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Columns
Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Editorials, 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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Lent and advent celebrations were totally absent in the first 30 years of my 75-year CRC experience. Now they abound. Why now and not then?
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Over one hour of worship music is designed to promote peace and rest.
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The amazing true story of one boy's journey from refugee to chess champion.
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In this new action movie from Netflix, a team of unkillable soldiers fight for their lives
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In this riveting middle-grade novel, a 12-year-old girl and her 8-year-old brother are separated from their parents and escape North Korea in 1950.
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With us was a man, the brothers’ uncle, who for many years—and in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds—had held on to hope that one day his nephews would join him in Canada.
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Founder of Preemptive Love Coalition Jeremy Courtney shares his story of moving his young family across the globe to serve those in war-torn Iraq
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A conservative young academic takes a deep dive into Western culture on his weekly podcast
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How do we engage people with whom we have deep disagreements about important matters of religious convictions, political commitments, or moral lifestyles?
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The former editor in chief of the acclaimed magazine Christianity Today offers a compelling look at the state of evangelicalism and hope for the future.
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The beloved Chilean author of House of Spirits returns with a sumptuous historical novel about the Spanish Civil War and unrest in South America.
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This documentary traces the origins of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act by profiling Camp Jened, a summer camp for teens with disabilities.
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In the days and weeks after these losses, he waited. He waited for his church to reach out. He waited to hear from the elders. He waited for his pastors to visit.
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Worship album comforts listeners facing anxiety and fear amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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Although some support programs are in place in the churches, we are called to reach out to the communities and develop initiatives that are available to everyone.
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Bob the Chihuahua sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby, in this sequel to The One and Only Ivan.
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A 25-minute weekly podcast from Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy encourage women in their faith.
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In 1950s New Mexico, a switchboard operator and a DJ receive a message from beyond the stars.
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The Confederate flag serves as a portal through which non-Southern white people can project their own guilt of racial bias onto the Southerner.
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We share the stories that don’t get heard or magnified anywhere else.
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An alcoholic gets a shot at redemption when he coaches his alma mater’s basketball team.
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This stirring testimony of a Canadian-Chinese pastor’s prison experience won the Word Guild Best New Manuscript award in 2019.