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Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Shiao Chong's monthly Editorial, the Discover page (especially for kids), the Vantage Point, the Other Six, and letters from Christian Reformed Church members and our readers. Our online-only columns are As I Was Saying and Behind the Banner.
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Biblical/Doctrine
Q Should we obey our church leaders or denomination even when we disagr
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It takes you by surprise
It comes in odd packages
It sometimes looks like loss
Or mistakes
It acts like rain
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A man called his pastor and said, “This Sunday morning I’d like you to pray for my pancreas.” The pastor replied,
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April Fools’!
The reference to Hezekiah 3:16-20 on page 21 of the April Banner (FAQs) is as bad as quoting Hezekiah 4:6, &l
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Those who profit from war “are the enemies of democracy in the homeland,” and “amassing enormous fortunes out of the wo
Truly Welcome?
And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved (Acts 2:47).READ MOREImagine the joy of the early Christians as the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit made the church grow by leaps and bounds.
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On my last visit to Europe I spent an unforgettable evening with a dozen or so relatives in Sexbierum, the Netherlands—a small vill
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Health
Q My elderly father and I are having difficulty deciding whether he should move to
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When God finished making the world, everything worked perfectly. Adam and Eve had plenty of fine food to eat.
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My husband’s grandmother, now 94, tells wonderfully detailed stories of her years as a missionary nurse in India and Africa.
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Four years ago Sam Irizarry was “forced to make the right choice” after years of getting things wrong.
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I have a rule for my garden this year. I won’t allow myself to buy any seeds.
And I am a seedaholic.
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A Modest Proposal
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Two years ago I witnessed a brutal and senseless beating.
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As my wife and I finished our breakfast March 5 she observed that, in spite of a good night’s sleep, she still felt tired and grogg
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Our planet is very, very sick. It’s running a nasty fever that will spike much higher before we can reverse it.
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Church
Q: Must a council receive the transfer of someone who, though in “good stand
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Silent Signals and Secret Codes
Did you know that trees talk? They do! So do some flowers and bugs and other animals.
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This page is not for the birds. It is for us. And about the birds.
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Choosing a Church
I moved to a new state and community within the past year, so “Choosing a Church” (February 2007) w
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LET ME ADD MY “AMEN” to Leonard Vander Zee’s article “What Happens at the Lord’s Supper?” (January 20
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Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots?
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I’VE GROUSED BEFORE ABOUT DUMB THINGS WE SAY AT FUNERALS: