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I frequently field questions about The Banner’s varying ways of writing about death, so here’s the scoop.

Like us, Abraham Kuyper watched a violent white supremacist insurrection in the United States. We can learn from Kuyper, but only if we heed his warnings without repeating his mistakes.

Without realizing it, Quésia had formed a new spiritual habit.

An album from Keith & Kristyn Getty (“In Christ Alone”) collects hymns and lullabies for the close of day.

How a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.

Small-time football coach Ted Lasso is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.

Rev. Bobby Boyd, known for his compassionate pastoral care and his passion for evangelism, died Dec. 19, 2020.

Eventually, Kathy would decide it was time to go to bed. She’d walk over to the couch and say to Soren, “Let’s go say good night to Derek.”

Anger is a normal and at times necessary emotion; rage is a deadly sin.

When considering saving for retirement, how much is enough or too much? How much should we worry about retirement income in light of Jesus’ words “Do not worry about tomorrow”?

Melissa Fischer, an artist and prayer coordinator at Immanuel Church, a Christian Reformed congregation in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., has found a way to pray with her sketchbook, and she’s leading others to express how they see God this way too.

Before “At a Crossroads” was published last summer, the Christian Reformed Church’s resources for navigating a potential church closure were 20 years out of date. In this news feature The Banner looks at some of the realities, responses, and repercussions of disbanding a congregation.

The hero of A Time to Kill, one of the most popular novels of our time, returns in a riveting and suspenseful courtroom drama.

Biblical perspectives and solutions to combat hustle and hurry.

A beautiful, aching novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos—and how their destinies are entwined across decades.

Every day was full of their screaming, complaining about doing math, running around in the home, bickering with each other about toys.

하나님은 편애하거나 편파적이지 않습니다. (로마서 2:11; 에베소서 6:9). 하지만 하나님이 민족적, 인종적 차이까지 무시하지도 않습니다. 우리는 양 극단에 치우치지 않도록 해야 합니다.

In spiritual direction, the director “gives 100 percent of their attention to listening along with you to what the Spirit is saying.”

Brooks and Emerson each believed that bringing their two churches together could help bring down that division.

Open Doors keeps an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most persecution for their faith. North Korea tops the list for the 20th consecutive year.

Walk the path of love with one of the warmest, most beloved spiritual leaders of our time, the bishop who delivered the message at the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle.

Malcolm Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.

A weekly podcast helps listeners discover history’s greatest sermons, such as those by D.L. Moody, Charles Spurgeon, John Calvin and others.