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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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If we feel good only when we are working and become restless when we are just being with family, friends, or ourselves, then we are out of balance.
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I was excited when I began to read your editorial . . .
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Imagine an African country untouched by colonialism, completely in control of a rare mineral resource, and more technologically advanced than any other nation.
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Living Biblically is a new half-hour comedy based on A. J. Jacob’s best-selling 2007 book The Year of Living Biblically.
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Ken Medema has been writing and singing music for the church since the early 1970s, so Nothing Like the Rain, an album of new Medema songs, seems almost instantly recognizable.
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A common happening: a father and son go fishing. But in A Different Pond this simple activity is so much more.
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In their efforts to create meaningful worship services, worship planners sometimes overlook the needs of children.
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As a Christian, I feel called to live like Christ, which means to try to be good and kind, loving others as Christ has loved me. But as a white person, I am part of a larger history that is not good. Not kind. Not loving.
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This photo is a panorama of 21 images stitched together in Photoshop. I chose to include the oil rig to make the foreground more interesting.
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When I was a campus pastor, students often asked questions about the Bible’s trustworthiness or truthfulness. Most of the questions fall into three general types...
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Parkland, Florida. To those of us living in northern climes, the name might evoke images of winter warmth and sunshine. But not any more. Since the afternoon of February 14, Parkland has become the latest in a litany of communities scarred by school shootings.
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Moonee is 6 years old and lives in a cheap hotel in the Orlando area. But this is no Eloise-in-the-Plaza-Hotel fantasy; Moonee’s young single mother, Halley, is doing her best to feed her daughter and make sure they have shelter.
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Author Jim Burns’ goal in writing Understanding Your Teen is to help parents raise kids “who love God and who will one day become responsible adults.”
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Based on a true story, this juvenile novel relates events in England in 1486.
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What’s gooey and slippery and oozes all over? If you guessed slime, you’re right!
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Panic surged through Wall Street in October of 1929. On October 24, stock prices plunged briefly before several large banks intervened and the market rallied.
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I understand your fear. Your church appears to be attracting unchurched people. The leadership has observed your love for lost people. Here are some steps you can take.
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Paddington, the lovable bear from Peru, is back. Once again, he’s getting himself into a pickle.
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When author Joshua Jipp set out to examine what Scripture teaches about hospitality to strangers, a resounding theme emerged, namely, “God’s hospitality to us necessarily results in and creates hospitality to others.”
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The Northern Ireland band Rend Collective offers an antidote to all the negative news in the world with its sixth studio album, Good News.
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When Liza Jessie Peterson began teaching full days at Island Academy, the high school for inmates on Rikers Island, she encountered teenage boys who were ...
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Like many, for years I thought that God’s blessings included mostly things that he gave, such as happiness, health, and employment,...
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I strongly counsel churches to first consult law enforcement for expert advice and training before making any such decisions.