and will preserve his Word, there are four arguments that build a rock-solid case for why we can trust the New Testament.
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A half-hour soothing audio history of math that may or may not put you to sleep.
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Opinion: It underestimates the breadth and depth of racism to focus largely on white racism and hammer away at white guilt.
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Did you know that there are more than 7,500 kinds of apples grown around the world?
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I get my news mostly from social media, Facebook in particular. As we head into the U.S. elections, how do I know whom to trust?
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The mesmerizing filmed version of one of the greatest musicals in modern history.
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Reminiscent of Earth, Wind and Fire and other supergroups of the 1970s, Cece Winans and artists from her Nashville church offer a boisterous album of urban worship music.
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This is a danger for people of all political stripes, from conservatives to progressives, from anarchists to conspiracy theorists.
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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Some of my Christian friends give large sums of money to political candidates and causes.
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Would we have the gospel of Mark were it not for Barnabas? Had Barnabas not encouraged the lad and taken him on his own missionary journey, Mark might have disappeared into obscurity.
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I remember Tini. She was a teenage girl who lived with us during the war. When I was old enough to understand, my mother told me who she was and why she was with us. I had always wondered why this friend from my toddler years had suddenly left us.
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A stone struck Paul so hard on the head that he was knocked unconscious.
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In Jesus, the “not yet” breaks into the “now” as we share in his resurrection and life abundant.
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이는 보수에서 진보까지, 무정부주의자에서 음모론자들에 이르기까지 모든 정치적 성향의 사람들에게 위험합니다.
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이는 보수에서 진보까지, 무정부주의자에서 음모론자들에 이르기까지 모든 정치적 성향의 사람들에게 위험합니다.
Our Shared Ministry
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Even in these difficult times, the faith of the older generation continues to light our way.
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While aging often includes a relinquishing of our former physical abilities, I believe it also includes the development of new and lasting memories, capabilities, and wisdom.
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When COVID-19 forced LaGrave Ave. Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., to shut its doors to in-person worship back in March, church leaders made sure that all members would be able to participate in online services.
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Things were a little different this year.
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In many parts of India, it is illegal to try to convert someone to Christianity.
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Muchos de nosotros tenemos sentimientos encontrados.
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우리 중 대부분은 보통 복잡한 감정을 가지고 살아갑니다.
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모두 알다시피 교회는 건물 그 이상입니다.