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Sometimes the choice to carry on amid great suffering—to simply get out of bed—is itself a powerful witness to the goodness of life, and of God.

A pastor and professor with a gentle demeanor and respect for others as God’s image bearers, Phil Holtrop was a trusted confidant and mentor to many. He died June 12, aged 89.

Two men with a heart for Haiti are working to build up leaders and plant Haitian churches in southern Florida.

Yeshiva University in New York has launched a master’s degree program intended specifically for Christian students who want to learn more about Judaism. It’s part of a growing number of interfaith academic collaborations at U.S. Christian and Jewish schools.

David Zandstra, 83, living in Marietta, Ga., is charged with “criminal homicide, murder of the first, second, and third degree, as well as kidnapping of a minor” in connection with the 1975 murder of 8-year old Gretchen Harrington in Marple, Penn.

Siena spent her free time fixing up an old motorcycle to be sold at a charity auction to feed people who are hungry.

Lauren Daigle releases an atmospheric, self-titled album in two parts.

A young woman moonlights as a detective in this sprightly, tongue-in-cheek Regency murder mystery.

이 2002년 총회 보고서가 우리의 리더십에 긍휼을 더하고 분열된 우리 사이를 잇는 다리가 되길 바랍니다.

Now, 1,283 miles away and three years into college, when my alarm sounds on Sunday mornings, enthusiasm deflates into dread.

I wish the Parable of the Prodigal Son went just a little longer.

In February 2021, Classis Chicago South commissioned a team to promote racial reconciliation. They hosted a unity service May 21 at Chicago Christian High School.

A pastor “passionate about welcoming everyone and their stories into the family of God,” Harvey Brink died May 26. He was 78.

Got Bibles? An ad placed in The Banner caught the attention of a Grand Rapids, Mich., reader. With no Michigan drop-off for the Neoga, Ill.-based Project Bible Runners, she decided to offer one.

In the fifth book in this beloved series about the Baxter children, when things don’t turn out according to plan, the siblings must stick together and remember who they are.

World-changing events spectacularly disrupt the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in an American desert town circa 1955.

This illustrated collection of poetry and essays empowers you to embrace your next adventure with confidence and grace, drawing on invaluable lessons from nature.

We begin with a belief that God has created a diverse world and that God loves diversity.

A British documentary filmmaker follows her Pakistani British best friend as he opts for an arranged or “assisted” marriage in this breezy rom-com.

Weaving wartime intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about the role of carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of British pigeoneer Olive Bright.

I’m not sure when it dawned on me that I had embraced pretty deep racist attitudes expressed unconsciously in regular behavior.

A love letter to and for Asian Americans—a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from an era in which our culture was forged and transformed.

When a madman out for revenge attacks his family, Dominic Toretto hunts him down as only he can.