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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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A streaming documentary profiles eight undocumented families affected by deportation.
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Kids 8-12 can grow in their faith through meditating on 5-word verses.
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Experts can usually tell when something has been manipulated, but what about the rest of us?
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How The Hiding Place continues to give fresh courage to one reader.
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At the risk of insulting the intelligence of his student, Solomon calls him a “sluggard” and tells him to go learn how to live wisely from an insect.
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The opportunities and open doors to reach out to those who are “least” are without limit.
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With guest artists such as Dolly Parton, a 2018 Grammy winner sings about God’s rescue.
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What do you do when the person you love is lost to you, but not actually dead? A story of ambiguous loss.
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A case study of a Canadian megachurch—The Meeting House.
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Babel is, after all, the key narrative to which we can trace the origins of our current predicament of globalization.
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The Australian teen behind “Dance Monkey” releases debut EP
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Starring, written and directed by Emilio Estevez, a movie about all the people whose lives revolve around the public library.
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A picture book by ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis showcases rich diversity.
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The true story of one pastor’s radical trust in the people of inner-city Atlanta.
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Eating that soup—it was as if God was inviting me to be part of the family.
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I was not the man of God I had portrayed; instead, I was in need of restoration and healing grace.
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If I only publish articles I fully agree with, then I would be guilty of turning The Banner into my own personal megaphone.
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I wonder if the faithfulness required of us, as we wait for our wedding feast to begin, is a kind of political chastity.
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Many of my students ask whether you can have a calling if you do not believe in God.
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How investigative reporting uncovered Harvey Weinstein’s dark secrets.
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There’s a certain spirituality that adorned our council rooms in the past, and that’s what might be oozing away.
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Is it smart to give money outright like this to young people with no directions?
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