We had just crossed the border from Michigan into Ontario. I was driving a van filled with seven college student worship leaders, and one of the guys piped up, “It’s two hours till we're back on campus. I’d like everyone to name their favorite Bible verse and explain why it matters to you.”
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The deacons say that most people are paying electronically. I’ve even heard of churches that allow people to swipe a credit card in the service. Isn’t this undermining the worshipful nature of the offering?
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A six-hour miniseries details the lives, loves, and losses of a riveting cast of iconic characters.
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The veteran rock band’s fourth album includes themes of religion, harmony, and hypocrisy.
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Illustrated songs by the late Mister Rogers convey to children that they are treasured.
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The life of Simon Peter shows how God makes amazing use of flawed disciples.
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Owens’ near-death experience last year informs empowering, faith-boosting lyrics.
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Joanna Gaines presents a lyrical children’s book about the joys and challenges of gardening.
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우리는 개혁주의 전통에 주신 풍성한 지성의 은사에 대해 하나님께 감사해야 합니다.
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We can’t see God with our eyes. But God has made amazing things we can see that show us something about our awesome God. God created towering mountains and blazing stars and all sorts of wild and wonderful animals, and God gave us incredible eyes to see it all!
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During retirement we are called to discern the varied ways our new status can become an opportunity to be of service to others—our children, grandchildren, siblings, parents, churches, and wider communities.
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Superheroes take a victory lap in this fan-focused finale to the Marvel saga.
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A valuable resource for parents, educators, church leaders, and anyone who wants to guide children in the ways of biblical justice.
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Within our churches, there is a general pushback against charging Christians with dismantling racism. The fear of white supremacy is considered to be overblown, and talking about racism is equated with progressive theology outside of the bounds of Christian orthodoxy.
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South Florida rappers track their rise and fall through a lens of faith.
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Loosely based on historical events, a Lithuanian girl named Mulan disguises herself as a soldier and fights injustice in 1423.
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Why didn’t the early Reformers more seriously seek reunion with Eastern Orthodoxy after rejecting the excesses and innovations of Western Catholicism?
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Steve Timmermans’ essay “Speaking with a Reformed Accent” (April 2009) proves an incentive to ponder the distinctiveness of the Reformed perspective.
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We should be grateful to God for the robust intellectual gifts of the Reformed tradition. But we cannot be blind to the very real temptation of loving the gifts more than the Giver. Have we loved our Reformed theology and confessions more than the God they point to?
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Breakthrough won’t win any awards, but the inspiration factor is through the roof.
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Sometimes serving Jesus invites us into a holy madness that makes little sense to the world.
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In Ruth Reichl’s latest memoir, she comes to examine who she is—with or without the trappings of success.
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This winsome children’s book about a lighthouse deserves its Caldecott Medal.
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A Vietnam-era novel speaks into issues of war, race, family drama, tragedy, and the many faces of love.