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The first New Year’s Eve I stayed up to watch the ball drop in Times Square, the anticipation was electric.

Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year.

A while back I held a class on the Canons of Dort.

I like working in CRC ministries because we tend to think and talk a lot about others and their needs.

Would you like to peek into heaven? On a clear, dark night, go outside and look up.

I view life from a different perspective than many people do.

Recently our daughter Nicole, who is 21, spent a few days in the hospital.

Meaning of Blessing

Daniel Boerman correctly points out that blessings should not be thought of as purely material (“Is Pro

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I know more about cooking than finance.

Along with about 45 faculty and staff members at the college where I work, I teach a required one-credit course for first-year students.

If getting your news from one website is good, then getting your news from hundreds of websites must be better.

From the outside the aging Port Arthur house doesn’t live up to the name people in this small Texas town have given it: the Christm

Caleb John Spyksma is our first grandchild. For years we have been praying for him, that he will love Jesus and grow up to serve him.

Among other things, she had to get used to the traffic: “Taxis everywhere, constantly honking.

Nick, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be a summer intern in Austinville, Iowa, set apart to fulfill a contract promised beforehand t

Phonh Sinbondit and his family were living in Laos when communists took over the country in the late 1970s.

At about 2:00 a.m. on the day I was to return to work after my summer vacation, I was awakened by the ringing of the phone.

One year into the “Embrace AIDS” campaign, there is much to celebrate, reports the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

Rick and Becky Luth and their four boys recently moved to Tanzania, East Africa, as partner missionaries with Christian Reformed World Mi

Russia’s beautiful cathedrals and magnificent art evidence a culture that once valued Christianity.

It’s almost here: that wonderful time of year when we celebrate the arrival of the Christ child, the baby Jesus.

A judge has dismissed a Nebraska legislator’s lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty could not be served notice of the litigation