One of the things I’m (re)learning is that fasting is one of the most helpful disciplines for listening to God and discerning his will during difficult or divided times.
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 beautiful, full-color guided journal to practicing prayer through the language of the psalms.
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Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands.
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Everywhere we look, no matter the time of year, the wonders of creation remind us that God is always near.
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A new faith-based series explores the challenges of a female paleontologist in Wyoming Territory of the late 1800s.
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A Belmont University professor in Nashville has a particular interest in exploring what is happening in contemporary worship.
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The Reformed doctrine of the clarity of Scripture teaches that what is necessary for salvation is clear in Scripture. It does not teach that everything in Scripture is clear and easy to understand.
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Christian, oh Christian … What lies are you believing?
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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Our telescopes create more questions than answers. But they certainly elicit a response.
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Becky Kennedy, wildly popular parenting expert and creator of @drbeckyatgoodinside, shares her groundbreaking approach to raising kids.
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Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones) enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary (Jamie Foxx) to save his family business
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A book for the tiniest ones all about being grateful, based on Psalm 92—from the team that brought you the bestselling Jesus Storybook Bible.
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I learned a lesson recently: the art of asking, in the face of seemingly impossible obstacles, “What can I do?” This takes my focus from the barriers to what is possible.
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Jason Gray releases a vulnerable album about human frailty and God’s love.
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In her second work of fiction, biblical scholar Paula Gooder tells Lydia's story—who she was, the life she lived and her first-century faith—and in doing so opens up Paul's letter to the Philippians.
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God designed water to be a super dissolver! In fact, scientists call water a “universal solvent” because it can dissolve more things than any other kind of natural liquid.
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Purity seems to have been reduced to something optional in our modern idea of Christianity. But is it?
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When I was first preparing to adopt 14 years ago, I cherished the idea that love was what was most needed. My heart fought back when the instructor of our pre-adoption classes warned that love is not enough.
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Sean Nemecek takes Christian leaders on a journey from burnout through recovery and on to spiritual transformation.
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The story of Steve Glew, a Midwestern machinist who smuggles rare Pez dispensers from Europe and sells them for thousands, drawing the ire of both U.S. Pez and rival collectors.
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Set against the backdrop of WWII, this middle-grade novel in verse presents the perspectives of Claire, a Midwestern girl, and Karl, a German POW who works on Claire’s family farm.
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The story of the Gävle in Sweden helps us see that since the very beginning, Christmas has been under siege. In large and small ways, we’re all guilty of shooting flaming arrows.
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An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China – perfect for fans of Lisa See’s classics Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.