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Redeemer University College has come a long way from its humble beginnings.

When flames ripped through a house in West Valley City, Utah, Oct.

Baptized in a Violent World

A Christian response to violence should involve not just undiscerning peace and mercy, but should inc

Away in a Manger

The kitchen sink, the dog’s bowl, and the milk jug are all necessary things but not ones to inspire great

Like a fly on a wall, I too can eavesdrop. I overhear because I am overlooked. Like God. Sometimes I get an earful.

I am the first person in our house to rise.

In 1866 German immigrants founded a Christian Reformed congregation among the fertile fields of northern Illinois, 25 miles west of Rockf

The recent worship wars are God’s gift to the church.

What?

Both Rev.

Finance

We look forward to the holidays, a time of goodwill and good times, a time of love and togetherness.

The only scooter in our house was at least 20 years old and broken.

Dinner, Anyone?

Last week as I went to sign out Saving Money with the Tightwad Twins: Practical Tips for Women on a Budget, the librarian said I had a $9

Fifty years ago I was a young, inexperienced 5th- and 6th-grade teacher in a rural Christian school near Lynden, Wash.

“Santa” was good to me last Christmas (see editorial, Dec. ’06 issue). I got goats for HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa.

One of the final chapters in Harry Emerson Fosdick’s autobiography The Living of These Days is titled “Ideas That Have Used M

Mentioning the seven deadly sins brings a lot to mind—just ask a teenager.

What happens when a highly educated and influential Muslim hears the gospel and is given the opportunity to respond in secret via cell ph

The picture of John Calvin winking on the cover should be the giveaway: The Reformed Handbook sees things a little differently.

The Common Cup coffee house in Rogers Park, Ill., looks and feels like many neighborhood java joints in the Chicago area.

Calvin Theological Seminary recently received its largest single gift ever—more than $2 million—and it’s all going to s

It seemed like a painful ending.