Editorial

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God Wills Things He Doesn’t Want
January 18, 2011
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Rev. Bob De Moor
I’VE GROUSED BEFORE ABOUT DUMB THINGS WE SAY AT FUNERALS:

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Why Aren’t They Coming Back?
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
HERE’S HOW IT USED TO BE:

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Sabbath? What Sabbath?
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Scripture is infallible. my interpretation of it is not. Yours isn’t either.

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Dear Santa
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
HOW ARE YOU? I am fine (better than last month). Is it cold up there at the North Pole? I bet you worry about global warming.

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Give Thanks for What Exactly?
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
I’m not happy. I’m strung out. Thats’s not me.

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Discipleship vs. Discipline
January 18, 2011
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Rev. Bob De Moor
How do we deal appropriately with a sister denomination about which we have concerns (see “Don’t Turn Away,” p.

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Heading WNW
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Joking apart, my wife, Margo, and I have accepted a call extended by West End Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alberta.

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9-11 After 5
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
The news report on my car radio announced that the towers had fallen and that there was further mayhem at the Pentagon.

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10 Tips for New Pastors
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Your July Banner came late so we could catch you up on the latest news from Synod 2006, the Christian Reformed Church’s annual lead

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Applauding New Conservatives
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Some delegates to synod (the annual meeting of the Christian Reformed Church) feel the need to speak to every issue.

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God First
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
I respect and value Baptists. I even dated a girl from Moody Bible Institute when I attended Trinity Christian College, near Chicago.

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Youth Leaders
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
Editorial
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Rev. Bob De Moor
As a greenhorn seminary intern I found my first church council meeting overwhelming.

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A Banner Birthday
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Can You Believe it?

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Shlemiel, Shlimazl, Shmendrik
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
There’s this schemer, this shlemiel.

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Glenda’s Revelation
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
In this Banner Professor Don Oppewal observes that Christian Reformed folks tend to look only to the Bible to answer divisive is

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Times and Seasons
January 18, 2011
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Rev. Bob De Moor
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven” (Eccl. 3:1). There is a time…

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All I Want for Christmas
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Last December I invited Banner readers to join me in placing just a single item on our Christmas wish list: a goat.

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Penguins
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Nature flicks rarely pierce our souls. But that’s what March of the Penguins did to me.

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The More We Get Together . . .
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
Editorial
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Sigh. A call from a Cadet counselor bugs me.

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Swimming Lessons
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
This Banner is heavy on discipleship issues—how we can become more mature followers of Jesus and help others do the same

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Three Traits for a Healthy CRC
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
Editorial
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Peter Borgdorff, Executive Director of Ministries
“What do you think the future of the CRC will be?”

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What's in a Name?
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
In this banner we’ll catch you up on Synod 2005, our denomination’s annual leadership convention.

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A Communal Responsibility
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
Synod meets this month (June 11-18). Synod is the annual weeklong convention of Christian Reformed leaders from across North America.

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In Life and in Death

Who should’ve made the call in Terri Schiavo’s case?
January 18, 2011
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Columns,
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Rev. Bob De Moor
The agonizing issue of whether Terri Schiavo should live or die provoked such sharp division that it pitted even those closest to her ag

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