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Friendship Community Christian Reformed Church in Toronto recently received a $67,000 grant from the Ontario government for its Hoop to H

For Mary Bouma and Marcel Busz, having wedding photos taken in a bicycle shop was a natural choice.

Communion Confusion

Since retiring in 1991 I’ve had opportunity to serve many Christian Reformed churches as interim pastor.

One dark night a New York cabbie picked up a passenger.

HERE’S HOW IT USED TO BE:

Five ordained Christian Reformed women have joined efforts to—in their words—“promote full inclusion of women in all ar

March 3, 1917 - October 28, 2006

It is always intriguing for me to read the various notices in Christianity Today, First Things, and similar publications announ

My title betrays a typically North American way of thinking and talking. We want to know how something works.

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The True False Identity

by T Bone Burnett

reviewed by Robert N. Hosack

Jesus-powered superkids, demonic assassins, and faith-propelled boulders?

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Q: In a previous Banner you said that anyone appointed by a consistory may lead a worship

As Bob De Moor points out in his editorial, halting discussion about women’s participation in the leadership of the church does

Has it snowed at your home yet? If you live in the northern United States or in Canada, it probably has.

Preaching professor Thomas Long once observed that good preaching is exactly what it looks like: hard work done under pressure.

For generations God has produced a living faith in the hearts of believers.

Because I always hear your radio program every morning, my family and I were saved,” wrote Mrs.

That’s because Sterk is this year’s official Calvin Lecturer, part of the Calvin Worldview Lectureship cosponsored by Christ

  Noah Diall is the father of four.

My father was both a pastor and a furniture maker. He found his calling in the church and his hobby in the workshop.

James and Otis Pewee have an extraordinary tale to tell. What’s even more remarkable is that they’re alive to tell it.

Alice Sluiter De Boer mows her own lawn, bakes pies, drives herself around her rural town, and attends weekly church activities.