There are two great stories that have shaped my life. The first is the story of Dutch Calvinism. The second is the story of World War II.
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We must find an intentional plan for practicing and living out our faith.
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My experience tells me that supersizing is not the likeliest route to good health, physically or spiritually.
Let's Stop Pretending Human Beings Are Dead When They Are Clearly Alive
By Charles C. CamosyREAD MOREAnyone with a middle school understanding of biology knows that, if these cardiologists get their way, the human beings from whom we would be taking organs are not, in fact, dead.
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I’ve learned a lot being here, but it’s been a tense time to live in D.C.
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Justice is a critical concept for Christians because it is important to God. Yet the Bible has a way of shattering all our notions of justice.
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We have a choice: to surrender to outrage and conspiracy, or recommit to our first freedoms—a sacred democratic commitment to one another.
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The temptation to use AI as a friend, therapist, and even romantic partner has been widely reported. What about AI-powered introspection?
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How can we learn to control our appetites (which are natural and originally good, and yet bad when they’re out of control) so that we don’t end up defined and dominated by them?
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No country in the world has gone as far as Canada in enabling people to die if they want to.
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The help I once thought was readily and unreservedly available is not. And some of those I once thought were willing to provide whatever was necessary in order to preserve precious human life have proved not to be so willing.
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Many of us live lives that feel exhaustingly fast paced, running constantly but never really feeling caught up. How might we deal with that?
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Especially toward guests, kèqì is an overwhelming, welcoming force.
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Isolation has crept in slowly—first through busyness, then through screens, and now through habits we don’t even question. It’s not just sad—it’s spiritually dangerous.
Being Your Denominational Magazine
Responding to Synod 2025’s Banner decisionsREAD MOREMuch of the Christian Reformed Church’s mandate to The Banner, established in 2015, hasn’t changed, but here’s what has and what you can expect to read and not to read because of that.
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We need not a new approach, but a return to the ordinary tools by which Christ has always formed his people.
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Do we choose God or does God choose us? Admittedly, there are Bible passages to support both.
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While our national discourse rightfully condemns Islamophobia and antisemitism, the systematic persecution of Christians around the world receives only a fraction of our collective outrage.
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Whatever it is you want to do someday—whatever it is, go home and do it today.
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Little did we fathom that our new bundle of feline joy came bearing surprises.
Uniquely You: Exploring Your Child’s Extraordinarily Distinctive Design
By Sally Clarkson and Nathan ClarksonREAD MOREUniquely You, by bestselling authors Sally Clarkson and her son, Nathan Clarkson, is filled with biblical and life-learned wisdom for helping kids become and enjoy being the person God designed them to be.
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Small Things Like These is an artful Irish movie about large matters.
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Jesus told us how to handle our differences, and it’s not chaotic or complicated.
Being a Sanctuary: The Radical Way for the Body of Christ to Be Sacred, Soft, and Safe
By Pricelis Perreaux-DominguezREAD MOREPricelis Perreaux-Dominguez, who has experienced abuse, trauma, and racism within the church, examines the state of the church and offers us a hopeful path forward.